Undabot

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

George Ursateanu is CLIQ’s Managing Director with over 20 years of experience in the streaming industry. He has a strong record of driving growth and creating innovative strategies to increase brand visibility and engagement. With his passion and expertise, he leads strong teams that set out to achieve amazing results.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What business challenge were you trying to address with Undabot?

We worked with Undabot on several projects. For the first project, an application for our innovative flagship streaming service for the German market Cliq (www.cliq.de), the Undabot team helped us define the scope for the mobile MVP and then designed and developed the native iOS and Android versions. 

Another project Undabot worked on was the TV app development for the same platform. We also hired Undabot's dedicated teams to work with us on further developing existing apps, as well as assisting us as technical consultants with specific knowledge in design, frontend, backend, project management, system architecture and business analysis.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

Next to developing the Cliq mobile and the Cliq TV app, we work with Undabot on multiple projects, including the ones concerning project organisation, work methodologies and other strategical projects. For the cliq.de mobile and TV app, we hired Undabot to define the scope for mobile MVP, which included specifying the functional scope, project priorities and app features for iOS and Android platforms. 

Once the MVP specification was done, Undabot developed both apps and continued working on other features through the agile model. As for the TV app development, Undabot took over the existing TV app project and continued developing previously defined features in Flutter and Tizen technologies, and later in the native TV app technologies. TV app was developed through the agile model as well.

What is the team composition?

We mainly worked with a dedicated team engagement model where a specific team of specialists, led by Undabot’s project manager, works with us for a limited time, delivering in an iterative model. Undabot provided a project manager, engagement manager, business analyst, iOS, Android and Tizen developers, PHP and frontend developers, mobile and web tech leads, QA specialists and UX/UI designers. Overall, we had more than 30 specialists from Undabot working with us.

How did you come to work with Undabot?

We got to know Undabot through a mutual business partner, who recommended Undabot as trustworthy and highly skilled in various technologies. We went through an extensive process of getting to know each other. During this time, the Undabot team showed consistency, patience, and stability. For this reason, we really wanted to work together and we waited until the right kind of project came along– our flagship streaming service cliq.de.

How much have you invested with them?

Confidential

What is the status of this engagement?

Our cooperation started in late 2021, and we are still working together, constantly expanding our cooperation scope.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We are happy to say we launched our cliq.de mobile and TV app according to our specifications: fully operational, on time and as per the latest industry standards. Based on the market feedback, our existing users are happy with the interface experience, and we are seeing an increase in new users.

How did Undabot perform from a project management standpoint?

We kicked off our project in the iterative model and later switched to SCRUM. Throughout our cooperation, Ivana, the Project Manager from Undabot, was the motor that kept the whole machinery going.

What did you find most impressive about them?

The Undabot team is highly skilled in various technologies and work methodologies, but what I find fascinating about them is their commitment and genuine care for the project, visible on all levels. They also have timely, clear, and straightforward communication, focused on problem-solving.

Are there any areas they could improve?

No!

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the market development manager for Austrian Post Group, a national post carrier company. I focus on our company’s subsidiaries and parcel delivery companies, as well as on the Central European data companies.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Undabot?

We have different API integrations for our customers in the nine different countries where we’re based, which has created a burden for them because they need to integrate with us separately. Thus, we needed development consulting services.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

Undabot found a way to help us overcome the challenges we had with our subsidiaries. During the discovery phase, they realized that we wouldn’t be able to unify our APIs, so they proposed to build a converter. After looking into their proposal, we requested them to assess our APIs’ architecture and detail how one converter would be able to integrate all of our services within a single interface.

Ultimately, Undabot delivered documentation with their proposed architecture, which became the basis for a tender process that we started afterward to develop the proposed solution. This 60-page document detailed what the solution would look like and what functionalities would have. During this process and as part of their consulting services, Undabot also provided suggestions to our subsidiaries on how to optimize their domestic architecture.

With this converter, we will offer our customers a single connection point to connect with our various APIs, ensuring the communication between them and our system. The solution will be based on Microsoft Azure per our request.

What is the team composition?

We worked with approximately six people from Undabot, including their CTO, their CEO, their product management team, and two technical consultants. Additionally, their sales department was involved in the project.

How did you come to work with Undabot?

Undabot had already worked with us in Croatia for a bigger development project. On that project, they developed custom software for us.

How much have you invested with them?

We spent about €12,000 (approximately $13,000 USD).

What is the status of this engagement?

We worked together from July–September 2021.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The document that Undabot delivered was exactly what we needed in order to launch our tender process and get a solution built to fit our needs. Additionally, working with them was a very positive experience. They delivered very detailed work, and they delivered it on time, exceeding our expectations. The final product was more than we expected; they truly came up with the best solution possible.

