ORIL

Please describe your company and your position there.

Rentometer collects, analyzes, and distributes multifamily and single family rental price data throughout the U.S. As the President, I'm involved in all web and feature development.

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

Our business is growing and we needed access to add'l design and development resources to support our existing dev Team. Our goal was to develop a partnership with the skills to complement our existing Team and could work independently thereby reducing the demand on existing Team.

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

We rec'd several email solicitations from ORIL and began discussing how we might work together. After several exploratory calls we determined a small first project to get started. The ORIL Team was professional, our conversations were productive, and, as a small company, they understood our need for flexibility.

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

The first project was a new tool for our customers that allowed not technical customers utilize our API. The Batch Processing tool allows customers to process a large volume of rent comparisons simultaneously.

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

We have primarily worked with three members of the ORIL Team - the project manager, a designer, and a developer.

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

The project was completed and the product has been released into beta. The product is available to all of our customers now and we were very pleased with the design and development process.

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

All work is completed and delivered according to schedules. We use Slack for interim communications. Figma is the design tool and can be reviewed real time with all updates incorporated. We also use Google Teams for meetings. Overall, the tools we use work well and are critical to the success of the relationship.

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

We find the ORIL Team to be well organized, reliable and consistent. Our meetings are scheduled in advance and we rarely miss or reschedule meetings. The meetings are productive as the pre-meeting work is usually completed and ready to discuss. The Team is diligent and earnest in carrying out their work. Overall, the Team we work with is congenial and easy to work with.

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

No

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the CEO and Automatic is a one-stop platform for independent dealerships to source competitive loan offers and bundle back-end products onto every deal. We serve our dealerships in a variety of services, outside of only financing.

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

We have put the development of the platform from Website and software developments. We have set the goal of making the independent dealership finance space the most modern finance experience for consumers at the dealerships.

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

We vetted multiple companies and moved forward with Oril after listening to other companies that put their projects into the hands of this team. They came with large financial company recommendations.

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

We work in 2 week sprints. The scope of the coming sprints is done 2-3 weeks ahead of time and is vetted back and forth then given to the Oril team to develop. We have multiple road map sheets to make sure we are developing the key features that will help the product grow. We use Figma, Hubspot, G-suite, Slack and others to make sure we stay on target.

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

We work with a team of 11 developers. We have product managers, Senior Engineers. Sr developers, Quality testers, and penetration testers.

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

Overall we have been extremely happy with the performance of the team. They continue to roll out the product week after week with improvements and developments that push us ahead of our competition.

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

Communication is key in a project this big. We communicate multiple times a week for different groups of the team that help make the project move smoothly. Rarely are we not on the same page with upcoming goals. Slack is a tool we use every day so we can communicate in real time. Email and Google suite is also used daily.

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

They quickly understand a foreign industry, which is incredible. Oril continues to learn from researching the industry and makes suggestions related to what their research show them. One of the most impressive qualities of the team is its flexibility. The team adapts to our needs.

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

In the beginning of the project having better defined sprints and better-defined scopes of work for those sprints would have helped.

Please describe your company and your position there.

I have a marketing consulting firm.

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

We contacted ORIL to build two visually appealing, streamlined, easy-to-use websites for enthusiastic travelers and families looking for exclusive luxury hotels and resorts.

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

We shortlisted 3 potential partners whose work we found quite appealing and in line with what we had in mind. After brief communications with them regarding the scope and implementation model, ORIL came out on top.

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

Once we selected ORIL, we had a series of discovery meetings whereby their team sought to understand our brief in further detail and the business strategy. We provided them with ideas as well as designs, which their team optimized and translated into two responsive websites. The projects involved several customer-facing components, including the landing pages, registration forms, and a backend panel for platforms management. The websites were custom built and interfaced successfully with existing platforms.

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

The ORIL team is great! They are very responsive and project execution was smooth. We’ve worked with a team of Software Engineers and SEO specialists, 1 Project Manager, and 1 Account Manager.

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

From a technical perspective, the sites’ performance and functionality are at a high level. Professional-looking websites with elegant designs have significantly improved conversion rates. For us, it was essential that they understood our vision and what we were trying to achieve.

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

The project management was excellent and we had regular meetings to track the progress of the project and overall performance. Everything went smoothly and the communication was coordinated efficiently at all times.

