Limestone Digital

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the QA Specialist & Outsourcing Manager of Gameforge 4D GmbH

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Development and publishing of videogames

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Limestone Digital to accomplish?

Developing a new game update for a browser game

SOLUTION

How did you find Limestone Digital?

Referral

Why did you select Limestone Digital over others?

• Pricing fit our budget
• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost
• Referred to me

How many teammates from Limestone Digital were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

The developer was responsible for implementing a new feature that enhances player engagement through PvE battles against formidable opponents. This feature included various stages of increasing difficulty, providing a dynamic and challenging experience for players.

Key areas of implementation included:

• Enabling and disabling the new content seamlessly through our internal tools.
• Enhancing the internal admin control panel with detailed logs and overviews, improving our Customer Support capabilities.
• Integrating new game elements using provided assets, updating necessary databases, and ensuring consistency with existing user interfaces.
• Developing game mechanics based on provided design concepts, including logic and actions for in-game adversaries.
• Implementing related features throughout the game to ensure a cohesive update.
• Creating and integrating monetisation features to support the new content.

The developer's attention to detail and ability to adhere to our design specifications were commendable. We are pleased with the outcome and look forward to future collaborations.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

32 out of 40 development task tickets have been completed and the feature can be already seen in our internal environments. The developer's attention to detail and ability to adhere to our design specifications were commendable. We are pleased with the outcome and look forward to future collaborations.

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

We were extremely happy with their proactive approach and timely response to our needs and inquiries. The delivery of items was always done on time.

What was your primary form of communication with Limestone Digital?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

They were able to help us in a really short time to find people to scale our team and help on the development process to be able to deliver on time. Additionally, they were extremely flexible with our needs, leading to a successful collaboration.

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

We are quite happy with how everything is working in between us and we do not think there is any improvements required.

UPDATED REVIEW

This review was published on July 21, 2023.

Senior Producer, Videogame Publisher
Gaming

Germany

201-500 Employees

Mar 2023 - Apr 2023

$10,000 to $49,999

Verified

Project summary
Limestone Digital ran a development project's discovery phase for a videogame publisher. Deliverables included requirements definition, wireframe designs, project estimations, suggestions, and a delivery plan.

Feedback summary
Limestone Digital completed the discovery phase on time and successfully delivered all the suggestions and proposals. Their professionalism, suggestions, and understanding of the project granted them the deal to continue working on the actual project. The team was supportive and knowledgeable.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Senior Producer of a gaming company

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Video game publisher

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Limestone Digital to accomplish?

• Discovery Phase for upcoming development project
• Requirements definitions
• Wireframes and Design
• Project's team composition, timelines & estimations

SOLUTION

How did you find Limestone Digital?

• Online Search
• Clutch Site

Why did you select Limestone Digital over others?

• High ratings
• Close to my geographic location
• Good value for cost

How many teammates from Limestone Digital were assigned to this project?

6-10 Employees

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

Through the discovery phase Limestone helped us better define the business requirements for an upcoming development project for a storefront. They worked on early wireframes as well as providing their suggestion for a tech stack and architecture. After the Discovery Phase period they delivered:

• Early Wireframes
• Business Requirements Document 
• Risk Register
• Backlog & Delivery Plan
• Tech Stack, Architecure and Infrastructure suggestion
• Suggested workflows

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Despite the size of the project and the amount of information to go through, Limestone completed the Discovery Phase in time and delivered all the suggestions and proposals on time. Their understanding of the project, the relevance of their suggestions and their professionalism led us to decision to continue working with them for the development phase as well.

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

Limestone was excellent at handling the process. They assisted us every step of the way, clarifying the process and taking over documentation. They coordinated the whole discovery and delivered every document on time.

What was your primary form of communication with Limestone Digital?

Virtual Meeting

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

The entire team they put together for this was professional and knowladgeable. It was really easy to work with them and they immediately felt like an extension of our team.

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

Nothing to point out in this area.

RATINGS:
Overall rating: 5
Quality: 4
Cost: 5
Schedule: 5
Willing to refer: 5    

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I'm a board member at a printing services company.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Limestone Digital?

We needed a development service provider to build our website and web business applications. Our goal was to find a staffing partner that could reduce development errors and outsource this project. 

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

Initially, Limestone Digital conducted an assessment of our requirements and came back with a staffing proposal to augment our team. Then, the team designed and built our platform in an iterative way. Limestone Digital developed a portal that interfaced with NetSuite and HubSpot and built custom applications that allowed us to import custom elements into NetSuite. 

