OGDSolutions OU

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Global Partnership Lead of Devtorium

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We provide outsourcing and outstaffing services as well as we developed our AI product

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire OGDSolutions OU to accomplish?

• Increasing the current development teams on the projects.

SOLUTION

How did you find OGDSolutions OU?

Referral

Why did you select OGDSolutions OU over others?

• Close to my geographic location
• Pricing fit our budget
• Good value for cost
• Referred to me
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from OGDSolutions OU were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

OGDSolutions developers collaborated on numerous projects alongside our in-house development team. The team size varied over time but typically consisted of around 5 members. Our joint efforts encompassed tasks such as crafting APIs for websites and mobile apps, handling the front-end development of websites, and creating mobile applications.

Additionally, we took on project management responsibilities, overseeing the development process. As a result, we achieved successful project implementations on multiple occasions.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Throughout our collaboration, we assigned numerous tasks to OGDSolutions Developers, and in the vast majority of instances, they not only completed them successfully but also within the specified timeframe. It's worth noting that they quickly integrated into our team and seamlessly joined our efforts.

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

Project management was entirely under our purview. We defined tasks, ensured the quality of their execution, and closely tracked adherence to deadlines. I want to emphasize that OGDSolutions developers demonstrated their finest qualities. They actively contributed as valuable team members, which was a pleasant surprise for us. It was evident that they approached their work with a strong sense of dedication, striving to accomplish tasks in the best possible way

What was your primary form of communication with OGDSolutions OU?

• In-Person Meeting
• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

First and foremost, their efficiency has stood out. Whenever we had a request for a developer, they promptly located what we needed, saving us valuable time that would have otherwise been spent on searching. Additionally, I appreciated the accuracy of the technical proficiency levels they claimed for their developers; it matched the reality.

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

Currently, we are satisfied with everything, and there's no specific advice or suggestions we have to offer at this time.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Head of Partnerships of JetSoftPro

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Software development solutions

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire OGDSolutions OU to accomplish?

• To support us with the development of the specific niche project
• To develop a sotware with a complex approach and web+mobile (admin+clients+vendors)

SOLUTION

How did you find OGDSolutions OU?

Referral

Why did you select OGDSolutions OU over others?

• Pricing fits our budget
• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from OGDSolutions OU were assigned to this project?

6-10 Employees

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

The key deliverables: 

• Web admin cabinet to be able to manage vendors and their client 
• Vendor side to give the possibility to Clients to create proposals, manage them, check the reviews etc. 
• Client side to give the possibility to clients to check the proposals from the vendors and create an order.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

MVP and after the working platforms for end users

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

OGD has a great PM Team which provided us with support, and management of developers, using Agile and Scrum. Always on time, always with work done.

What was your primary form of communication with OGDSolutions OU?

Virtual Meeting

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

We were most impressed with their C-level management and communication. It is hard to find a Company for which is a key point to grow up a Client's business, not just making money.

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

No. I hope that they will find new big Clients and great projects.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I`m the CEO of technological company, that provides our clients with software development services.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire One Group Digital Solutions?

Our company won the tender for the development of ERP system, but did not have enough specific engineers for this project. As the start of the project could not be postponed, we appealed to various partners in search of supplier, one of which was actually the OGD Solution

SOLUTION

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

It was important for us that they have such engineers who were ready to start asap, in sufficient numbers, and who had experience working on a similar project.

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

Cloud-based ERP system for production management in the textile industry. A multi-module project that develops as a Saas solution that can be customized to suit the client's needs. It combines web & mobile interfaces depending on role needs. Project duration - 6+ months.

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

Team composition:

• team lead
• 2 backend engineers
• 2 frontend engineers
• 2 mobile devs

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Thanks to such reinforcement, we implemented the project on time and on budget

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

We were completely satisfied with the speed of communication and flexibility of decision-making in acute situations

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

We were amazed by their speed of response to any of our inquiries and requests.

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

I don't see such thing so far

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the CEO of a technology company.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with One Group Digital Solutions?

We were looking for a partner to help us with custom software development.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

OGD Solutions provides us with custom software development services. Our project is focused on creating a shipping-related web interface with migration capabilities. Its backend uses Vue.js for data storage and has a GraphQL API integrated. OGD Solutions has also used React.js and Python as part of the technology stack. The designs and graphical prototypes have been created in-house, so they’re only responsible for front- and backend development.