How did Undabot perform from a project management standpoint?

Undabot’s project management was perfect; they delivered on budget and on time. We mainly communicated via email, but we also had Teams meetings and managed the project via Slack.

What did you find most impressive about them?

Undabot’s strength is that they’re very customer-oriented, and they have an impressive track record of developing APIs and custom software solutions for important international companies. Whenever we have a software development project, we can trust them to deliver within our timelines and budgets, and they’re always ready to do it — we know what they’re capable of.

Are there any areas they could improve?

No.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Undabot is always available to analyze their client’s requirements in-depth and in detail, so rely on them to address your needs and find a solution that will satisfy them.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the product manager of a telecom company.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Undabot?

We wanted to develop a healthcare application for our business.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

The project with Undabot consists of creating an entirely new Android and iOS application that is customized according to our business needs.

What is the team composition?

There are around ten people involved in the project. We work with Android and iOS developers, system architects, frontend and backend developers, a project manager, and QA staff.

How did you come to work with Undabot?

They fulfilled all the requirements we were procuring.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working together in December 2018, and the engagement is ongoing.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Since we switched to the new health care application, we’ve increased daily and monthly active users in our business, creating an environment that enables us to streamline our work.

How did Undabot perform from a project management standpoint?

They’re excellent; we usually communicate through Slack, email, phone calls, and weekly meetings in Microsoft Teams.

What did you find most impressive about them?

They’re fit for a challenge and ready to jump in to make and deliver something custom-made for our business. They’re also organized, inclusive, and professional to provide according to our needs.

Are there any areas they could improve?

I don’t think there’s anything they can improve on. 

Any advice for potential customers?

Be specific with your requirements to convey what you want from them — they’ll bring the best out of them. 

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

24sata or 24hours is part of a greater company called Styria Media Group. It’s based in Austria and mainly operates in Austria, Croatia, and Slovenia. The whole group has more than 3,000 employees.

24hours was founded in 2005, and since 2008 it has become one of the leading Croatian newspapers, news portals, and media production companies.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Undabot?

We were relaunching our digital platforms and wanted to launch an innovative application on the market. We wanted to provide an app with automatic video display, content feedback, support for various formats, user-generated content, and more features for our readers. Additionally, our in-house team didn’t have any mobile app developers.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

We hired Undabot for both iOS and Android mobile application development. They’ve done all of the work — architecture consulting, project management, requirements analysis, and pure development. They work in line with our in-house team.

Some key goals for the app are personalization, content, and user interaction. They’ve also implemented a purchase model on the app because we launched digital subscriptions a month ago.

What is the team composition?

At its peak, we had about 15 people working on the project. The team includes project managers, developers technical leaders, business analysts, and SCRUM masters.

How did you come to work with Undabot?

They’re well-known in the Croatian market. Some other companies from our group have worked with them in the past. We got really good recommendations from our colleagues, so we decided to work with them as well.

How much have you invested with them?

We’ve spent about $400,000–$500,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

The project started in January 2019. We started six months earlier, but Undabot was occupied. We launched the app in June 2020, and now we’re finishing phase two.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Key metrics are the loading time and percentage of bugs and glitches, which have been really low, so they’ve done a great job about it.

How did Undabot perform from a project management standpoint?

We’ve worked with an extremely agile model. After each sprint, we organize the sprint review and talk about what we could do better, what was great, and which were the main issues. It’s been really pleasant to work with Undabot because they’re so well-organized. We've got the sprint planning, grooming, and review, so everything is done in a very structured manner from their part. We’ve learned something about project management from them.

What did you find most impressive about them?

They’ve been very reliable. The main thing we get from them is their stability. Also, they have high experience and technical knowledge. If we have to add more features, they’re flexible enough to transfer more people to the project so we can meet the deadline.

I’ve worked on web development for 15 years, and this project has been one of the good ones. We haven’t had any stress, technical issue, or problem with deadlines — everything in the project has been great.

Are there any areas they could improve?

There have been some things that didn’t meet the deadline, but it’s been 1% of the whole project. We couldn’t have predicted them at the time.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

If you want to make the most out of your collaboration with Undabot, really follow them in terms of project management; they’re excellent.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Poq is a Software-as-a-Service platform that empowers retailers to create highly effective and fully customized native apps in record time. The Poq platform offers rich functionality out of the box and it has been built to seamlessly integrate with existing e-commerce systems, while opening up a wider ecosystem of best of breed e-commerce software solutions. I manage the Professional Services arm of POQ, delivering Apps to Retailers in UK, US and ANZ.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire ?

We selected Undabot to augment the capabilities of POQ Team. They have provided us with high quality engineers to support global rollouts

SOLUTION

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

Undabot qualified themselves very well through our RFP process, showcasing both relevant expertise and good cultural fit.

