ideil

Please describe your company and your position there.

We are one of the biggest media companies in Ukraine and owns a leading news site in the country with over 20 million unique visitors (Google Analytics) monthly. I was the editor in chief.

For what projects/services did your company hire ideil?

TSN.ua mobile app was outdated so we need a fast, intuitive and innovative app.

What were your goals for this project?

We want to increase VOD-views, stream views, page views, and, of course, revenues.

Describe the project in detail.

We decided to relaunch our android and iOs apps in December 2018. By the end of February, we got a draft design. By the end of March, we got final versions of Android and an iOs app's design.

At July, android and iOs prototypes were created. Ideil created a fully functional Android app by the end of September. iOs was still at development. We decided to release both apps simultaneously so we postponed Android's version. The iOs version was ready by the end of February 2020. Android app was released in March 2020, iOs - in July 2020.

What was the team composition?

• Project manager
• Designer
• Android-dev
• iOS-dev

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

We were the first Ukrainian news app with live streaming in our own player, picture technology, and own podcasts.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

There were easy communication and fast feedback. It generated useful and fast solutions. After the iOs-deadline was disrupted, communication wasn't so easy and feedback was poor.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Their involvement was impressive. They always advised the most effective solutions.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Compliance with deadlines can be improved.

Please describe your company and your position there.

We are a service company that works in vehicles export/import business in Ukraine. We provide a wide range of services related to settling purchase deals abroad, customs clearance support and registering vehicles for usage in Ukraine. I am a project manager at our company.

For what projects/services did your company hire ideil?

Ideil has been delivering web and mobile applications for us for over 7 years now.

What were your goals for this project?

We wanted to give our clients a streamlined way of communicating with their personal manager and having an "in pocket" solution when using our services.

How did you select this vendor?

Ideil is our partner from 2013. They are really great at understanding business needs and converting them into mobile solutions.

Describe the project in detail.

A robust mobile app for our clients that allows us to check info about our company services, submit a request for a service, evaluate taxes for importing a vehicle, check vehicle options by VIN number and follow status, payments, and text with a personal manager while receiving our services.

What was the team composition?

•  interface designer
• 2 developers (iOS and Android)
• a Technical lead
• a QA

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

The number of app downloads is increasing daily. More and more clients prefer communicating with a manager via the mobile app not Viber, Telegram or WhatsApp. We are now able to have a better quality control of the service that managers are providing to our clients.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

It's been pretty smooth and well communicated so far. They're very flexible to our constantly changing expectations. We're using Redmine as a task tracker and Telegram group chat for ongoing communication.

The team provides a preliminary evaluation of the scope as per the requirements we provide in Redmine. Sometimes it results in +15-20% of a kick-off scope mostly because ideil always has great suggestions on how to improve user experience and also because there is always smth we didn't take into consideration when describing our requirements.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

They are quality great people with excellent soft skills which make things fun. :) They are also proactive.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Sometimes deadlines are not met. But the reason is not always because of their performance.

Please describe your company and your position there.

We are a fintech company providing loyalty cards wallet. Oyko is the first real cardholder application for keeping all bonus discounts, and other cards in one place.

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

The challenge is to create a mobile app for a fintech company.

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

They were referred to us.

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

They were to develop the code for the Android app. Right now, they are still developing and maintaining the app.

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

We had a developer.

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

The app is working right now.

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

They performed well. Project management has been done on our side and we worked directly with the developer.

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

Their professionalism, commitment, and willingness to create a product that matches the initial requirements as well as the ability to adapt if and when necessary impressed us.

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

Testing functions may be slightly improved. In order to create a good product, a customer should have a clear understanding of what he wants as result.

Please describe your company and your position there.

Telco operator Marketing Project Manager

For what projects/services did your company hire ideil?

to create Android app, which will broadcast ads on phone screen at ratail store

What were your goals for this project?

1. Quick process control from HQ
2. Seller's time minimization for showcase service
3. Prevent fading of Super Amoled screens
4. Roll out app on more than 240 stores

How did you select this vendor?

I heard that that folks made some app for UA news channel, so I made some calls and added Ideil to tender process. They gave the best proposal, so we done project togetherAndroid only.

Describe the project in detail.

3 months was tender process. 1 month - MVP 2 weeks - bugs fixing and then we had some testing period at 1 store then full roll out

What was the team composition?

1. PM Ed (great guy)
2. Dev
3. one more

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

with app implementations we have doubled the clickability of the videos

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

It was simple. Weekly stand up Scrum in process :)

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Their innovation mindset and effectiveness were impressive.

Are there any areas for improvement?

No