What is the team composition?

We work with three developers, a project manager, the CEO, and an accountant.

How did you come to work with One Group Digital Solutions?

A friend of mine had worked with OGD Solutions in the past and referred them to me.

How much have you invested with them?

We’ve spent around €65,000 (approximately $69,000 USD).

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working together in October 2021, and our engagement is ongoing.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Our algorithms are inserted into OGD Solutions’ deliverables, and they always deliver products we like within a reasonable amount of time.

How did One Group Digital Solutions perform from a project management standpoint?

OGD Solutions’ project management is good. We have an internal project manager who cooperates with their project manager, and everything is very structured. We use ClickUp to manage the project, and we have daily standup meetings. We also use Slack and Telegram to communicate.

What did you find most impressive about them?

The balance between the quality of OGD Solutions’ deliverables and their cost is very good.

Are there any areas they could improve?

No, everything is fine.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Be clear about what you want to achieve. They’re a good partner because they structure their work towards their client’s objectives and deliver.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

CEO/ Key account manager

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire One Group Digital Solutions?

Our company felt short on staff due to unforeseen project expansion. We needed to fill in the gap quickly. And OGDSolutions helped us do that. And we got the resources that we needed for the project.

SOLUTION

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

We got referred to the OGDSolutions by one of our partners.

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

OGDSolutions provided two developers to expand our team so we would meet the deadlines and quality standards set by our customer. The developers did fit into the team with no issues and started to perform with a reasonable time frame.

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

Two full-stack PHP Laravel + Vue.JS developers.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The guys helped us in expanding our team with no additional stress. We did like the "on demand" business model since we did's have any additional social taxes or expenses.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

The management was done by our company so can’t say much. Everything was efficient.

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

Quick feedback and even faster results. It took them almost no time to get into our project and find the perfect staff for our needs.

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

At first we wanted to negotiate a better price but now we know that the good quality should have a nice price tag as well, so no, not at the moment.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I`m CEO of a web-development company with our development center in one of the most important Eastern European. Our core focus lies in E-commerce and Magento development since 2012. Our philosophy is about creating the whole development strategy for the business growth, including ideas regarding improving usability, UI logic, determine the lamest places in your store, etc. It's about complex issues we are facing day-by-day to help create the new strategy for online growth and reach out the brand new level of their revenue – that`s what we made of.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire One Group Digital Solutions, and what were your goals?

I was looking for Laravel Developers, that could help us with our project. It needed to be written, OGD Solutions had the needed expertise.

SOLUTION

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

I've been suggested by one of my employees that OGD will do the job properly. So we jumped on several calls for become acquainted and after that make several interviews with developers, that were hired by IT Delight.

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

We felt we lacked tech resources and hired two more developers in addition to our current team. Artyom and Volodymyr did tremendous work on providing us a properly structured and well-coded software by suggesting top-notch ideas and improving our wishes one after another. Their performances were truly valuable and allowed us not to miss the deadlines. Thank you guys.

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

From OGD Solutions side it was 2 Full Stack Developers. One project manager from the our side and small team from client`s side.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The development speed and quality increased, me and customer got more satisfied with what we're doing so was I.

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

The project management was very effective and we had no issues. We use Skype calls for communication and we could track every part of work that had done.

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

High response level from each person, They were a highly skilled team that easily jumped and adapted to a new environment with effective communication skills

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

Nothing I could come up with straight away, just probably some minor things that I just didn't even notice.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the CEO of a software development company, with our main office in San Francisco, United States of America. Our company provides top technical and design talent to clients of all sizes, from startups to Fortune 500 companies that need developers and designers to help them build business-changing software. And I'm the person who coordinates all of the communication with our partners that help us build solutions for our customers.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire One Group Digital Solutions?

We needed more hands coding to meet a deadline so I decided to find an engineering that could help us build a Fintech system with with PSD2 standards needed in the EU. It needed to be written in PHP and OGD Solutions had the expertise needed.

What were your goals for this project?

OGD helped with the technical documentation, requirements gathering around the PSD2 rules and building a clickable prototype to understand what the end product would look like. For the technical side, we asked OGD Solutions do write the application in PHP (Laravel framework) and Vue.JS for the front-end.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

Our CTO and I considered about 3 outsource software development companies to assist us in building this project from the ground up and chose OGD Solutions because of their expertise in the banking field and previous successful track record. We jumped on several calls at the beginning to know each other better, arranged a personal meeting in Ukraine and felt that this was the right decision from that point forward.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

The project was to develop a PSD2 compliant system to manage transactions for a fintech company that would process the data properly and so on. OGD provided full-cycle development from the ground along with QA and further support and maintenance.

