Moravio

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the sales and marketing director at Shopsys, a custom e-commerce development shop that builds large scale e-commerce sites. We offer our platform for other agencies, being the IT developers in the e-commerce world with our own platform.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Moravio?

We needed additional developers to have a larger team to serve our clients better.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

The team provides two PHP developers to work with our team on backend development. They also assisted with build big e-commerce projects for major tech retailers, acting as part of our team.

What is the team composition?

We hired two PHP developers full-time.

How did you come to work with Moravio?

Moravio was actually using our technology to build their own projects. A year ago, we needed extra resources for a project, and we asked them because they had experience with our technology. We knew they were a huge company that was from our same city. We’ve organized community events together, and our CEOs were also friends.

How much have you invested with them?

We’ve invested €150,000 (approximately $180,000 USD).

What is the status of this engagement?

Our engagement started in December 2019.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The team at Moravio helped us develop the project on time. Their resources were as efficient as if we hired someone in-house. It was a big advantage that they used to work with our technology before.

The onboarding was quite fast, and we didn’t have any problems with them. They were a good cultural fit. It was easy to cooperate with them on both the developers’ and business levels. The client perceives the team as a whole, and they were satisfied, relaying positive feedback.

How did Moravio perform from a project management standpoint?

The project was led by a project owner that worked in an agile approach. They deliver on time. For communication, we use Slack and Jira.

What did you find most impressive about them?

They had the ability to become part of the team quickly. The fit was so good that they didn’t feel like an outsourced company.

Are there any areas they could improve?

I have no areas of improvement.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Make sure there’s a cultural fit. Because of that, our cooperation was good. I recommend working with them.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

The New generation museum was a startup in the field of culture, arts and tourism. This is a unique project that combines IT technology, modern interpretation of classical history museum reference, such as exhibits. New generation museum was one of the pillars in the reconstruction and revitalization of the Zdar estate, which has the ambition to become a cultural and social centre for visitors and residents. Emphasis on modern communication using an online middle with international outreach.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

The Moravio company was hired on the basis of recommendations for the development of new castle websites and mobile applications. It was a complex concept, we needed to cover many aspects and services that the castle grounds will offer. From commercial activities such as weddings, accommodation, tours, to a calendar of events and festivals. The mobile application was then to offer a virtual tour.

SOLUTION

How did you select Moravio and what were the deciding factors?

Moravio was recommended to us as a young, creative and innovative company that is able to meet our requirements and deliver on time.

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

The entire project was coordinated via the Base Camp application, which allowed us to communicate in real-time with the Moravio team and respond flexibly to questions and requests. The website was tailor-made for us using WordPress, incl. admin interface.

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

Not sure for now, a team of 3-5 people, including a project manager, programmers and developers.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Unfortunately, I no longer have access to the exact numbers, but the website traffic was perfect. Since the launch, the site has also been promoted via social networks and the traffic has been satisfactory. The website at that time was very innovative and modern in terms of cultural concept and in comparison with other web presentations of other monuments in the Czech Republic.

This is also evidenced by receiving the Zlatý Erb award in 2018. Special Award of the Minister for Regional Development for the best tourist presentation on the website, Tourist Attraction Category, 1st place.

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

The entire project was coordinated via the Base Camp application, which allowed us to communicate in real-time with the Moravio team and respond flexibly to questions and requests. The deadlines were met and the communication went well.

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

Very personal and pro-client approach, the effort to satisfy the customer, but also the tendency to advise and navigate the customer in the right direction.

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

To this day, a good impression prevails, but I am aware that it was possible to work more on care and detail.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Our company is provider of personal services in Slovakia since 2002. We are focused on searching and choosing suitable workers specially students for permanent or part-time employment from variabable areas.

Through our experencies and expertise, we provide comprehensive services for bussiness of our clients. Our main target group are ambitions students willing to gain experiences during their studies. In addition, we help unemployed to make easier way to find long-term job. I´m CEO.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Moravio?

We received great recommendations for Moravio and therefore we decided to assign the development of the corporate information system to Moravio

What were your goals for this project?

