Storytelling Software

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the business development manager at a financial consulting company.

What challenge were you trying to address with Storytelling Software?

We needed help with development.

What was the scope of their involvement?

They created a platform related to mergers and acquisitions. It was the first of its kind in our country. First, we approached them with our ideas and requirements. Then, we came up with new ideas for the design together. Finally, they implemented everything based on our specifications.

What is the team composition?

We worked with Sergei (CEO), one designer, and two web developers.

How much have you invested with them?

We spent over $26,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working together in June 2020, and we wrapped up the modifications in October 2020. They completed the initial platform in a month and a half but we had a lot of modifications we wanted to incorporate.

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

We did tests at every stage of the project to evaluate the code and UX. Based on the tests, they met our expectations after every modification.

How did Storytelling Software perform from a project management standpoint?

They were perfect. The process was smooth and there were no delays from their side. We communicated through Upwork and email.

What did you find most impressive about them?

They understood the concept behind our website and gave us great ideas on how to develop it. They were exactly what we needed in a partner.

Are there any areas they could improve?

No, nothing comes to mind.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

My advice is to work with them. We recommend them because they understand what our needs are and work accordingly.

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the founder of Skillgram Ltd., an online education startup.

What challenge were you trying to address with Storytelling Software?

We needed help with development. Also, our platform needed to include integrated video.

What was the scope of their involvement?

They designed and developed the website from the ground up, including the databases. They integrated video functions and features into our online educational tool. This included the student login in for live lessons. We also needed the ability for students to do homework and interact with teachers. 

They provided the full range of services. It’s a proprietary platform. I don’t remember the name of the programming languages. They also designed the logos and pages.

What is the team composition?

There are five people and a project manager.

How did you come to work with Storytelling Software?

Before we chose them, we had several interviews and cost estimates. Theirs was not the lowest or highest, but it was a reasonable price with fair contract conditions.

How much have you invested with them?

We spent about $80,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working together in June 2020, and the work is ongoing.

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

The design and the collaboration were perfect. My technical partner says the quality of coding is very high. It’s all consistent.

How did Storytelling Software perform from a project management standpoint?

Before starting the project, we visited the company headquarters because we weren’t that far away.

We have a Slack channel for the whole team and a separate one with the project manager. The project manager is always available. When we send them information and updates at 10 PM, they usually reply within five minutes and confirm it. They’re perfect. 

They used Trello to track the project. We could always see what was going on. My technical partner was able to check the database to look at the technical parts. We had one hiccup, but they warned us well beforehand that we’d be one month over the original deadline. In general, they’re perfect. I appreciate that they’re honest about cost estimates.

What did you find most impressive about them?

What I liked the most is that their cost estimates were accurate. They were transparent and honest. 

Are there any areas they could improve?

No, there’s nothing I think they could improve. 

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

They’re professionals, and they’re sincere. They have integrity because they never promise something they can’t do. I trust them.

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the CEO & CTO of a SAAS company for barbershops

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

We wanted to develop an iOS application for barbershops to accept in-store credit card payments via a Bluetooth card reader so that customers could pay for their appointments.

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

We looked for a senior iOS developer with strong experience with Test Driven Development (TDD).

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

We defined our user stories and prioritised them into multiple app versions. Each app version was a milestone.

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

We worked with one senior iOS developer, Nik, throughout the project.

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

We have received overwhelmingly positive feedback that the app is slick and easy to use. The app is clearly very well built because we have had next to no issues so far.

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

We communicated with Nik via Slack. We provided documentation of our backend APIs and the scope of the project.

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

Nik is incredibly competent and motivated to produce high quality work. He gets on with the tasks at hand with little guidance, only asking for minor clarifications when our scope is ambiguous. Nik understood the overall aims of the app and was able to advise on how to improve the scope. We are particularly impressed with the test suite that Nik developed for the app.

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

I cannot fault them. Any issues that arose were addressed quickly throughout the project.

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the CEO 

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

We wanted to build a mobile app for shoppers. Our goal is to build a community for shoppers and connect brands and consumers. While shopping is going more and more online, user generated content is playing bigger role behind consumers purchase decisions. Even though that is crucial and every brand knows that they still don´t have possibility to impact where, when and what kind of content they get.

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

After interviewing many vendor Storytelling just felt the best possible option. They really wanted to understand our business, asked right questions, challenged us from the very beginning and we got the feeling that their attitude was more "we want to be part of this hopefully someday big" than "this is our project nr. xx".

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

We had few discovery calls in order to get everyone deep understanding what we are trying to build. We had some risks we aknowledged and needed to change our scope and basically the mvp product over all. Everything went very smoothly.