What was the team composition?

They've provided us with 1 front-end developer, 2 back-end developers, team lead, QA, and PM who worked alongside our team.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Our customer received a PSD2 compliant system to meet the EU law. It was successfully completed and the results will positively impact our presence in the market.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

The project management was effective. We received daily reports and held weekly meetings by voice so both we and our customer got the most up to date information. We used Skype and Discord for calls and chat communication. The documentation and any critically important information was shared via emails. In addition, the deadlines were met and we didn't exceed the client's budget.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

The code quality was very good and needed little oversight by our team. They never delivered a demo with an issue on it or would fix it immediately. Our expectations were managed properly, and communication was done very well.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Yes, there are. At the early stages, we had a small struggle with overpromises and underdelivering but that happened on just the first development sprint and OGD fixed this issue promptly.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I'm a co-founder of Global Future Solutions. We work with different startups and develop their products.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with One Group Digital Solutions?

We needed additional development resources, so we were looking for a vendor we could partner with.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

They've helped us develop websites for a multi-vendor marketplace. In addition, they build iOS and Android applications, provide recommendations, and propose new features. They’ve worked with React, PHP, and Vue.js on the frontend side.

What is the team composition?

We work directly with their CEO.

How did you come to work with One Group Digital Solutions?

We found their company on LinkedIn and reached out to them.

How much have you invested with them?

We pay them about $10,000 a month.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working with them in October 2018, and the relationship is ongoing.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We're able to accomplish more tasks and take on more projects, so our company has been growing.

How did One Group Digital Solutions perform from a project management standpoint?

We've had no issues and they've stayed within our budget. We use Jira to keep track of our projects and they send us daily reports on each product. Their project managers are very professional, so it's been a pleasure to work with them.

What did you find most impressive about them?

They bring a lot of ideas to the table and propose new ways of doing things, adding even more value to the projects.

Are there any areas they could improve?

I can't think of anything to improve on.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Don't hesitate to reach out to them.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I’m the founder and CEO of an all-inclusive personal training company with a fully integrated concierge platform.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire One Group Digital Solutions?

We hired One Group Digital Solutions to build a digital workout journal that can store and interpret health and human performance data generated by our community.

What were your goals for this project?

We needed the system to be extremely user-friendly and interactive on mobile devices. Apart from managing manual inputs from users, our system also had to collect health and performance data from 3rd-party apps and fitness devices.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

A colleague recommended them to us.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

One Group Digital Solutions is helping us design and develop the project from the ground up. They're always available for daily, weekly, and monthly updates to check in on current sprints and plan future builds.

What was the team composition?

Due to geographical limitations, our relationship has been remote. OGDS utilizes their project manager to communicate with our team while other engineers participate in video calls when necessary.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The project isn't finished, but we believe it will make a major difference for our brand. We’re excited to see the final tool.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

Our workflow has been very productive and consistent. OGDS is highly responsive despite the challenge of working in a different time zone. We communicate quite easily through Google Hangouts, Slack, and Jira.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

OGDS does tremendous work at a rate a smaller company like us can afford.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Other than living in a different time zone, there’s very little for them to improve.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the CTO at Grad Agency, a company that delivers custom web development and design services to clients all over the world.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire One Group Digital Solutions?

We had a client with a custom web service, which required more than 200 hours of backend development. We needed a company to outsource some of this programming work.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

I knew their CTO for half a year and we had established a good partnership, so I contacted them for this work.

Can you go into detail about the services they provided and the scope of the project?

They fully covered the backend portion of the project and also helped with some frontend tasks. The project lasted around one-and-a-half months.

What was the team composition?

They assigned a project manager, a backend developer, and a QA specialist.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

One Group Digital Solutions fully developed the backend of the web service according to client's specifications. The project is now live and has a lot of visitors.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

I set up all the project management and connected their team to our process. Everything was really fast and smooth.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

One Group Digital Solutions’ team has a lot of experience in this field; they know the workflow and what problems can occur during development. The collaboration was smooth and painless.

Are there any areas where they can improve?

I can't come up with any at the moment.