The aim of the new information system was to streamline company processes, improve the work of our team and provide services to our clients at a higher professional level.

SOLUTION

How did you select Moravio?

We found Moravio based on our recommendations

Describe the project in detail.

It is an in-house information system that captures the processes of our company.

What was the team composition?

The composition of the team by moravia was a supervisor, 3 older programmers and 5 younger programmers. On our part, it was a team of 4 employees, which covered the individual processes of our company.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

No, it's a private project.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Very effective and what I must highlight have always been met deadlines according to pre-established rules.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

They were flexible and professional in processing individual tasks.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Yes, even after the end of the project, we will continue to expand it and further cooperate with Moravio

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Dolní Vitkovice (or as we like to call it DOV in short), the unique place which served for a black coal mining and production of raw steel between the years 1828 and 1998. The industrial giant has now changed into no less unique educational, cultural, and social center with reach beyond the country borders.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Moravio?

Complete redesign of our website: including design, programming, graphics.

What were your goals for this project?

• easier and clearer for vistors and users
• sustainable better architecture
• true marketing tool

SOLUTION

How did you select Moravio?

We know about them earlier as about one of the top e-commerce agency with very good corporate values and their final offer was the best.

Describe the project in detail.

First af all we started with series of workshops as a parts of analysis, because we are huge team with different requirements. We had to find our direction and goals.

We found them and Moravio took next step - construction of new website. We appreciate their high level of understanding. For us (as final users) was the most difficult part accept final version and part of whole project and we have to again appreciate patience of Moravio team.

What was the team composition?

Dolni Vitkovice - one project manager and in background consultants (graphic designer, head of several teams etc.)

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Less email and phone customers contacts, because most of information they can clearly find on new website. And if si the contact neccessary, customer is able to find right contact.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

100%

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Patience Understanding Overview

Are there any areas for improvement?

I dont know them.

BACKGROUND

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

• Project management
• Expertise & consultancy
• Analyse project
• Functionalities development

SOLUTION

• High ratings
• Close to my geographic location
• Pricing fit our budget
• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Senior Director, Software Engineering of a software company

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We help organizations transform the way they acquire, manage, operate, and experience space.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• Complete development items on product roadmap

SOLUTION

How did you find Moravio?

Referral

Why did you select Moravio over others?

• Referred to me
• Company values aligned

What was the size of Moravio’s team?

1 Employee

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

Helped execute on the product roadmap.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• Continued product improvement according to product plan.

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

Yes, sprint items were completed on-time.

What was your primary form of communication with Moravio?

Email or Messaging App

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

The ease at which the resource fit with the remote team is impressive.

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

none

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Mobile application marketing specialist of Notino

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Online shope with perfumes and cosmetics

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• Build a landing page for mobile application Notino

SOLUTION

How did you find Moravio?

Referral

Why did you select Moravio over others?

• High ratings
• Good value for cost

What was the size of Moravio’s team?

2-5 Employees

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

Complete design of the new landing page for the Notino mobile application. Following our design guidelines, working with the main stakeholders of the landing page. Understanding of the beauty business and reflecting the needs of the customers into the landing page look.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• Overall new, fresh and modern look of the landing page. Higher traffic, CR and time spent on the page.

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

We were very happy with the whole cooperation with Moravio. Everything was very clear from the beginning. They followed our design rules / guidelines, listened our feedback on the mockups. The whole communication was very good managed by their project manager Šárka. There were always meeting notes sent with the action points.

The timeline was followed and the project was delivered on time. We are recommending Moravio and if we have the option we would pick Moravio and the whole team to another project again.

What was your primary form of communication with Moravio?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

Meetings were recorded, there was no miscommunication because we had meeting notes and action points. We had also timeline which were followed and we were perfectly informed where are we in case of time.

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

Nothing in my mind. We can't recommend more :)

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I´m the IT and sales specialist. We are dealers and a bit of a manufacturers of machine tool accessories and instruments.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

We were using outdated e-shop platform which was not in our own possesion. Any (even small) upgrade done to our website was paid many times by increasing the base price / rent of the e-shop. Therefore we hired Moravio to create our new e-shop, finally free of flat fees.

