Mad Mountain

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm Project Manager in a marketing agency. I'm responsible for development projects.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

We've wanted to create a job board for specialized target group. Mad Mountain have helped us to make this project realistic. They were responsible for a code and training ours junior developers. The goal was to make this site with a lot of features in only 6 months.

SOLUTION

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

We got a contact to Mad Mountain team from recommendations. And we are glad to found them like that. Before we've made a decisions to cooparate with Mad Mountain, we had made a lot of inreviews with others companies. Mad Mountain won because of they specialized and big team and practical approach to the project.

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

First of all, we had a kick-off meeting where we described project area and map flow. After that we decided in which methodics we want to work. We've diveded project into two-weeks iterations. Mad mountain reccomended the best and developing technologies which will suits the most to our site and it was: laravel and react + next.js.

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

3 people:

• Senior Fullstack Developer
• Frontend Developer
• Junior Backend Developer

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We've made a great site in only 6 months, which was a really big thing. The job board works properly and we got a lot of new clients in short time, because the project was made in good way.

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

Project Management was in our side. We invited Mad Mountain developers to work with us through monday.com. We made daily, short meetings and sometimes we made also longer meetings to solve problems. We divided our project into two-weeks iterations which was started by planning meetings and was stopped by summary meetings. Beyond of meetings we chated through Slack.

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

Fast problem solving! For them there was no problems or challanges. Everything was to make and only sky was the limit. They asked a needed questions which helped us to develop our project and business.

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

We are satisfied with their work.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Personal trainer/physiotherapists online platform with booking management system and personalized video content for users who want to get fit/healthy at any level. Position: Company CEO

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

Mad Mountain have built and maintained for us the fitadept.com service (web application) as well as its android and iOS mobile applications. Our goal was to deliver robust web platform in a tight start-up budget and migrate all of our database from old system.

SOLUTION

How did you select Mad Mountain and what were the deciding factors?

We have had positive work experience with CTO knowing that he can deliver good and scalable product.

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

It was a full custom software development project covering web application, Android and iOS app. Mad Mountain migrated all of the data from our previous custom made system to a new version built by them.

Our solution is a wide scale ‘e-commerce like’ platform for trainers and video web content. Technologies mostly used were React and Laravel (including React Native)

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

This is an ongoing software development project which covers at least 2 developers and 1 project manager capacity, even higher depending on the needs.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Our platform scope has grown over the time while we worked with Mad Mountain, for example we have added new services. Projects were always delivered on time within the budget.

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

We work together in Scrum methodology which allows for quick project scope adjustments based on our needs.

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

Company is super responsive, fast to engage in given problems. Also offers consulting in every aspect of new development.

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

They are willing to adjust development plans to the current needs. Sometimes they could push back to do not change development plans.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Head of Innovation Labs at a marketing company of Consumer Products

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

AdTech company

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Mad Mountain to accomplish?

• Development and maintenance of the app

SOLUTION

How did you find Mad Mountain?

Referral

Why did you select Mad Mountain over others?

Close to my geographic location, Great culture fit, Good value for cost, Referred to me, Company values aligned

What was the size of Mad Mountain’s team?

20

What was your primary form of communication with Mad Mountain?

Virtual Meeting, Email or Messaging App

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

The project consisted of creating a web app and mobile apps available on several markets, in many languages, and on 4 platforms (Android, iOS, Huawei, Samsung) After initial consultations we decided on using React Native for the mobile app as it allowed us to grow on all platforms using a single code base. Additionally the project had to be supported by a multitude of scrapers allowing for detection and immediate implementation of newest promotional leaflets from the main retail chains.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• The project has been delivered despite tight deadlines and additional scope changes. After the initial project we decided to continue cooperation with Mad Mountain and improve the project using their highly qualified team.

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

Communication through e-mail and phone, weekly project meetings and sprint plannings.

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

Their ability to immediately pivot and allocate additional resources to critical changes within the project scope

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

We work with them consistently, which allows us to finetune the development process to our needs, so no.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm a CEO of company.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

We hired MadMountain to provide technological solution in form of configurator for client using 3D/AR Commerce on their eCommerce website.

SOLUTION

How did you select Mad Mountain and what were the deciding factors?

Recommendation from partner.

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

Create 3D/AR based configurator with capability of switching variants of product.

How many people from the Mad Mountain team worked with you, and what were their positions?

Web Development

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Delivered outcomes on time.

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

Direct contact to CEO and monthly feedback on performance.

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

The team's communication is top-notch.

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

No

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Head of Business development at sysclay

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

Design and launch a new modern interactive company website frontend interface.

SOLUTION

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

Mad Mountain has given a strong client faced approach through suggestions and ideas aligned with our end goals

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

Design from scratch new website interface with given very scarce brief. Then implement it keeping an agile approach to changes once new website parts emerge. Technology used: React

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

Five people in total, business development specialist, project manager, two developers and quality assurance tester

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The project has been delivered despite tight deadlines and additional scope changes

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

Communication through e-mail and phone, very flexible

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

Their ability to understand client goals and implement them was impressive.

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

None

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

We are the global leader in photo and video UGC advertising. I am currently the Chief Operational Officer.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

Mad Mountain helps with adhoc tasks to do with Web Development.

SOLUTION

How did you select Mad Mountain and what were the deciding factors?

Great reviews.

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

They work with Jira, on time.

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

We currently are served by a project manager and 2 developers.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Very positive.

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

Very Good.

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

The team showed excellent response time whenever we inquire about the project's status.

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

No - very good work.