The team also used PHP, Python, and JavaScript and was responsible for launching our platform. Limestone Digital was responsible for recruiting and hiring developers. 

What is the team composition?

We worked with around 6–7 teammates from Limestone Digital, including a project manager, a QA specialist, a UI/UX designer, and a database developer.

How did you come to work with Limestone Digital?

I found Limestone Digital on Google.

How much have you invested with them?

We spent around $700,000 on this project. 

What is the status of this engagement?

We worked with Limestone Digital from December 2021–December 2022.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Limestone Digital solved our staffing needs since we no longer needed to look for outsourced developers. We used to spend a lot of time on recruitment. Thanks to the integration with NetSuite, the team helped us improve our internal operating processes. The team also introduced us to new technology we didn't know existed, which was a significant lift for our company. We couldn't have accomplished this project without Limestone Digital, who exceeded our expectations.

How did Limestone Digital perform from a project management standpoint?

We communicated great with Limestone Digital via Microsoft Teams. Our project went over time and over budget at times, but that was due to our team since we changed specifications. Limestone Digital met deadlines and collaborated with us via Jira and SharePoint.

What did you find most impressive about them?

Limestone Digital allowed our company to do AI and software development without losing our assets. The team demystified the process and helped us accomplish what big development companies do without having an internal structure. 

Are there any areas they could improve?
I can't point out anything for Limestone Digital to improve. 

Do you have any advice for future clients of theirs?

I suggest inviting Limestone Digital into the early process of the project's planning instead of only handing them design documents. The team is really good at understanding business needs more than just development needs.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Software Developer of Sentinel Systems LLC.

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Provide property management software and security systems for the self storage industry.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Limestone Digital to accomplish?

• Design next generation software applications.
• Develop next generation software applications.

SOLUTION

How did you find Limestone Digital?

Referral

Why did you select Limestone Digital over others?

• Good value for cost
• Referred to me
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from Limestone Digital were assigned to this project?

>10

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

Design & develop customer facing applications to be the next generation of products our company will be providing to our customers. This includes management and tenant user interfaces to be used by a large audience.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Project Manager creates and updates the pipelines and schedules while at the same time using project management software to keep us informed of project status delivery time lines.

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

Delivery goals are being met as expected. Their project and account management staff are always available to answer questions and resolve issues that arise.

What was your primary form of communication with Limestone Digital?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

Their ability and flexibility to provide staff in areas outside of our expertise on an as needed basis. Some examples would be UI design and Dev ops, these are not required every day be but are available as required.

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

Not at this time.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Technical Lead of Synatic

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Whether you need better visibility of your data across disparate business applications, transfer data between siloed systems, deduplicate and remove errors within your data, or automate your data process to work for you, Synatic is built to answer all of your most intricate integration requirements.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Limestone Digital to accomplish?

• Develop a website to assist with labelling PDF pages + Images for an OCR system

SOLUTION

How did you find Limestone Digital?

Online Search

Why did you select Limestone Digital over others?

• High ratings
• Great culture fit

How many teammates from Limestone Digital were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

We were building a new react front-end to handle the labeling of our custom AI models on Azure Cognitive Services. This is based off the open source labeling tool that Microsoft themselves put out but we needed additional functionality. The key deliverables were to update the open source code to call our API instead of the prebuilt one that had limited functionality. 

The system needed to maintain a hierarchy of pages for a document, allow the user to upload/delete example files, manage a list of fields per document and for each of the uploaded files, label the document based on the fields.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We had daily standups, weekly demo sessions and Ad-hoc sessions on Slack to measure and track progress

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

Project management was superb, the team was incredibly responsive and went over and above to deliver the project on time. Feedback was prompt and the team even worked some overtime to get the project finished

What was your primary form of communication with Limestone Digital?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

The team was incredibly friendly and willing to help, they took the time to understand the project and our needs for it. Their dedication and knowledge went over and above our expectations.

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

None.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m an SVP at SnapNursese, a nurse staffing company. We have a booking platform for nurses and provide a payment and lunch system. 

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Limestone Digital?

We needed to develop our company’s website and a custom web platform for nurses.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

Limestone Digital has developed our website and a custom web platform using Node.js. During the discovery phase, we told Limestone Digital our project’s requirements and worked together to determine how to develop those features. 

