Equilobe Software

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m an executive at a marketing automation company.

What challenge were you trying to address with Equilobe Software?

We needed assistance to accelerate our company’s roadmap based on the results we had.

What was the scope of their involvement?

We’ve been working with Equilobe Software for six years. We work with part of their software engineering team on different tasks since this is not a project-based engagement. 

Equilobe Software assists us with different projects that involve product design and QA. They use different technologies, including Microsoft tech stack: C#, .NET, and Microsoft SQL Server. Equilobe Software also works with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript using Angular and AngularJS. Besides the software development services, Equilobe Software offers us technical maintenance and support as needed.

What is the team composition?

We work with six engineers from Equilobe Software, ranging from senior to junior levels.

How did you come to work with Equilobe Software?

When I started working at my company, they were already working with Equilobe Software. However, I believe a colleague who had previously worked with them referred Equilobe Software. 

How much have you invested with them?

We’ve spent around £1 million–£5 million (approximately $1.2 million–$6.2 million) with Equilobe Software. We’ve invested around  £500,000 (approximately $600,000) per year.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working with Equilobe Software in June 2017, and our partnership is ongoing.

What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement? 

Equilobe Software always meets our expectations. Our success measure is through our roadmap progress and sprint performance.

How did Equilobe Software perform from a project management standpoint?

Equilobe Software stays on budget and meets deadlines. We use Jira for project management and communicate through Microsoft Teams and Slack.

What did you find most impressive about them?

I’m most impressed with Equilobe Software’s technical skills and software architecture knowledge. Moreover, Equilobe Software’s team has been able to integrate well into our company, to the point where most of our staff consider their team long-term employees.

Even though Equilobe Software is located at a different timezone, we haven’t had problems with that.

Are there any areas they could improve?

I can’t think of anything for Equilobe Software to improve. I’m really happy with the engagement. 

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

I recommend customers who want to engage with Equilobe Software do it in a similar model that we have to maintain their local product ownership.

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the owner of the RX.DU LLC, a software consulting company.

What challenge were you trying to address with Equilobe Software?

We needed someone to help us build different projects for our clients.

What was the scope of their involvement?

Equilobe Software is our primary web and app development partner, helping us build different projects for our clients. The team mainly utilizes JavaScript technologies to build web apps that run well on desktop and mobile.

What is the team composition?

We mainly work with two senior developers.

How did you come to work with Equilobe Software?

We came across Equilobe Software through word of mouth.

How much have you invested with them?

We’ve invested about $91,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

Our ongoing partnership started in December 2021.

What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?

The team does a fantastic job of accomplishing their goals and delivering great results for the clients.

How did Equilobe Software perform from a project management standpoint?

They perform well from a project management perspective because they consistently meet their deadlines and respond to all our feedback despite the timezone differences.

We typically use Slack and Google Meet to communicate.

What did you find most impressive about them?

We’re impressed with the quality of their work and their approach to communication. It took very little time for them to understand our needs, so now they’re contributing to our projects at an extremely high level.

Are there any areas they could improve?

I wish they could have more developers on board.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

I’d advise you to trust their expertise.

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the managing partner of an ISV. We develop custom financial and financial-adjacent software for the private and public sector.

For what projects/services did your company hire Equilobe Software, and what were your goals?

We won a bid to implement a supplier contract management platform for a client in the public sector. Our small team needed to be augmented in order to deliver the submitted software product within the time and monetary budget offered. As a result we hired Equilobe to provide a small development team of highly experienced developers that would work on certain aspects of the software product alongside us.

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

The decision was made based on previous experience of them doing light consulting work and knowing the caliber of their developers and their excellent work ethic. Because of this, we were confident that they were a good fit given especially the time constraints of the project.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

Based on the draft SRS provided by us and which we finalized together, they developed several modules of the application (data processing, messaging, notifications, events calendar, document uploads, custom document fields management), using .NET Core for the back-end, SQL Server and very complex audit triggers for the data storage and VueJS for the frontend. We settled on a scrum methodology, and the project elements developed by them were done in 6 two-week sprints.

At the end, we also set aside one week for importing data provided by the client in the new system and tweaking after the go-live. Currently the system is still in use in almost exactly the initially-delivered form, with very little ulterior tweaking done by us as we are the support provider for the final client.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

There were three people in the vendor's team, one senior and one mid-level developer and one part-time team supervisor.

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

We were able to go live without any incidents and on time, which was the principal requirement. There were no ulterior issues with the system, it worked as per requirements and has helped the client engage multiple departments in the contract management workflows, eliminating situations where contracts were in danger of expiring or going over the allocated time and financial budgets. The new system also helped the final client with preparing complex audit reports regarding their ongoing contracts.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

Project management went smoothly, the team was very self-organized and any possible issues were communicated ahead of time. Because of the pandemic, we only communicated remotely, using Slack and Zoom. Development was done on GitHub and AWS for the test environment.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Very self-motivated and self-organizing team, and also quite excellent technical level on their end. They went out of their way to find the best technical solutions while keeping the project deadline in mind.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

Documenting design decisions, which we had to deliver to the final client alongside the source code, was something their team was not accustomed to and they had to figure it out on the fly, which caused a bit of friction initially.

I am the Product Manager, Wholesale Software Solutions Firm of (a/an) Software

Develop digital solutions for the wholesale industry

• Proof-of-concept (POC)
• Minimum viable product (MVP)

Other

Great culture fit, Referred to me, Company values aligned

2-5 Employees

Virtual Meeting

Starting from an idea and develop a proof-of-concept for a mobile analytics tool that enables top management users to easily check business KPIs. Due to good feedbacks MVP and post-MVP stages continued.

• Qualitative feedbacks

Agile way of working (iterative and incremental). Very passionate about product thinking, that is delivering on outcomes. Focused on creating value with the least effort. Open minded, transparent and honest.

Good culture, empowering team members to achieve their best.

All good

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the founder and executive of a SaaS-based recruitment platform.

For what projects/services did your company hire Equilobe Software, and what were your goals?

We hired Equilobe based upon the recommendation of a world-class CTO we brought in to consult on the Project. We were looking for a firm to build Version 1 of our platform.

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

They came highly-recommended and they were very professional in their approach to the project.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

We brought them on tio the project 10 years ago to build version 1 of the platform and we are now on Version 3. They have been with us every step of the way through the growth of our company.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

3-5.

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

They have exceeded every one of the internal metrics we have established along the way.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

Great collaboration (email, Jira, and video conferencing) -- and they are outside the box thinkers. They are all about cost-efficiency.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

The quality of their work!

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

Nothing -- they have been amazing!