NETVOR

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the business application manager for La Lorraine Bakery Group. La Lorraine Bakery Group (LLBG) is a company headquartered in Belgium, with more than 80 years of experience in the milling and bakery sector.

For what projects/services did your company hire NETVOR?

Netvor built the website for one of our brands (La Lorraine) a few years ago. However, in the past year there has been a rebranding of the brand, so we also had to re-align the website with the new brand identity.

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

Netvor built our website in the past. So it made sense to go back to Netvor for the rebranding of the website. We are also very satisfied with the collaboration with Netvor, also for other projects of la Lorraine Bakery Group.

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

Initially, another creative agency provided the initial designs. After all, that creative agency was responsible for the rebranding exercise. In addition, the creative agency had developed a style guide. In a meeting with Netvor, the initial design was explained, as well as the styleguide, the objective of the project and the expected launch date. On this basis Netvor worked out a more detailed proposal (budget + detailed timeline). After approval Netvor delivered the first web designs based on the supplied material. This proposal was again coordinated with the creative agency. And after a number of iterations the new designs were implemented on the staging environment. The new content was also added to this environment and the site was tested. Once everything was in order, the project was launched to production.

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

On the Netvor side, there were about 4 people involved in the project. The CEO of Netvor was also very closely involved in each phase.

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

We received a lot of positive feedback internally from various stakeholders. In each feedback, the new site was seen as an improvement over the previous site. This is partly due to the rebranding in general, but also to the way in which Netvor was able to reconcile the style guide, the design proposals of the creative agency and the possibilities of the current website.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Their response time is very fast. Communication with NETVOR is mainly through Jira, which keeps everything well-structured and contextual. The predetermined deadline was respected.

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

I am particularly delighted with the smooth way of working together, the fast response time and the way Netvor was able to reconcile our wishes and the creative agency's proposals with the possibilities of the existing website/technology.

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

I think we can avoid some iterations by delineating the responsibilities of the creative agency and the web agency a little better.

Please describe your company and your position there.

Fondee is an online platform that allows users to invest in ETFs by automating their investments according to their risk profile. I am a CTO - a person responsible for all the development activities.

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

We had a substantial challenge ahead of us. Fondee has been aspiring for a higher-tier trading license for quite some time. This license, which Czech National Bank has awarded, would allow Fondee to begin the next period of its growth as it enabled us to offer more smooth and complex services to our clients. The side effect of this transition was also the ability and need to change the broker that Fondee was using and contain some of their responsibility. This change has had vast and structural consequences to our online platform.

After a few years of development with other vendors, we've decided to start from scratch and rewrite the whole project with someone experienced that would be both reliable and able to scale up such a fast-growing project. We have already validated our market fit, time to build robust foundations has come and we needed a strong partner.

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

We were connected with one of our team members who had a previous experience with NETVOR. Before we decided to work with them, several intensive workshops helped us understand if we could work together and deliver on time. NETVOR proposed a timeline and a budget that was not exactly according to our initial expectations but we had a good feeling that they could provide the output we were looking for, and we had trust in their experience.

We really appreciated their honest communication. They did not promise anything that they knew they could not deliver. Such an attitude turned out to hold throughout our cooperation. We knew what we were getting and what to expect.

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

The main goal was to rewrite the whole system to prepare it for a new broker. Most of the work was on the backend, where most of the operations were happening. The scope was divided into several smaller projects, each project covering part of the main functionality. We began with partially rewriting the frontend, preparing the architecture, preparing the data structure model, and documenting all the functionalities.

As preparing the documentation was a long process, we decided to code the backend step by step. Once most of the backend core functionality worked, it was time to prepare the API and implement it with the frontend. Then we had to do the most crucial part - connect to the new broker. It was not an easy task because of the strict deadline and not much time for testing and debugging. But in the end, there was not a significant issue we had to face. We decided to rewrite the frontend with React.JS and the backend with PHP (Nette Framework).

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

We communicated mainly with a project manager who has been the go-to person for everything. If there was a need for technical consultations, the project manager set up a meeting with a needed team member who participated in the project. Apart from the project manager, we were in touch with the account manager, who cared for our business. The development team covered backend, frontend, QA, and release management.

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

Because we had a strict deadline from our previous broker, we had to move quickly in a relatively short period. After the analysis, NETVOR proposed to divide the project into smaller projects that should be deliverable in one month. That allowed us to measure our progress, so if we could not provide the functionality in the small project, we still could in the next one, or we could change or decide not to do it. In the end, we were able to launch the project on time with all the crucial modules which was a success.

