PRAS Europe

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CEO of Lunas

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

3D visualization and 3D twinning services

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire PRAS Europe to accomplish?

• develop a third-party customer's site

SOLUTION

How did you find PRAS Europe?

Referral

Why did you select PRAS Europe over others?

Good value for cost

How many teammates from PRAS Europe were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

The main task was to develop our platform, and the website would then feature our 3D work. There were slight differences between a regular website creation and a website with 3D features that we needed.  The end product was sold to our third-party stakeholder.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We had no specific metrics with regards to PRAS’s work. We only based their success on our third-party customer’s satisfaction. If our customer was happy, we were happy too.

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

Communication was a little bit difficult because we had 3 project managers — one from our side, one from their side, and one from our third-party customer. As a result, we had some misunderstandings. However, I’d say that their communication was still good.

What was your primary form of communication with PRAS Europe?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

I wasn’t deeply involved in the technical process of the project, and I mostly had communication with the CEO of PRAS’s company. That was why it was easy for me to get the information that I needed. Overall, the PRAS Europe team valued being open to their clients.

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

Project management could be improved a little. No matter what all companies do, there would always be room for improvement.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CTO of jDom

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

jDom is a service for the construction industry. We enable construction companies to carry out repairs and construction work in an Agile way: daily photo reports, kanban board, payment recording and more.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire PRAS Europe to accomplish?

• Developed mobile app (iOS + Android)
• Developed web API
• Developed admin console
• Developed service promo website

SOLUTION

How did you find PRAS Europe?

Referral

Why did you select PRAS Europe over others?

• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost
• Referred to me

How many teammates from PRAS Europe were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

PRAS developed a mobile app and ecosystem (API + web) for a startup in the construction industry. We wanted to develop an innovative solution that was not even described. PRAS helped us with this by conducting business analyses and guiding us throughout the development period.

The project was developed using modern technologies:

• ASP.NET
• React
• Kafka
• Docker.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

PRAS developed a web application and a mobile application. Developed both the software and visual part. The project has been launched and the first clients are already using the application.

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

I really liked the project management at PRAS as we were able to focus not on writing tonnes of ToR text, but instead worked on achieving the best possible performance. At the same time, we did not overspend the budget. PRAS was always in touch with us and ready to react quickly to changes.

What was your primary form of communication with PRAS Europe?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

The company is made up of excellent professionals. I liked the team's business analysis and product design qualifications the most. The technical component is also top-notch. Also the price-value ratio is perfect.

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

I liked everything about it. Perhaps the product could have been developed faster, but not a fact really.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Co-owner of Setbiz CH

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Platform for fast business start-up

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire PRAS Europe to accomplish?

• Website development
• Logo creatio
• Startup strategy development

SOLUTION

How did you find PRAS Europe?

Referral

Why did you select PRAS Europe over others?

• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost
• Referred to me

How many teammates from PRAS Europe were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

PRAS developed our startup concept for us. A visual style was developed along with a logo, and an online platform was released, which collects applications from our customers in an automated mode. PRAS developed and launched our business completely.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

PRAS developed and launched our business completely.

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

Project management was lined up perfectly. The project was a little bit delayed, but it was worth it, as we managed to adjust the project during the development process without overspending the budget.

What was your primary form of communication with PRAS Europe?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

I was impressed with the approach to business analysis and design. The team approached the development process in an informed and cliché-free way.

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

I feel like they should have chosen a different technology to implement the product for a more agile development process. PRAS suggested using Tilda to quickly start a website without programming. This is reasonable, but our site has grown over the year, which creates certain difficulties in maintaining the project.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Digital and Tech Specialist, Istanbul Regional Hub of United Nations Development Programme, Regional Bureau of Europe and Central Asia

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

UNDP in Europe and Central Asia works in 22 countries and territories, helping to achieve the eradication of poverty and the reduction of inequalities and exclusion. We help countries develop policies, leadership skills, partnering abilities, institutional capabilities and build resilience in order to sustain development results. 
How do we achieve such a grand vision? By working with highly skilled and passionate people from around the world and from a wide variety of personal and professional backgrounds. We are now hiring a new generation of expert practitioners who want to contribute by offering strategic approaches to long-standing problems. We seek individuals who can communicate advice and new ideas across cultures and all strata of society.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire PRAS Europa to accomplish?