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

Undabot is providing us dedicated / expert resources that consist of: Android and iOS native development, .NET Backend development, PM, UX/UI Design, QA, BA. We have involved them in Fast Fashion, Retail, lifestyle and Beauty apps.

Describe the recruitment process in detail.

Undabot resources undergo careful validation, and Undabot has been able to grow their skillset and internal onboarding to align to our needs very well.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

After over an year of working together, all the project we involved Undabot with have been successful. Their engineers are well respected for our internal Tech Leads.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Almost seamless. We can onboard an engineer and make them effective in less than 2 weeks.

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

Undabot offers top experts and high quality, they are professional, efficient in projects, technologically educated with excellent knowledge. Cooperation with Undabot is stable, transparent, they are reliable, trustworthy and professional partner that we can always count on.

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

N/A

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Wien Energie, as one of the biggest Utilities in Austria, operates a charge point network and provides Emobility-services for clients. I am responsible for the Emobility App.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Undabot?

Our current mobile App was developed over 5 years ago and has not been updated a lot since then. Therefore we a Setup a Prototyping Contest to evaluate our mobile Application & generate new ideas for future development.

What were your goals for this project?

Our current App was built to fullfill the basic needs of an EV-driver. We wanted to generate new ideas, functionalties & value added-services as a basis for future emobility development.

SOLUTION

How did you select Undabot?

We established an application process with clear scouting criteria based on a defined Emobility-Use Case. As Undabot referenced the usecase very well in their Pitch, we selected them to take part in the contest.

Describe the project in detail.

Once we selected the participants of our Prototyping challenge, we had a couple of meetings to clarify the process & goals. Afterwards we organised a Pitch with 5 selected startups that presented their solutions during our event in Vienna.

What was the team composition?

As far as we remeber: 3 people were involved: CEO, UX/UI-designer, architect.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Undabot developed an impressive click prototyp with innovative ideas, great usability & attractive design. As a result they were chosen as the Contest Winner.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

The communication was mainly online and very easy. The exchange was clear.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

We were impressed by the fact that during few days available the company was the only participant able to present a running click-prototype.

Are there any areas for improvement?

The team's speed and quality were on top. No improvement solutions.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I´m the IT project manager of a german research and development company, bundling services for multiple plant breeding companies.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

Visualization of large sets of data with 3D scatter plot and bar plot while keeping in mind high performance. The goal of this project was to create a Bar plot and Scatter plot data visualization in a form of a git repository with source and built JS files ready for usage.

SOLUTION

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

Undabot reached out to us and due to their experience in creating digital products in the agricultural industry, we decided to collaborate on this project.

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

Deliverables of the project: Undaplot - library for generating plot charts with help of D3 and three.js rendering library. Undaplot is specifically developed for usage on the German Seed Alliance platform. API documentation in MD format presented in https://vuepress.vuejs.org/ Bar plot and Scatter plot delivered in form of a git repository with commented source and built JS ready for usage as a standalone file or ES6 module

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

The team included Frontend Developer, Client Service Manager, Project Manager.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Plots are distributed to the partners for R&D purposes. Undabot helped us in better data visualization and it impacted on a better understanding of data.

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

Project management was arranged by the Waterfall methodology. In the beginning, together with Undabot, we defined our functional requirements and acceptance criteria. After the development phase, in the last phase, we tested according to acceptance criteria defined at the beginning. The whole process was very well structured by the Project Manager. Client Service Manager was in every aspect of the business-commercial part of the project as well as making sure everything was going smoothly.

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

Undabot did a great job, both in successfully fulfilling all defined requirements, as well as in highly professional project management. The communication in all project phases was very fast and seamless. The delivered solutions fit nicely in our products and we are happy to have Undabot as a support for our digital initiatives.

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

Not really, we were really satisfied with this cooperation.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the CEO of Fleet Management Company which manages over 2500 vehicles. We operate in the territory of the Republic of Croatia

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

Solution Design which included analysis and specification of business requirements, discovery workshops, technical and architectural requirements analysis, defining user personas, interactive workshops etc.

After that Undabot created SRS (System Requirements Specification) that includes functional and nonfunctional requirements for both mobile and web applications. We wanted to define all functional and nonfunctional requirements for our core system.

We needed a partner that could help us specify and define our business idea.

SOLUTION

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

By a referral, recommendation.

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

First Undabot analyzed our needs and the result of the Solution Design process was the System Requirements Specification (SRS) and Wireframes. With that specified document the rest of the process is simplified because now we have documented our business wishes and exactly what we need.