Our site has a separate backlog that consists of a credential platform for nurses, where we verify the nurses’ certificate, license, and other requirements that makes them eligible to work in a hospital or medical clinic. 

What is the team composition?

We currently work with one software developer from Limestone Digital. 

How did you come to work with Limestone Digital?

I haven’t been involved since the beginning of our partnership with Limestone Digital, and I’m unsure how we found them. I know our CTO was who contacted Limestone Digital initially. 

How much have you invested with them?

We’ve invested around $200,000 with Limestone Digital.

What is the status of this engagement?

Our ongoing partnership with Limestone Digital started in 2021.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Limestone Digital’s developer is very diligent and hardworking. They understand our requirements and joined when the project had already started, and they’ve adapted greatly to develop the required features. 

Limestone Digital is knowledgeable and has definitely added value to the project. They’ve delivered the expected results.

How did Limestone Digital perform from a project management standpoint?

Limestone Digital meets deadlines and stays on budget. They work under the Scrum methodology. We have close communication through Slack, and Limestone Digital is responsive. We also talk through Zoom and Google Meet. 

What did you find most impressive about them?

I’m most impressed with Limestone Digital’s project management, communication, and flexibility. We work in different time zones with a 7–8 hours difference, and meeting schedules is complicated. However, Limestone Digital is flexible and responsive. If we have a tight deadline, they’re flexible with their time, and we are as well. We make it work. 

Are there any areas they could improve?

There is always room for improvement, and Limestone Digital could keep more updated about the technologies we use. However, they’ve progressed throughout the time we’ve been working together. 

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

I recommend creating internal tests to define if the candidates proposed by Limestone Digital meet your project’s requirements. Limestone Digital has a diligent process to propose candidates, and we conduct additional tests to make sure they have the technical knowledge we need.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the director of e-commerce for a beauty products manufacturing company. We have over 10 brands, and each one has a website. 

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Limestone Digital?

We needed a team to help us manage, maintain, and implement all necessary solutions to our website, hosting, and payment connections. 

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

Limestone Digital provides remote services for us as they handle our software. 

What is the team composition?

We work with five people from Limestone Digital. 

How did you come to work with Limestone Digital?

I worked with them in a different company. 

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working with them in September 2020, and the engagement is ongoing. 

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

All of our websites are running smoothly. We work on various platforms such as Magento, WordPress, and Shopify — none of them has been down since we started working with Limestone Digital. 

How did Limestone Digital perform from a project management standpoint?

They have fantastic pricing for what they offer, and we’ve had easygoing communications. Their resources have no big egos — working with them has been lovely. The project manager handles everything, including communication. To communicate, we mainly use texts. 

What did you find most impressive about them?

Limestone Digital’s communication skills are impressive. Moreover, I’ve worked with various teams in this industry; they’re usually horrible. By contrast, the Limestone Digital team is amazing. 

Are there any areas they could improve?

No, there aren’t any. I’ve worked with them for so many years because they’re excellent. I have nothing negative to say.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Work with Isaac (Product Manager). Use him as your project manager.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Our company provided supply chain execution software hosted on the cloud. My position is VP of Product and responsible for managing the product and engineering teams.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

Finding qualified individuals in the US to fill full-time positions for both engineering and UX/UI design has been difficult. Limestone was able to source qualified candidates to augment our team and extend our capabilities

SOLUTION

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

Flexibility in the working relationship. Ability to find qualified resources. Proactive approach to the relationship.

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

This is an ongoing project that the team will work on various modules and components. This includes UI/UX design and workflow design as well as Ruby on Rails (front and back end) development.

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

Initially the CEO worked to help define the objectives. Then a project manager and account managers were assigned to help manage the relationship and support our requirements.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

As mentioned, this is an ongoing project. But through the process they have delivered many features to the product from both a design and technical perspective.

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

Proactive to ensure the needs of our organization are met. Ensuring their team has sufficient work to maximize their productivity

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

They have been very successful in sourcing qualified candidates for us.

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

Nothing at this time. The relationship is still growing and we will continue to find ways to expand.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the CTO of an organization that provides security gate access keypads and self-storage management software to the storage industry.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Limestone Digital?

We needed to hire developers.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

Limestone Digital has provided us with staff augmentation services. We typically contact the team with job descriptions when we require additional software development support. The most prominent skill set we look for is .NET developers.