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

ORIL has excellent management, solid technical skills, and good inputs for solutions. They work quickly and precisely. We appreciate their professionalism and the quality of their work.

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

Working with the ORIL team was great. We had some minor challenges having to do with time differences with team members, so troubleshooting was unable to happen in real-time, but otherwise it was a smooth experience.

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the CTO of a healthcare startup that is focused on the development of telehealth software solutions

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

We had a very tight timeline and needed to increase speed of delivery for our MVP.

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

I met one of ORIL's representatives via LinkedIn and had an initial conversation about partnership options. After evaluating other vendors we selected ORIL due to the quality of their engineers and their ability to bring them onboard within a reasonably short time frame.

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

They provided a full-stack developer that joined an existing agile scrum team. He was primarily responsible of the development of features and functionalities associated with the video call, including chat and file sharing, among others.

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

1 full-stack senior developer on a full-time basis and 1 on-demand infrastructure architect.

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

We were able to complete our MVP within the expected timeframe. The contribution of ORIL was the key to achieving an important milestones and continuing with the project.

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

The project management was our responsibility, so they were not involved in project management tasks in regard to the Product Development. However, their leadership has set up monthly management follow up calls and have been closely assessing and monitoring the project progress as well as gathering feedback about their engineer's performance.

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

Their organization and formality, their leadership approach to managing relationships, their openness to learn from feedback and the importance they give to work/life balance for their employees.

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

None at this moment. It has been a very positive and pleasant relationship so far!

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm Head of Marketing & Digital Transformation in technology company bvblogic.

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

We approached ORIL with a request to develop a real estate web platform for our business from scratch. Our main goal was to find experienced specialists with extensive expertise in designing and building platforms in the Real Estate Industry to fully satisfy the needs of our end users.

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

Their team has great expertise in building applications from scratch and has successfully collaborated on several projects with our reliable partners. ORIL team is very clear in communication, and they focused on understanding our business goals from the very first meeting.

This was a key factor for us, and we decided to move forward with them.

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

After our introduction meeting, ORIL has prepared and shared with us a well-grounded approach towards our project development that also aligned with our expectations. ORIL started the project by conducting a product design phase, the deliverables of which were: Business Objective, Product Requirements, UI/UX Designs, Clickable Prototype, Technical Architecture, and Delivery Roadmap.

After that ORIL moved on to the product implementation & delivery phase using Agile/Scrum Methodology. Throughout the project duration their team was clear in communication and always open to discussion, which made us truly enjoy our collaboration.

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

ORIL allocated a team of 5 specialists: 3 Software Engineers, 1 QA Engineer, 1 UX/UI Designer and 1 Project Manager.

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

We had a crucial condition for this project - work with a team that is proficient in building projects from scratch especially in the Real Estate Industry, which is within the ORIL team’s area of expertise. They ensured they had a reasonable approach towards the application development and were confident about delivering a web app efficiently.

Extremely structured project management on ORIL’s side allowed the client to receive a fully operational application with the requested functionality. We are extremely happy that we reached the set goals together with ORIL’s team and hope to discover new opportunities to work together on future projects.

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

Communication and management were handled by an Account Manager and a Project Manager from the ORIL team. During the development, we used Slack and GitHub for day-to-day communication, and set up weekly stand-up meetings. The entire project management was seamless.

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

This is the first time we worked together with the ORIL team, and it was a great experience. We value their high-tech competence, project planning and management, flexibility, and reliability. They feel strongly about building projects from scratch and delivering a working product efficiently.

All the team members are real team players. We also like their open-minded corporate culture and transparency.

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

ORIL’s team is really great and we are very pleased with our cooperation. We look forward to working together again and are sure our partnership will become even stronger over time.

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I'm the chief strategy officer of a media company. We make an advanced auto retail device. We have proprietary hardware that operates much like a vending machine, with an associated native and web-driven software platform.

What challenge were you trying to address with ORIL?

We have internal engineering teams, but we needed to complete certain tasks in tandem with our core features and functionality. I reached out to them to help with some of those tasks, including work on our user-facing native applications.

What was the scope of their involvement?

