Nord Clan

Please describe your company and your position there.

ITFB Group is one of the Russian system integrators who worked for the largest banks, cellular operators, and state companies. I'm the head of the custom software development department.

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

Sometimes in our project activity, we involve our respected partners such as Nord Clan. As in this project with one of the largest Russian brokers. We need to solve multiple business tasks with an ERP solution that is connected to the BPM service. Our goal was to solve so many problems, and we need a partner we can rely upon on.

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

We had experience with this partner, and we could rely on their expertise in Java development. The specialists of this company are always distinguished by the fact they have excellent competencies in the needed Java stack and work well as one team on our projects.

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

They designed and developed several business process integration solutions on the stack Java/Spring, Apache Camel, Apache Karaf, Camunda BPM, MS SQL Server. We started with 2-week sprints and has finished a lot of them.

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

There are two people in the team from the vendor, and they are senior developers.

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

We were able to release our solution to the market within a short period.

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

We communicated through Skype, Jira, and GitHub.

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

The most impressive thing about them is the gauranteed level of skill their specialists have.

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

Nothing at all, everything was good.

Please describe your company and your position there.

PeoplePass company was established in 2019. It was inspired by the goal to bring to the market the best solutions for visitors’ identification and registration at any checkpoint.

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

PeoplePass is a client-server solution for registration process automation designed to facilitate the process of visitors accessing offices, government agencies, medical establishments, public mass events, residential complexes and communities. We engaged Nord Clan to assist us with the MVP development (client, admin modules, using microservices architecture).

How did you select Nord Clan and what were the deciding factors?

Considering many recommendations we had received from our colleagues working at fintech industry, we made a decision to approach the Nord Clan company

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

The solution consists of two major modules: The client part is a system of registration and visitor admission The administrative part - manages users, events, companies and other system entities Close attention was paid to security and data integrity, simultaneously, keeping performance at the proper level when developing this solution The system is designed using a microservice architecture. Docker containers are used to manage the infrastructure quickly and easily. Microservices communicate with each other via a Kafka message queue.

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

2 backends developers, 2 frontend developers

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

We were able to release our solution to the market within a short period of time.

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

We use slack and Jira

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

Expertise and ability to promptly immerse into the project specifics

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

None that I can think of really.

Please describe your company and your position there.

I-Teco Company is a leading Russian systems integrator and provider of information technologies for corporations. I am the Project Manager of I-Teco Group.

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

It was necessary to develop banking software.

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

Nord Clan was recommended as a good partner who specialize in Fintech development, including the development of banking products.

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

Development of a user dashboard, integration with existing systems, re-engineering of legacy systems.

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

Projects were handled by backend and frontend teams of devs engaged in a full development cycle.

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

The development was carried out at the proper level and in a timely manner.

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

Jira, Bitbucket were used on the projects.

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

Experience, speed of immersion, expertise, and well-coordinated collaboration of specialists.

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

I was satisfied with everything.

Please describe your company and your position there.

Dostaevsky is a FoodTech company that operates in the dark kitchen format. Location of company is Saint Petersburg and Moscow. We delivery more than 100 000 orders in month. I work in position as a Product Owner. My competition is a product management and team equipment.

For what projects/services did your company hire Nord Clan?

In 2019 we run project a new website and apps mobile. We needed to help in dev resources for backends services. The Nord Clan have developed admin panel and some api for mobile apps.

What were your goals for this project?

It was important to us: - deadlines - fault tolerance - request processing speed

How did you select this vendor?

1. They did successfully done several projects earlier. 2. The developers had our technology stack.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

In 2019 we run project a new website and apps mobile. We needed to help in dev resources for backends services. The Nord Clan have developed admin panel and some api for mobile apps. Tasks on the project: - collection of requirements - implementation analysis - coordination of implementation with CTO - development - documentation

What was the team composition?

1. PO 2. 3 backends developers 3. 2 mobile developers 4. UX designer 5. QA

Can you share any information that demonstrates the impact that this project has had on your business?

Added features: 1. Feedback 2. Search products

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

The project management arranged was on the client side. The company provided devteam resources

What did you find most impressive about this company?

1. level of specialists 2. speed of immersion in the subject area 3. ease of communication

Are there any areas for improvement?

I am completely satisfied with our cooperation.

Please describe your company and your position there.

Owner, ceo

For what projects/services did your company hire Nord Clan?

I had problems with the product because of previous subcontractor

What were your goals for this project?

They solved all the problems and bugs

How did you select this vendor?

Recommendation

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

Software development and testing

What was the team composition?

Backend, frontend, supervisor

Can you share any information that demonstrates the impact that this project has had on your business?

Yes, we are ready to go to the market

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

It was effective

What did you find most impressive about this company?

They provided solutions impressively fast.

Are there any areas for improvement?

I dont know