Then, they identify developer candidates and go through a pre-screening process to validate the candidate’s skills before sending their resumes to us for review. They also provide candidates with our coding test to ensure they have the appropriate skill sets before we interview them. 

Once they’ve pre-screen the candidates and reviewed their test results, they send us the details, and we set up interviews, which they also join. Our partnership allows us to contract developers through Limestone Digital, so rather than hiring them full-time, the developers work on our projects through the Limestone Digital team. 

What is the team composition?

Currently, we have three developers working for us through Limestone Digital. However, we also work with 5–6 other team members who manage the developers.

How did you come to work with Limestone Digital?

We found Limestone Digital through one of our coworkers. 

How much have you invested with them?

So far, we’ve invested $25,000–$50,000 in the partnership with Limestone Digital. 

What is the status of this engagement?

I worked with Limestone Digital in my previous role about six years ago. We engaged them for this project in January 2022, and the partnership is ongoing.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Limestone Digital has identified suitable candidates for our needs who’ve quickly integrated into our company. We measure success by how effectively the team completes the required tasks within our desired timeframes, which they do.

How did Limestone Digital perform from a project management standpoint?

The Limestone Digital team has met deadlines and operated within our budget. They’re great communicators, and we’re happy with the partnership. We haven’t had to work through any issues with them so far. 

Their pay structure is very transparent, which has been great. We typically pay per development hour, so we clearly understand the monthly budget based on the number of developers. 

We use a customized system to manage the project and GitHub for sourcing. We use TeamViewer for meetings and email to communicate.

What did you find most impressive about them?

Limestone Digital follows through on their promises, and they’re a very communicative team, which we appreciate.

Are there any areas they could improve?

I haven’t noticed anything Limestone Digital could improve on yet. 

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

As with any development project, I’d advise going into the partnership knowing exactly what you want from them. Create a detailed outline of your development needs and skill sets, so the Limestone Digital team can find candidates who meet your requirements.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the co-founder of a non for profit platform which enables giving within communities.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

In order to bring the vision to life we had to custom build everything. The platform is a unique and new idea, centered around communities and their members. Our goal was to build out a robust, beautiful and well functioning platform.

SOLUTION

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

We were referred by a friend. After discussing the project in detail with them, they provided us with a detailed plan as well as a timeframe and cost estimate. They were extremely professional and pleasant to work with, and had come highly recommended to us.

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

We started with a wireframe (both front and back end), design, front and back end build out. The project manager was fantastic, great communication and clearly outlining the what and when of the project.

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

6. Project manager, designer, back end developer, front end developer, qa, additional.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We were hoping to launch the MVP by mid 22'. We were actually able to launch a little earlier than expected, with great results. We completed mvp2 I'm early August and have been extremely happy with the product.

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

We started with a number of communication tools (Google drive, click up etc) and those remained. However upon my request they communicated with me primarily through Google. Very communicative and I was impressed with the timeline accuracy.

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

The entire process was awesome! I don't have any one area, more of a general excellent experience.

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

As far as I'm concerned they nailed it.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the CTO of an e-commerce dishware company.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Limestone Digital?

We needed their expertise in Shopify development.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

We’ve initially launched a brainstorming session to discuss our requirements with Limestone Digital’s project manager. They’ve then built our Shopify platform based on our preferred design and development aspects. Additionally, their team has also set up our product descriptions and images on the site. 

What is the team composition?

We’ve worked with three resources from Limestone Digital, including their project manager and developer.

How did you come to work with Limestone Digital?

Limestone Digital’s team was referred to me. I took the recommendation after seeing their impressive portfolio.

How much have you invested with them?

We’ve spent about $75,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

Our ongoing engagement started in July 2021.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We haven’t launched the Shopify platform yet, so I can’t specify any quantitative metrics at this point. From our team’s perspective. Limestone Digital has strategically used their expertise to produce high-quality deliverables.

How did Limestone Digital perform from a project management standpoint?

We communicate via phone calls and emails. Limestone digital is an efficient partner that responds promptly to our needs and has excellent communication skills.

What did you find most impressive about them?

We’re most impressed with their collaborative approach and ability to deliver results within quick turnaround times.

Are there any areas they could improve?

I can’t think of anything constructive about their work — they’ve been nothing but a helpful provider from the beginning.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Don’t hesitate to hire them. Limestone Digital is a committed team that helps their customers devise innovative solutions to address their business goals.