Most recently, they built an application that allows consumers to create an account to use on our machines. Once that account is created, users can download rewards applications, view invoices, locate machines, and see inventory in those machines. There are options to scan a QR code on the machine itself to process payments, and users can manage payment actions with biometric information.

This is a mobile app, but they built it natively as a web-based application before exporting it to iOS and Android. I provided them with all the documentation, including designs, mockups, raw design files, specification documents, a requirement document, and annotated mockup flows. The frontend is built in Angular, and there is a Node middle layer that interacts with our internal services.

What is the team composition?

We work with a project lead, one of their founders, and a few developers.

How did you come to work with ORIL?

I've worked with them at multiple companies, and this is the second time I've collaborated with them. I met their CEO years ago when I had several outsource teams. I liked my interactions with them, so I hired them for multiple projects. When I had a need here, ORIL was a clear choice.

What is the status of this engagement?

Our partnership started around May 2019 and is ongoing. I have them on retainer, and we have a long-term relationship with them with dedicated resources that work on our projects. Once our current project ends, we will give them more work.

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

They are extremely precise and professional. Their communication is excellent, and they always meet their deadlines. They’re extremely collaborative with other teams, and our partnership goes really well. They’re always willing to use appropriate tools for each project, and user feedback is great.

How did ORIL perform from a project management standpoint?

They are always on time and have effective standups. Their compliance, documentation, and contracting are all easy. Everything goes smoothly, and they’re well organized and diligent. We communicate through Slack, Trello, and Basecamp.

What did you find most impressive about them?

I don’t usually like input from my outsource companies, but ORIL always provides useful, effective insights for things to add to or change within our projects. Whenever I have a side project, I bring it to them. I’d rather work with them than any other agency. Their skills are excellent, and they’re one of the best engineering firms I’ve worked with.

Are there any areas they could improve?

I don’t have anything they should improve.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

As long as you are clear with your documentation, they will execute projects as you want them.

Please describe your company and your position there.

We developed a mobile application called Laced. It Is the first of its kind in the booming sneaker industry. Im the founder of Laced app, the best place to get sneaker below retail.

For what projects/services did your company hire ORIL?

Oril was hired for the development of the mobile application. With a peer to peer auction, we new bidding amongst thousands of players would be the biggest challenge.

What were your goals for this project?

To create a peer to peer auctioning for the sneaker community and launch within a year from inception.

How did you select this vendor?

They came recommended from a friend. After shopping around, I chose Oril because they made the time to get started on my project ASAP with a deadline I was happy with.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

Oril, was able to complete and develop the applications UI/UX. Create a seamless on boarding for new users with minimal click through for users purchasing. With Oril, driving the project they were able to deliver a clean platform with an intuitive experience.

What was the team composition?

Oril is an all in one team from developers to designers. Working with them was very easy with fast great results. There project manager was able to understand the vision of the platform and direct the lead developers to create and amazing product. The developers work at light speed with the precision of a surgeon.

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

Since the platform is simple and intuitive we were able to obtain over 50,000 users within the first year.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

There constant and clear communication with me made working with them a pleasure. The were able to complete task and project on or before deadlines. Communicating with Oril regularly with Slack, Trello and email made working with them very easy.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

They have a very transparent business with clear and consistent communication. Because of this development was simple to no errors or issues.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Everyone has room for improvement, however with Oril I could not see one.

Please describe your company and your position there.

I founded gReenvision Energy LLC to improve communication around climate and energy. The objective was to give people a platform to promote conversations about what it would take to get to a low carbon energy future and what the trade-offs were. I teach seminars on a modeling platform I've built that calculates the costs and impacts of different energy futures.

For what projects/services did your company hire ORIL?

I hired ORIL to help me translate the model I had built using MATLAB and Excel into an interactive web-based platform.

What were your goals for this project?

My goal was to obtain an interactive platform for users to design their own future energy systems and understand the challenges of reducing carbon emissions. We wanted to use the platform in the interactive seminars I teach and be available for anyone interested to play with and learn from.

How did you select this vendor?

I interviewed a number of freelancers as well as ORIL. What really drew me to ORIL is how all-encompassing they were, offering to assist not just on the technical side but also provide design expertise and project management. I also loved how willing they were to talk with me through my ideas and ask questions to make sure they understood everything involved.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

ORIL designed, developed, and built the backend of the platform. I provided them with all the model equations and they translated them into a usable format that linked with the database. They also designed the UI and built out the frontend of the application.

