Quovantis Technologies

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

They’ve increased our throughput and our overall processing speed.

How did Quovantis Technologies perform from a project management standpoint?

It took a little bit of time to establish a rhythm, but overall, my experience has been great. The workflow has been progressing smoothly, and they feel like a part of our team now. We frequently have planning and design sessions with them. A project manager serves as a liaison between our teams and supervises their QA and development teams.

What did you find most impressive about them?

They seek to exceed our expectations. They really own the product, and they’re always looking for ways to improve it.  Once they grasped the concept of our tool, they started raising questions and ideas. Quovantis identified issues we weren’t even aware of. They've improved our process more than we could have anticipated.

Are there any areas they could improve?

We went through an adjustment period at the beginning of the partnership until we honed in on a workflow that worked for both of us. After resolving those challenges with project management, everything has progressed smoothly.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

The more time stakeholders spend with the team doing demos or hands-on product training is time well invested. The more Quovantis understands business use cases, the more they will be able to adopt a product as their own.

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

Quovantis Technologies has met our deadlines and quality goals in their delivery so far. We still have more of the app to finish, but we’re thrilled with their work so far.

How did Quovantis Technologies perform from a project management standpoint?

The team is extremely responsive. We use a combination of Jira, email, and Slack to correspond with them. We’ve had no issues with time management and communication from their side. 

What did you find most impressive about them?

Quovantis Technologies acts like our partner for us as we build our business. They're very flexible and helpful. I can go to them and ask for a person for a month, and they'll help us get there without a high overhead. For example, we needed really short-term help from a designer. Quovantis Technologies set us up with a designer for a few weeks without mandating a 6–12-month commitment. The team also works hard to understand our business needs and accommodate them. It has been great working with them. 

Are there any areas they could improve?

There's nothing that I can think of. I think they've been a great partner for us. 

Any advice for potential customers?

If you're looking for a big consulting company with more resources, a high overhead, and more heavily process-driven, then Quovantis Technologies is not the right fit for you. But if you're looking for a fast, nimble partnership that is not process-heavy, their team is excellent. 

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

We anticipate their work with refractory programs to contribute to a 10x–15x improvement in throughput. We’re also getting tremendous cost-reduction benefits in terms of AWS spend. We’ve seen early results with the serverless architecture, and those are really exciting.

They also deliver high-quality UI code, and the patterns they’ve developed have allowed internal stakeholders to expand on their code.

How did Quovantis Technologies perform from a project management standpoint?

We’ve developed a really good partnership with the team over the last year. Their leadership team comes onshore roughly once each quarter to meet with stakeholders in person, and they hold 2–3 status phone calls with us per-week to review sprints.

They manage projects using the Jira Suite from Atlassian. For communication, we use email and a Slack channel. The team is incredibly responsive, and our lead project manager is always available to talk. They are excellent at adjusting their workflow to address any ad-hoc needs we have.

What did you find most impressive about them?

They’re a highly relational team. They’re invested in building a positive business relationship. The team spent quality time with our business colleagues, learning how technical processes relate to our non-technical business drivers. They were highly engaged in those conversations, always asking thoughtful questions during discussions.

They are always willing to take on a challenge, even if it’s not a skill set they have internally. If they don’t have a skill, they will work hard to find it, even if that means sourcing a different role for us. They accurately manage our expectations regarding their capabilities.

Are there any areas they could improve?

No, there aren’t any areas where they could improve.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Future clients should invest time in allowing the team to build a business relationship based on mutual understanding. Their emphasis on forging connections has been hugely valuable to us. Invest that time up front, as quickly as you can, and it will pay dividends in the long run.

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

We’re experimenting with a new sales approach, and the work delivered by Quovantis was highly impactful to our effort. We saw quick results that were impressive in a lot of ways. Right now, we’re evaluating whether that approach will generate the necessary ROI, but this is beyond their control.

The way they delivered made a difference. They got our requirements pretty quickly, with little back and forth required. From a delivery angle, I didn’t have any issues at all. We’re currently considering whether we want to scale the project going forward.

How did Quovantis perform from a project management standpoint?

They delivered quickly and required no management from our end. We agreed on how we’d convey requirements, and they took it from there. They would spend three days to work on it, and then we’d spend another day to make changes. This isn’t the standard delivery mechanism we’d see at large or even mid-sized companies. We gave them something to build with clear specifications, they took it, they got it, they delivered, we made a few tweaks, and it was pretty much done.

They’re comfortable with a Slack-driven culture. Time zones are an issue, and we wanted to make sure that, once we gave them the requirements, they got them. This was essentially the case. They responded to our needs at a moment’s notice.

What did you find most impressive about them?

They get our DNA and understand how product companies work. They know how to fit really well into an organization, keeping technical skills within sight. It can be difficult to keep developers on the same wavelength, but I didn’t have this problem with Quovantis. I’d had a good experience with them in the past, so onboarding was literally an hour long over video.

We’re an engineering-centric company, and we sell to engineering-centric buyers, so having an engineering-centric partner really helps. Quovantis is one of those. They’re not a typical system integration shop; they’re more accustomed to working with a CTO or a product manager, which is the type of work we do. Using a system integrator would have made for a much more complicated process. They wouldn’t understand our DNA, whereas Quovantis completely does.

Are there any areas they could improve?

In general, working with any company 12–13 hours away from our time zone will always be a challenge. We’d like to have more overlap in terms of timing for the resources they assign to us. I know that this is asking them to work late hours, and it’s important to have work-life balance, so I don’t know if this is an area of improvement or whether it’s even a reasonable ask.

Do you have any advice for future clients of theirs?

I recommend working with Quovantis to software product-led companies, rather than to ones making physical goods.