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

PM, Senior Backend Architect, Senior Analyst

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

This project with Undabot helped us to structure our wishes and document our business demands. It’s goal was to help us in achieving the maximum in the next phases - development.

Without this, it’s not guaranteed that in the development phase we would have complete success because it may not hit exactly our goals. This way we know exactly what we need and it will help to make the next phase of this project more efficient and successful.

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

The project was divided into 2 phases. In the first phase, the general business requirement was led by a Senior Backend Architect and in the second phase, the lead was taken by a Senior Analyst who completed all functional requirements, including wireframes.

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

What I found most impressive is the level of their interest, engagement in discussion and discovery quality of a Senior Backend Architect. All of that ensured that the project is well set up from the beginning.

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

They adapted to our free time to the maximum, so we have no complaints

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm Head of Business Process and Project Management Department. My company is insurance company with more than 700 employees. We are part of leading insurance company in Europe - Vienna Insurance Group

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Undabot?

We hired Undabot for custom design and development of mobile applications for end customers and sales representatives and for custom development of middleware backend to integrate channels with internal data sources and services.

Also, we have used Undabot for providing Solution Design services and SW Architecture consultancy.

What were your goals for this project?

Our goals were creation of a new digital channels for communicating with our customers, as well as better customer and sales representative experience providing additional online functionalities, with improving sales processes.

SOLUTION

How did you select Undabot?

There was an Invitation tendering process, where we have invited top quality companies to bid for our project. One of the invited companies was Undabot, based on their strong experience in high intensive B2B and B2C applications, with a speciality in Self-care mobile apps.

During that tendering process, Undabot has demonstrated the best performance in presented experience, understanding of our needs, as well as with a team structure and commercial offer component.

Describe the project in detail.

Undabot delivered mobile customer applications for iOS and Android platforms and middleware infrastructure and integration with our legacy systems as well. Also, we have used Undabot for providing Solution Design and Design services and SW Architecture consultancy.

What was the team composition?

Business Analyst, Native iOS and Android Developers, Backend Developers, UX and UI Designer, Technical Lead, Project Manager

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The application provides a variety of options for Wiener clients - easy overview of all important information from the list of active and inactive policies in the last year, review of voluntary health insurance cards, receiving promotional messages, policy expiration notifications, it is possible to contract supplementary health or travel health insurance and book an appointment for general medical examinations.

“My Wiener” will improve user experience and enable customers to view all important information in one place.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Project was organized by a waterfall methodology. PM from Undabot side was a single point of contact and responsible person, working closely with a Undabot Technical Lead and Business Analyst.

Defined and approved specification during the Solution Design phase was an input for design, development and delivery. Change request procedure was used in cases of requirements changes or need for new features.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Strong methodological and structured approach to our project, including a deep and precise creation of a System Requirements Document at the beginning of the project.

Also, I was impressed with the flexibility of Undabot’s team, who has consistently demonstrated the ability to adjust their work according to our internal system changes as well as to our new project requirements.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Nothing really comes to my mind for improvement.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am general manager of Styria Digital Development, development company within Styria group. Styria, which was founded in 1869, is one of the leading media groups in Austria, Croatia and Slovenia. With about 3000 employees, Styria Media Group portfolio is strongly diversified. It includes daily and weekly newspapers, magazines and book publishers, radio stations and a shareholding in a TV station.

In the digital realm, Styria group operates news portals, marketplaces as well as content and community portals. 24 sata is the biggest digital news portal in Styria with 2 million users per month out of which 10% are regular app users.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Undabot?

We’ve started the redesign and rebuild of existing 24sata apps together with web and needed reliable partner to help us with mobile apps.

What were your goals for this project?

We wanted to implement “never ending” feed in our apps to increase users time spent and to implement new reading and monetization formats to increase user experience.

SOLUTION

How did you select Undabot?

Our team searched for app developers in our area and send them initial pitch. Since Undabot was already working within Styria group and had a good pitch, they were reasonable choice.

Describe the project in detail.

Project was divided in phases and launch phase of the project was waterfall designed. First, we’ve had workshops with client and then design phase started. Together with the design phase, backend operations started for mobile API. After client’s approval on wireframes and mockups, development and final design started. After we’ve launched the project, we’ve started to maintain and build up the app in agile sprints.

What was the team composition?

1 project manager with core team members – 1 BE team lead, 1 FE team lead, QA, UX lead and app tech lead. Team size grew during the project.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Relaunch was successful, news was served on without any stop, apps were downloaded and used by our large base of customers.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

We connected over the phone at least once a week and used Slack for all communication. We’ve learned that on projects this big we needed more than 1 project manager, we needed assistants.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Creating news publishing apps is challenging and being able to deliver the project at the same time as the web is successful for us!

Are there any areas for improvement?

Improve on project management team organization.