iTeamly

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm a CPTO at a rapidly growing scale-up in the B2B productivity space.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire iTeamly?

Ongoing staff augmentation for multiple product/feature pods.

SOLUTION

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

We tried multiple agencies and online platforms. This was the only company capable of finding very senior engineers with the right blend of front-end and back-end skills.

Describe the project in detail and walk through the stages of the project.

This is an ongoing partnership where we have augmented multiple teams with front-end, back-end, and full-stack resources we could not source ourselves. The engineers quickly became valuable members of their respective pods. The engineers raised the bar for other team members and truly acted as internal resources with great initiative and focus on making their respective products successful.

Describe the recruitment process in detail.

We discussed the project with Tomek and started interviewing engineers. We did two interviews to establish engineering competency and cultural fit.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The availability and overall performance helped respective teams accelerate the work on their roadmap by an average of three to six months.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

We are a hybrid company, but their developers were remote. Despite that, there were never any problems, and engineers blended with their teams very quickly.

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

The engineers were cost-effective and very skilled. However, what truly stood apart was their interest in the overall product, contribution to the direction of each team, and willingness to go above and beyond their responsibilities to help make the teams more successful.

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

I cannot think of anything.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m a VP for a company that makes document management tools. We handle PDF and document processing in addition to offering tools that convert PDFs, compress them, and have editing capabilities.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with iTeamly?

We wanted to expand our engineering team rapidly, so we hired iTeamly for staff augmentation. We were looking for product-minded engineers and individuals who would care about what the product did and how it was used instead of just executing tasks.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

iTeamly provides software engineers who help build and maintain our application. They also offer engineering consultants and programmers. 

What is the team composition?

Currently, we work with 5–6 people.  

How did you come to work with iTeamly?

I knew our contact person from a company he used to work at. 

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working together at the beginning of 2022, and the engagement is ongoing.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

iTeamly provides us with high-performing engineers that have a good product mindset. With their help, we’ve been able to develop the product faster.

How did iTeamly perform from a project management standpoint?

Their product management has been good for the most part, and deadlines have not been a problem. We use Jira as a ticketing system, and they’re embedded in our Microsoft Teams. They attend daily stand-ups, planning meetings, demos, and work with our team.

What did you find most impressive about them?

They try to understand our needs and iterate their selection process based on what we're looking for. 

Are there any areas they could improve?

There’s nothing we can come up with. 

Any advice for potential customers?

Come prepared and share as much about your requirements and needs as possible. You should also try to be precise about the kind of profile you're looking for.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

We have a Software-as-a-Service company offering product for event management. We provide the product to companies, public organisations and non-profits in Europe. I'm CTO and partner in our company.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

We started a renewal project to modernise our product, which meant that we had a lot of design and implementation work to be done which we were not able do with our in-house product engineering team only. We needed to find senior expertise who could, with us, design and implement the new technology platform to base our product on.

SOLUTION

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

We were already collaborating with one vendor from Poland, but needed to find particular expertise for front end development and test automation and iTeamly was able to provide the needed expertise. I personally also had past business collaboration with previous company with iTeamly owner Tomasz. Our in-house team is located in Finland but due to remote working practices, it was easy to ramp up nearshoring collaboration with iTeamly experts.

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

Our project was already ongoing when iTeamly experts joined. At first it was technical interviews to validate that the candidates can bring in what we were looking, then onboarding to our organisation and project and then daily collaboration. The iTeamly experts joined our existing Scrum teams. Key technologies used were React with Next.js, Cypress for test automation and GitHub and Github Actions based CI/CD pipeline.

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

One Senior Front-end Developer and Senior QA Engineer, both working together in our existing teams and bringing in their own field of expertise into the teams.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Together with iTeamly experts we were able to execute the project as planned and release the new technology platform with rewritten features for end-users.

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

Close by-the-book Scrum according to Scrum Guide with sprint plannings, refinings, daily standups, sprint reviews and retros. Product Owner maintaining the backlog and Scrum Master facilitating the day-to-day. Two week sprints were used. Monthly sessions with iTeamly CEO Tomasz, to funnel feedback to and from iTeamly experts.

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

Tomasz's professionalism, kindness, and attitude to always help and solve the customer needs were impressive. The speed how quickly very good candidates for the needed roles were found.

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

Nothing big really. One of the challenges of this remote and online working era is that building the relationships between individuals and teams is quite a bit harder. Face-to-face time would be very beneficial, but organising this in remote organisation has its challenges. This is something that we need to figure out together with iTeamly.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Regional Delivery Head of LTIMindtree

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

LTIMindtree is a global technology consulting and digital solutions company that enables enterprises across industries to reimagine business models, accelerate innovation, and maximize growth by harnessing digital technologies. 

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire iTeamly to accomplish?

• spead of delivery of Talent Acquisition
• best in class outstaffing

SOLUTION

How did you find iTeamly?

Referral

Why did you select iTeamly over others?

• Close to my geographic location
• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost

How many teammates from iTeamly were assigned to this project?

30

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

Talent Acquisition and Staff Augumentation projects for our customers in the Azure Cloud Engineering support and Digital Engineering (software Development). Mass recruitment projects during big scaling up (e.g. 150 FTEs per Quarter), highest quality of candidates / contractors delivered.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

timeley delivery, candidate quality, time-to-market, time-to-hire, retention

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

They always took a proactive approach and delivered in a timely manner. In fact, we have never experienced a timeline/deadline missed. They also provided high-quality reporting, great stakeholder management, and a fantastic candidate experience.

What was your primary form of communication with iTeamly?

In-Person Meeting

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

Highest quality candidates with great motivation and loyalty.

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

nothing I can think of really

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CEO of a Submerged Assets Inspection Company 

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Automating remote inspection of submerged assets at scale

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire iTeamly to accomplish?
Development

SOLUTION

How did you find iTeamly?

Referral

Why did you select iTeamly over others?

Pricing fit our budget

How many teammates from iTeamly were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

The iTeamly team contributed to developing high-level software capabilities including:

• drone localization
• environmental mapping
• robot simulation.

The team was engaged and drove the development of these capabilities, which requires the high-level robotics expertise and the knowledge of the current state-of-the-art solutions.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

The project is still ongoing but some of the features were already deployed and proven to provide new capabilities to our autonomous vehicle.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

We've been happy with their project management.

What was your primary form of communication with iTeamly?

Virtual Meeting

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

iTeamly's flexibility is impressive

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

No improvements needed.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

 I am the CTO of a SaaS Company

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

ESourcing as a saas service

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire iTeamly to accomplish?

• Develop a new architecture for our stack
• Realize a functionality using the new architecture

SOLUTION

How did you find iTeamly?

Referral

Why did you select iTeamly over others?

Great culture fit

How many teammates from iTeamly were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

• Brainstorming and developing a strategy for updating key components of our stack 
• Selecting the stack components 
• Developing a feature using the new stack components

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

• Help in recruitment and team assembly 
• Selecting and integrating the new application stack (which aligns with the goals of maintaining the existing application's look and feel). 
• Implementing a new feature using the new stack Handover to the internal team

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Their project management was excellent. We had some difficulties as this was a difficult task to accomplish. The difficulties were solved and iTeamly showed a lot of commitment in resolving those issues.

What was your primary form of communication with iTeamly?

Virtual Meeting

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

The persons are capable but most importantly, really trustworthy and 200% committed to the task in hand. They are nice persons, too.

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

I have nothing to suggest here