The one thing I appreciate the most is the delivery process - 99% of the functionality we tested was ready for production release. Although just a tiny percentage of functionality had some minor issues. It was a huge step forward for our team because we didn’t have to spend so much time resolving bugs. Instead, we could have focused on preparations for the launch.

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

Once we agreed on the project scope, we gained access to NETVOR Slack to quickly communicate with the team allocated to our project. We used Atlassian tools: JIRA for project management, Confluence for documentation, Bitbucket as a Git repository, and Tempo for time tracking. The project manager played a crucial role for us and helped us a lot during the project preparation and daily project management. As I described, we planned the monthly projects that were estimated before the development started so we knew if we could make it for one month or not.

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

As we've had some bad experiences with other developers, we really appreciate NETVOR's professionalism, honest communication, precise budgeting, and quality work.

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

Sometimes, NETVOR didn’t deliver the small projects on time, but we understand that the output’s complexity was more complicated, so the estimations couldn’t always be 100% precise.

Please describe your company and your position there.

Dentamed is the leading supplier of dental consumables in the Czech Republic. I’m a digital marketing specialist sharing responsibility for the strategy and business development.

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

NETVOR helped us to deliver a new company website as well as our product-related website. One of our main goals was to improve our digital presence as a company. NETVOR proved to be a great partner with respect to our current goals.

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

NETVOR was recommended to us by our current business partner. Since the initial contact, NETVOR proved they understand what they do and that they really care about our projects. The level of care and involvement was a strategic factor for us. We really needed a caring professional with a variety of skills in a digital environment.

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

So far, we have developed two websites together. In both projects, we worked in a triad - Us, Netvor, and Sherpas. Sherpas helped us with the visual, content, and web design side of things, while Netvor put everything to life by developing the websites and connecting them with our internal ecosystem. The process was similar for both projects - we worked with a design agency (Sherpas) and prepared the final web designs for development. NETVOR took on the designs and made them into live websites.

During the design phase, NETVOR was already involved in order to comment and improve our designs with respect to the technical side of things. Once the designs were ready, NETVOR analyzed the full scope of work and prepared a development plan, deadlines, and specifications. Everything was communicated before the development phase was initiated, so everyone involved knew the plan and the details. There were no significant changes in the roadmap, and the project went smoothly.

NETVOR worked with our internal IT department upfront to secure all the necessary details for releases. We faced no significant issues during the releases. Both websites are custom designed and run on the WordPress ecosystem. There are a variety of integrations and automations involved. Both websites are regularly serviced by NETVOR, which was also an important factor for us.

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

We communicated mostly with a project manager who was the go-to person for everything. If there was a need for technical consultations, the project manager set up a meeting with a needed team member who participated in the project. Apart from the project manager, we were in touch with the account manager who took care of us on a business level. The development team covered backend, frontend, QA, and release management.

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

NETVOR was supposed to deliver two websites built from a custom design provided by our partner. For both cases, we wanted a CMS running on WordPress. The websites were designed as fully responsive. NETVOR delivered them in desired quality and on agreed time. During the acceptance period, NETVOR was helping us to polish the final outcome to maximum satisfaction. We believe nothing was missed out.

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

At the beginning of the project, the project manager did a thorough analysis of the scope, wrote down a detailed specification, and prepared a team for the project. They prepared a list of deliverables that they needed from all stakeholders in order to be able to complete the project. Once we all agreed on the scope, the project manager planned out the work and gave us a release candidate date.

During the development phase, the project manager worked closely with all stakeholders in order to have everything needed to complete the project. Once the release candidate was ready for us, we reviewed the project on our side - we had all the time needed. The project manager went through all our remarks and resolved them. In the meantime, we planned a release together.

The moment we released the website, we turned into an SLA regime - our website is maintained regularly on a periodical basis. If we need some changes or we find a bug, we report it via helpdesk, where everything is taken care of almost immediately.

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

NETVOR is a small company, but they work fast. They think about and critically assess every request we have to find the most optimal ways. They really care about the quality of their work.

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

None.

Please describe your company and your position there.

Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 10 million people who take injustice personally. We are campaigning for a world where human rights are enjoyed by all. I am the coordinator of Human Rights Education team at Amnesty International in Czech Republic.