• Develop a platform for forecasting investments and CO2 emissions from introduction of policy measures in different industries
• Develop a National Registry of Sources of Polluting Substances and Environmentally Relevant Information
• Develop a Green Economy Computer Game for schoolchildren

SOLUTION

How did you find PRAS Europa?

• Clutch Site
• Other

Why did you select PRAS Europa over others?

• Great culture fit
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from PRAS Europa were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

The company developed a web-based expert platform for forecasting the scenarios of required investments, CO2 emissions, workplaces created that correspond to 58 predefined policy measures (taken from whitepapers of researches) and implementation of set of these selected measures in 5 sectors of economy - energy, waste management, agriculture, industry and households. The system allows to enter the country economy parameters (initial GDP, country investment level, current CO2 emissions) and formulate the scenarios how these parameters will change if policy measures will be introduced. The web-based platform had a very complicated mathematical calculations in the backend.
The company also developed state registry, consisting of a web-based catalogue and a serach engine where companies submit their information about the environmental information that they provide, and terms of provisoin of such information. The registry annually is replenished annually by more than 2500 new records from the companies. The registry helps to realize the right of citizens to access environmentally relevant information in accordance with the Aarhus Convention.
The company alsoi developed and published in App Store and Google Play the game "Green Economy" for mobile phones based on Android and iOS that consists from 5 board games (three-in-a-row like, tap-faster like, etc) with simplistic inclusive lightweight design and convenient game mechanics that represented and promoted sectors of green economy: ecotourism, green transport, green energy, waste management, green bonds.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The set of products that were devleoped by PRAS significantly increased fame and prestige of environmentally friendly behavior and business practices in some of the countries of the region for different target groups:

• more than 4000 schoolchildren installed and played a mobile game during the first weeks after publishing, mobile game was presented on the exhibition as one of the best software products for environmental friendliness 
• more than 2500 companies submitted their environmental data trough the registry that PRAS created
• mre than 30 top business professionals provided personal positive feedback on the use of expert platform for CO2 emissions forecasting that PRAS created.

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

Their project management was reliable and responsive to customer needs. Despite the fact that parts of the software products were not always delivered on time, the good quality of the final products, their excellent visual performance, and long-term support for the created products even after the end of the contract many times covered minor inconsistencies that arose during the software development process.

What was your primary form of communication with PRAS Europa?

• In-Person Meeting
• Virtual Meeting

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

Good visual style, responsiveness of the company's management to constantly emerging consumer wishes and willingness to compromise, high professionalism of the developers.

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

More careful attention to intermediate checks of product readiness. Because the allocation of funds for the next stage of development depends on the presentation of intermediate results. 

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Owner of AB Exponytt (Datetotravel.com)

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

AB Exponytt

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire PRAS Europe to accomplish?
Website

SOLUTION

How did you find PRAS Europe?

Via Friends

Why did you select PRAS Europe over others?

Referred to me

How many teammates from PRAS Europe were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

Bras developed a traveller portal, ran ads and got response from real customers.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

I liked the full-blown approach to implementing a social network. All issues were closed quickly.

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

What I enjoyed the most was building a relationship with their project manager. We had regular online and offline meetings, discussing the problems and objectives of the project. A big thumbs up for customer focus.

What was your primary form of communication with PRAS Europe?

In-Person Meeting

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

For value for money, it's ok. Perhaps it would be possible to develop the project on more modern technologies (React).

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

Provide grades (preferably good ones:))

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Manager of Wargaming

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

games

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire PRAS Europa to accomplish?

• to create a design for internal self service portal
• to make navigation simple and clear

SOLUTION

How did you find PRAS Europa?

word of mouth

Why did you select PRAS Europa over others?

• Pricing fit our budget
• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost

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

• UX-research of the company’s employees and our workflow
• User maps created as a result of this research
• UI kit
• 10+ master page templates
• Integration of UI with internal company products
• Adapting the task creation page to different departments of the company focusing on our needs

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• Compliance with deadlines and commitments
• effective communication, always on the same page
• precision of work
• quality service that did not need to be remade

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

always in time, project management is perfect

What was your primary form of communication with PRAS Europa?

In-Person Meeting

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

• excellent communication
• friendly staff
• professionalism
• We appreciated their responsiveness and compliance with deadlines

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

I didn't find :)