nomtek

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I’m the founder of echt praktisch— a company organizing workshops for people who want to express their ideas through drawing to increase understanding.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

We contracted Nomtek to design and develop a mobile application for learning how to draw. My main goal was to translate the curriculum from my on-site workshops into a convenient mobile application.

SOLUTION

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

I contacted Nomtek and from the first call, I was very impressed how Nomtek understood the idea from a technical and moreover from a business point of view. Nomtek also offered me a very agile approach that really fitted with the experimental stage of the project. Nomteks dedication, skill and flexibility were the deciding factors.

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

I had a general idea of what the app should do, and Nomtek’s team helped immensely in transforming that idea into an MVP. The project started with idea validation workshops where the team checked if Flutter was a good choice to build the drawing application in a reasonable timeframe and whether a smartphone was a good device for drawing.

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

Nomtek gave us a team of two developers, one quality and assurance specialist, one project manager, and a designer. The whole process was looked after by Maciek, nomtek’s account manager, who made it easier to bring the product to life.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

In little time, we had an MVP that allows me to probe the market and also gather feedback from users. With little investment I am now present in the App store and on Google Play.

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

Nomtek used the SCRUM framework for communication and PM style — there was a product demo every two weeks. The team also held weekly status calls.

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

Initially, my idea was to include a breadth of features into the app to make it a comprehensive product from the get-go. However, nomtek’s team convinced me to cut the scope and release an MVP to validate my main business assumption and gauge the demand. The scope cuts were a great idea, and the MVP let me test the waters with my clients.

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

The project went perfectly fine. And I also appreciated their patience and their understanding as this was my first development project. I am really looking forward to take on the next steps in the project.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the product manager for an e-commerce company that focuses on secondhand goods, where both businesses and consumers sell and buy items.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with nomtek?

We decided to rewrite our experience in new technology and needed it to get started quickly. We didn’t want traditional outsourcing help but wanted to expand our in-house team with more engineers and QA testers.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

At the beginning of the project, nomtek provided engineers and QA personnel to join our team for both iOS and Android development work. We went full native for the application, using Kotlin and Swift. Our app allows consumers to sell and buy products in the marketplace.

Our process involves an engineer writing a piece of code before it gets reviewed by another engineer. It is intermixed, meaning they could write code and reviewed by an engineer from our company and vice versa.

What is the team composition?

There are five people on the team.

How did you come to work with nomtek?

nomtek was recommended to me through a connection of mine. We reached out and decided to work with them.

How much have you invested with them?

We’ve invested €300,000 (approximately $330,000 USD).

What is the status of this engagement?

Our engagement with nomtek started in February 2019.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Our tech leads assessed how well the collaboration was working in terms of quality and development speed. It’s been positive, which is why our engagement has continued.

How did nomtek perform from a project management standpoint?

nomtek works with our in-house team, joining dailies and weekly planning meetings. The team is responsive, constantly keeping in touch with our lead engineers through Slack.

What did you find most impressive about them?

We were happy to find that their team was quite fast. They were able to start within a few weeks. The team at nomtek is flexible and pragmatic. Their team understands the urgency of delivering high-quality work at a reasonable speed.

Are there any areas they could improve?

No, it’s been a positive partnership.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

It’s important to establish a great working relationship between team members. We visited them and they visited us, which was extremely helpful.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Product Owner

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We build medical virtual simulators for training and education

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• Implement an automated testing framework for 3D simulators

SOLUTION

How did you find nomtek?

Online Search

Why did you select nomtek over others?

• Pricing fit our budget
• Good value for cost

What was the size of nomtek’s team?

2-5 Employees

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

The scope of the work is to create a set of APIs that allows to script automated tests for our 3D simulators. The main deliverable is to write several tests in order to perform all the gameplay cases present in one of our simulators. The tests should run in a automated pipeline and mimic our internal manual testing.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• Number of fully testable gameplay cases

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

They've delivered beyond our expectations. They have been always very responsive and the communication always efficient. The team integrated very quickly in our internal development workflow, making the initial onboarding very smooth.

What was your primary form of communication with nomtek?

Virtual Meeting

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

They easily adapted to a very complex development environment.

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

Nothing special to mention. Just keep it up.