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

We needed an attractive online tool for young people who got in touch with Amnesty to be able to get involved or help in specific cases of unjustice. We also sought to have a follow-up online tool after an educational workshop with young people.

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

NETVOR convinced us that our goal was as important to them as it was to us. That they wanted to bring new people to sign petitions for a good cause and join Amnesty. And equally important was that they offered their services pro bono.

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

We could use the older idea of the 3 minuty staci (3 minutes is enough) campaign and website and taken it further. Both in terms of creativity and new look. I appreciate that they came up with their own ideas and solutions and were patient with several iterations we exchanged.

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

I was in direct touch with one employee and other 2 or 3 where part of the team.

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

Not at this moment, any measurable results will be clearer after the website will be tested with our target groups.

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

We had e-mail communication and regulat statuses and calls (googlemeet, Zoom), which was completely appropriate for this kind and scale of collaboration.

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

Their approach, which was friendly and balanced in keeping the assignment to one side. And coming up with their own ideas and improvements on the other. liked that although the collaboration was pro bono for us, it didn't show in the quality of the communication or the outcome.

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

Probably not, nothing important I can think of.

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm COO of creative digital agency Story TLRS - we are part of the Near & Dear group. Our focus is on digital marketing and story telling and we provide our clients with a wide range of services, from a new identity or product through a website to social networks.

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

Our clients goal was to start a new website app for selling his sports photos primarily in Scandinavia. We had to help him with the concept of this new photo bank and then create the whole brand and website.

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

We knew that our development team wasn't strong enough to develop the whole app on their own in given time, so we were looking for some good experienced partner.

Deciding factors were team experienced in technologies that our solution was designed (for example PHP Symfony on backend) in and flexible enough so they could start right away and vary the amount of people and hours as we needed.

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

When we started to cooperate with NETVOR, we had already done a lot of things with our client. From the concept and branding to the wireframes and design. Our weakness was in the specification of the scope of the technical solution, that was one of many challenges for NETVOR.

The custom solution was based on PHP Symfony framework + VUE JS and the rest of the frontend (CSS, JS, HTML). The website had to be ready for the payments, invoicing and uploading, downloading viewing a lot of high res photos on desktop and mobile devices.

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

Their project manager was the main contact for us and to be honest I can't even remember how many developers was there - I do believe this is a big plus because their project manager took care of all the briefing, tasking and supervision of his team.

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

Client was happy, that was the main thing, with NETVOR we have manage to launch the solution on time and it was working!

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

We had statuses multiple times each week (as the situation required). The tools were - Slack, email and phone. Developers worked in GitLab.

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

They have a good company culture, similar to ours so we speak the same "language". We've managed to speak about problems and find the solution together. It is great to find such a partner.

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

There were some minor bugs during the launch but it is hard to point fingers, there were also some issues on our side.

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I am the founder and CEO of Bric, a project planning and contracting software company based out of Omaha, Nebraska.

What challenge were you trying to address with NETVOR?

We had a core team to develop our application, but we didn't have the experience or the resources to develop a Chrome extension. We also needed help understanding what was possible for our project roadmap.

What was the scope of their involvement?

We first approached NETVOR with a need to develop integrations and pull data from other systems. Instead of building multiple extensions, they recommended that we create a Chrome extension that worked across multiple integrations. Acting as business and technical advisor throughout the project, NETVOR developed the extension.

What is the team composition?

Our primary point of contact was their CEO, but they did have a team of developers working remotely.

How did you come to work with NETVOR?

We connected with them on social media and over time we realized we could work very well together. We set up some meetings and hired them for our project.

How much have you invested with them?

We invested $10,000 in the project.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working with them in February 2018 and finished the project in April 2018.

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

There were no major bugs and we now have a new approach to integrations that we didn't have before. We no longer must spend more time and money making multiple apps. The extension allows us to easily support new launches and the quality of the code is excellent.

How did NETVOR perform from a project management standpoint?

They were very careful and deliberate with making commitments. NETVOR was highly responsive, communicative, and we talked several times a week. Their team was excellent at managing a very complex project.

We communicated with them using Slack, Facebook Messenger, email, and managed the code through GitHub. They were very up to date on DevOps and the industry standards for development. They worked U.S. business hours from the Czech Republic and were digital natives—nothing was lost during our conversations.

What did you find most impressive about them?

Overseas teams we worked with in the past always focused too much on cost. NETVOR, in comparison highly valued code quality and business strategy. Their team focuses on innovation, creativity, and creating a quality product. NETVOR was outstanding in helping refine and validate our vision.