SOLUTION

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

Moravio was recommended to us by a good friend from university who worked with them on other projects. The most important factor for us was reliability and professionalism - which after 4 years turned out (and it still is) OK.

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

After the first meeting we soon recieved a simple description of how our e-shop should work, then the basic graphical sketches of our new website. The main issue was to implement all necessary steps to match our new e-shop with our IS, alongside with our new demands which would help us with daily work.

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

We were working from 2-4 people - project managers, programmers and graphic designer.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Because the land pages of our new e-shop are different from the old one, there was an expected decrease of our sales, but after aprox. 6 months we are nearly at the same levels as before. Corona, war and general prices increase are all responsible for the sales decrease for sure, but we are happy where we are - with new functions and possibilities.

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

Most of the time we communicated with project manager. Emails at start, helpdesk later. Before every step completed, an estimate time for implementation was pre-determined, agreed, tested and then finally aplied.

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

Even after changing the project manager, the quality of service was still the same. They even learned how to use our Information System to be able to check and test the changes - among other things which were not completely connected to the new e-shop´s creation.

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

Maybe time. The development took more time than we anticipated, but it is not entirely their fault - we wanted the new e-shop to be perfect - with all the new functions and possibilities, even when the first plan was to launch the website as soon as it matches the old one in functionality. We were in no rush.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm developing a specialized web application in which I maintain the backend which supports several React-bases SPAs on the front end. In the past I hired developers directly.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

I wanted to outsource front end development while maintaining back end services myself.

SOLUTION

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

The seemed to have a no-nonsense and businesslike approach without trying to promise everything to everybody. This was confirmed in direct communication. They were willing to work in a somewhat unusual partnership where we would need to develop good communication and flexible boundaries.

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

They started with existing React SPAs, cleaned them up, found and removed bugs, improved user interaction, made clear requests for new endpoints which I implemented and they tested and used.

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

two developers, a tester, and a product owner. Their command of English is good to excellent, BTW.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

I will continue working with them, for years, I hope, in maintenance mode or when we need to expand features.

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

Regular, efficient meetings, issue tracking (Jira), Confluence, they joined our slack channel. The time difference between my office in eastern USA and theirs in Moravia worked well, as we could meet at their afternoon/my morning and I had the rest of the day to deal with back end or questions they might have.

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

Their professionalism and competency were impressive.

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

I will be interested to see if we can continue in maintenance mode while my attention is diverted for a while to business issues.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I was in the position of financial and reporting spoecialist and I was in charge of the project of implementation of the new website for investors during that period.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

The main goal was to move from an outdated and not fully functional system. That's why we approached Moravio, based on excellent references. One of the main tasks was to move to a user-friendly system that would be less demanding to operate. Another was to improve the UX.

SOLUTION

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

Moravio was chosen because of positive references from the circle of people who have solved similar projects themselves.

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

At the very first meeting with the project manager we presented our expectations and agreed on the implementation process. Since we needed to deal with this promptly, the time that was set aside for the implementation was not very long.

Moravio managed this with great professionalism. At the next meeting we discussed the contract terms and then it went very quickly. The first visualization designs came, which we only lightly auctioned. After several meetings we agreed on go live with the possibility of additional changes within the production in the following month.

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

Project manager - He was always available whan we needed and he could answer all our answers to our questions about the project (time, problems, changes). Lead developer - when we were in need to understand some technical points or to discuse them he was able to help us. A bunch of developers who worked on our project. Testing was in our hands and the hands of project manager.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Feedback from our customers was very positive. The same reaction was by our administrators who spent less time on editing the site.

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

We had meetings as needed. In the start there was a time we had some regulary meetings. We used BaseCamp for communication.

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

The whole team had a great focus on the project. Their communication has been straight and transparent. They also came with their own ideas.

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

You can always improve what you do, but in the case of Moravio it is not much needed.