What was the team composition?

The team involved three main people—a project manager, a developer, and a designer. The team size stayed constant throughout the projected but the hours each individual put in depended on the phase of development in place.

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

Just as the website was finalized, I gave three separate seminars where the participants used the new interface. It was a phenomenal success! Everyone raved about how easy it was to use the model and how much they learned from it. I had a lot of people ask me afterward to share the website with them so they could continue to play and fiddle with it.

I couldn’t have been happier with the result and it was substantially easier to use and teach with than the previous Excel model I had been using in seminars. I should have more seminars coming up in the next few months as well, and it is great to have a much more robust and professional looking tool.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

I’m ecstatic with how the project went! ORIL was fantastic, particularly Maria, the project manager for my contract. We had weekly conversations that were incredibly effective at letting me know where things stood, and ORIL delivered on every deadline.

Through both Jira and Slack, I was able to follow along with how things were progressing, and we were able to quickly resolve any questions. I asked for some tweaks and changes a number of times, and was amazed at how quickly ORIL was able to implement them. Sincerely, they have a fantastic team that I would definitely want to work with on any other project moving forward.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

I don't think I can choose just one thing. ORIL was fantastic at communicating with me and asked clarifying questions as needed. They also were incredibly helpful, giving me suggestions as to what might work better than my own ideas, which I extremely appreciated as I am not an expert in this space.

Furthermore, they responded quickly to any comments and requests I had and were also great at kindly reminding me when I was being the hold-up on making progress. I truly loved working with Maria and the rest of the team. Our weekly video calls were truly a highlight of my week.

Are there any areas for improvement?

No. They were phenomenal and really blew away all of my expectations. I would definitely recommend ORIL to anyone looking for help with their projects!

Please describe your company and your position there.

I’m the division scheduling manager for Robins and Morton, a construction company. We recently started an in-house innovation subsidiary that’s developing several software products for our industry.

For what projects/services did your company hire Oril?

We hired Oril to build an interactive web application that allows unlimited users to concurrently provide feedback on meetings and events in real time.

What were your goals for this project?

We wanted an application that would perform smoothly on any device and be able to handle a large volume of traffic. We always wanted a neat, clean interface that anyone could use. There was also a small budget to contend with.

How did you select this vendor?

We’d worked with Oril before on a different product after finding them on a freelancer site. Out of 30 proposals, we narrowed our list down and interviewed a few of the top picks.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

Oril provided full development of our product using Angular, Material Design, and Firebase. The application reacts instantly to user feedback and users can upvote and comment on each other’s statements.

What was the team composition?

Oril's team consisted of one project lead and two developers.

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

We’ve received good feedback from a soft launch, and our colleagues have asked us to utilize it at a company-wide meeting. It has intuitive and powerful features that we’re very excited to show the industry.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

The lead developer, Maria (Project Manager, Oril) is very detail oriented and organized. I really hope we get to work with her again when we start phase II of our application. She sets aggressive goals for her team and makes sure nothing falls through the cracks.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Oril is highly cost-efficient. It’s difficult to find developers with their skills at prices like this. They’re also willing to adopt our systems and continue working until we’re happy with the product.

Are there any areas for improvement?

At first, we had them working on a more complex product, but there were some communication issues and we were making slow progress. They flourished when we moved them to the feedback application, however, impressing us immensely. When they switched PMs and added another resource, we noticed even better results.

Please describe your company and your position there.

We are a full service market research firm serving K12, higher education, and corporate clients. I am the Manager of Engineering analysis.

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

We are implementing more automation and web-based data manipulation, and we hired Oril to help build our web-based applications.

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

We found Oril on Upwork

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

Develop web applications using React, automated regression testing with Selenium, and increased automation with the Power BI Microservice.

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

We are working with 6 members of Oril's team

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

We have been steadily moving forward with development. They have done a tremendous amount of work!

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

We are operating a Scrum-style development team. We use email and Microsoft Teams for communication. We have daily meetings and we have been happy with the timelines for development.

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

They are highly professional while also being pleasant to work with. We appreciate their positive attitudes and willingness to work with both our unique setup and our complex projects.

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

We are very happy with their work!