Are there any areas they could improve?

They could’ve shared more of their visual designs to make it easier for inexperienced developers. However, they were very clear with the specs and exactly what was available. It would have been helpful, but it wasn’t required.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Make sure to understand exactly what you want to build first and then collaborate with the NETVOR team to refine that initial vision. Good software development happens through iterations and communication.

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the Managing Partner of a pair of large scale orthodontic clinics in Czech Republic.

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

We wanted to replace an existing iOS application that was not supported anymore. The app's function is to automatize the uploading and sorting of in-office patient clinical pictures. With the help of the app, once taken with a phone, pictures are automatically sorted and uploaded to the relevant patient file in a subsequent dental software.

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

We already had experience with NETVOR prior to this project - they were doing the development of some of our company websites. The collaboration was good so we were not looking for any other vendors with this project.

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

First step was to define the functionality of the app, as we were replacing an existing app we drew inspiration from that and added some improvements. Subsequently there was a round of UI and graphics approval, followed by the development itself. Last and longest stage was testing (live in our clinic on limited amount of patients).

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

A project manager and one developer.

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

Since going live, we have not registered any issues with the app. Staff also reviews this app to be significantly better than the previous - overall user-friendliness and mainly no bugs during use.

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

For communication we used mainly emails and reviews on figma. Everything was always timely and our feedbacks were incorporated promptly.

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

I appreciate that despite it being a relatively small project/development, NETVOR didn't make us feel this and approached this with absolute professionality.

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

Not that I can think of.

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm executive producer at Milk & Honey, creative production company with HQ in Los Angeles and Prague.

For what projects/services did your company hire NETVOR?

Our website was over 10 years old and needed a proper reboot and rebrand. We unified our two production houses under one roof.

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

We got to Netvor because our head of production worked with them in the past and she highly recommended them.

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

We basically had to build a database from the ground for all the projects we've develop for the past 25 years and find an efficient, elegant and professional layout to showcase all of our portfolio which includes films, TV series, commercials and music video.

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

In total we worked with 3 people including the designer and the project manager.

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

Well our clients are happy to see our new website and be able to track the vast amount of projects we've done in the past.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Everything went smoothly, we just needed to create and deliver all the assets which took some time, but once all that out of the way it was pretty straight forward.

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

I really liked how flexible and fast they were. We already future-proofed our investment by working on a platform that is somehow user-friendly.

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

Not much to improve, just sometimes we got a bit lost in translation but nothing major.

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the CEO of the company that develops and operates the Workoholio app.

For what projects/services did your company hire NETVOR?

Since we don't have our own development team, it was important for us to find a reliable partner to help us create the MVP of the Workoholio app.

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

We chose NETVOR from the other options because of its reliability and good references. Also from the point of view of the budget.

Describe the project in detail and walk through their service package.

We received a working MVP of the Workoholio project containing all the basic functionality and helped us to define some processes correctly. In synergy with the deployment of the Landing page on the solidpixels platform, we got a complete product.

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

I had a project manager who worked directly with me and in the background was a complete team consisting of graphic designers, programmers and testers.

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

The first users are using the product and the user base is slowly expanding. The application is running smoothly and is ready for expansion in the direction the market will show us.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Communication was seamless and all our requests were handled quickly and efficiently. As well as continuous changes to the scope of the project and individual functions.

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

A human approach and the effort to always find the most effective solution to a given problem. If necessary, to point out any problems that may arise.

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

Somewhere we would appreciate advice within the context of the whole product not just a specific part of it. But I believe this was not a frequent problem and the overall result was satisfactory.

Please describe your company and your position there.

Bandzone.cz is the musicians network collecting 40K+ profiles of the bands, venues and events. I am the owner of the company.

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

I hired NETVOR to help shift outdated website into mobile responsive platform.

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

By a coincidence NETVOR got in touch with me first. They noticed the state Bandzone.cz was in and offered help with redesign.

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

The brief was rather simple. Make the mostly visited part of the website, bands profiles, rensponsive for the mobile devices.

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

3 - 4

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

We noticed positive feedback on much convenient usability of the platform on mobile devices from our visitors

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

Acording to my wish We coordinated over instant messaging services.

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

Communication. They did everything possible to make sure both sides were aligned. Not just in the beginning but throughout the whole process.

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

Netvor is rather small agency. If any of the workers falls out of the process for any reason the whole project may get delayed.