We created mutual slack channel and started working with design. They kept us updated. Later on while building an application we had demo meeting biweekly, after every sprint.

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

CEO was working as a project manager, was really involved and kept everything very organized. He had team of 7 people working with us but I can´t remember their positions.

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

We have now mvp product ready and on technology wise we are ready for launch.

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

Through the whole process it was super easy to communicate with them. We felt very updated and all responses happened quickly. Our main channel for communication was slack.

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

Their skills are amazing. It was super easy to work with these porfessional. Addition it was super fun to work with them. They are nice guys and we felt from the very beginning that they were really interested of our business and us. There were no things impossible to solve. It was only a matter of how.

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

Honestly, I don´t think so. We took huge risk here and didn´t know what to expect. We were first timers, from different country and never met live before signing contract. I am just so glad we chose Storytelling!

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm CTO in Marmelade company based in Paris, editor of Marmelade APP, a micro learning application available on iOS and Android.

For what projects/services did your company hire Storytelling Software?

The mobile application of our company was created more than 2 years ago in React Native did not allow to create new features without breaking everything. We noticed that the application had too many bugs and decided to invest in a new mobile application. We don't have in-house iOS developers, so we had to outsource the whole redesign and rebuild.

What were your goals for this project?

The goal was to redo from scratch our iOS application which was originally made in React Native.

How did you select this vendor?

On UpWork

Describe the project in detail.

The goal was to redo from scratch our iOS application which was originally made in React Native.

What was the team composition?

Denis: The developer in charge of the project Nikolay: Denis' answerable, a senior developer, who knew how to be present when the work became too complex.

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

At the moment we don't have any feedback on the downloads, but it won't be long now, but we've noticed a lot of enthusiasm from our current customers who have enjoyed the refreshment.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

With the help of tools like Slack and Github that the teams are used to working with, it was child's play.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

I was blown away by the knowledge these developers had of iOS application development. We learned a lot more than we thought possible, and we appreciated that they were patient and thoughtful while we were upgrading.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Everything can always be done faster, but we were very satisfied with their work every step of the way. In the end, quality is more important than speed and we ended up with a beautiful product.

Please describe your company and your position there.

Mashlink is a mobile app that enables users to create unique video content.

For what projects/services did your company hire Storytelling Software?

We needed help with the development of our mobile app.

What were your goals for this project?

To move from our MVP to a more polished second version.

How did you select this vendor?

We found them on Upwork.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

By the time they came on board, we’d been working on the app for two years. They stepped in and seamlessly picked up where the other developers left off, helping build out many new features.

What was the team composition?

Initially, Nikolay (iOS Developer, Storytelling Software) reported to our previous development head. By the end, he was the primary developer.

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

It's always scary to trust new people, especially remote workers, with confidential information at significant expense. They were hard-working, trustworthy, and reliable, so I'm grateful to have found such a great team in Storytelling Software.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

We used Slack and email, which was very effective.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

They were able to jump into the work in progress, and not only catch up but immediately add value.

Are there any areas for improvement?

No, they were fantastic. I would use them again in a heartbeat.

Please describe your company and your position there.

Founder

For what projects/services did your company hire Storytelling Software?

Add tailored optimizations in order to improve the website conversion rate, along with fixing existing bugs

What were your goals for this project?

reduce bounce rate by offering a better user & mobile friendly site

How did you select this vendor?

I already worked in the past with Storytelling Software and I was very satisfied with their technical skills and their reactivity on all tasks.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

- thorough analysis - bug fixes - development of new features to improve overall site performance - quality checks

What was the team composition?

I was in contact with Sergei throughout this project and previous ones

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

The site behaves as expected and performance has increased. Storytelling Software completed the project

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

very good

What did you find most impressive about this company?

technical skills

Are there any areas for improvement?

no

Please describe your company and your position there.

Infoscope is iOS web browser using Google Search engine

For what projects/services did your company hire Storytelling Software?

For backend / web. Whole backend of the app has been development by Storytelling Software

What were your goals for this project?

To move from our MVP to a global second version.

How did you select this vendor?

By recommendation from another team which is very glad to work with Storytelling Software

Describe the project in detail.

We started working on this project at the same time and build out many cool features.

What was the team composition?

Nikita (Web Developer, Storytelling Software) and Andrey (Team Lead Web, Storytelling Software)

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

Right now we published MPV to AppStore: https://apps.apple.com/by/app/infoscope/id1481944407

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

We used Slack, email, trello, which was very effective.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

High skills and communication.

Are there any areas for improvement?

I'm going to work with this team on all my projects. They are great!