Wellnuts

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am a representative of a software development company. Our company provides software development and related consulting services to our clients with the help of our partners.

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

The project was to develop a system to synchronize the files of two systems, each of which has its own Web API.

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

We interviewed several vendors and went with the one that had the best understanding of the project and the best technical outlook.

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

In this project, we explained that we need to synchronize files using the Web APIs provided in the two independent systems, and that we need a GUI to manipulate them. We also told them that we wanted the system to be built on AWS. The vendor suggested that we use the Go language, which we did.

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

We had two people for project management and communication, and one engineer working for us from this vendor for this project.

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

The deadline we originally set was a little short for the work to be done and the level of difficulty, but they completed the system faster than the deadline. After the completion of the system, we requested several revisions due to business needs, but they were always completed quickly and with good quality.

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

Requirements and issues were described and managed in Trello. Communication during development was mainly done via Slack.

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

The development speed and work quality of this vendor are extremely good. I also felt that they were very good at accurately specifying and implementing our requests.

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

It may have been due to the time difference, but there were some communication timing issues early in the project. However, this was remedied on the vendor's side before it became serious, and the problem has been gone since then.

Please describe your company and your position there.

At the time of this project, I was the Director of Product at Modernist, a boutique social club in San Francisco. Modernist utilizes an in-house technology platform to operate the business and interact with members.

For what projects/services did your company hire Wellnuts Creative Group?

We hired Wellnuts Creative Group to help us build out a React Native Hybrid app for iOS and Android. They built the React Native functionality, the front end screens, and hooked our backend to the new front end based on my requirements and design documentation.

What were your goals for this project?

We wanted to launch version one of our member mobile app.

How did you select this vendor?

After interviewing a number of freelance developers and agencies, we felt that Wellnuts checked all of the boxes we were looking for: - Skilled/experienced in React Native development - Great communication and easy to work with - Did not require us to mico-manage - Possessed the ability to scale our dev resources up or down based on our needs - Competitive pricing

Describe the project in detail.

When we hired Wellnuts, we were ready to begin dev. I already had the majority of the project's requirements, user interactions, and front end design specced and designed. For the first few weeks, we had semiweekly stand up calls to check in on status and ensure everything was progressing. They were very flexible with this while being on a 10 hour time difference. Once we felt comfortable working with them, we handled most of our communication via skype chat or Asana. The team provided front end prototypes for most screens and handled feedback and new requests quickly without any issues. They also helped us set up Crashlytics and uploading new builds into App Store Connect and Google Play Console.

What was the team composition?

Our contract had an hourly rate of $38.00 with a weekly Limit of 40 hrs/week.

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

The app launched to our members successfully in Feb 2020, however that is around the time that the Caronavirus started to spread and all the companies clubhouse had to be closed down. Unfortunately, this has negatively impacted the usage, engagement, and adoption of the app and there are very few metrics to report as of now.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Based on the 10-hour tie difference, the workflow worked great. I attempted to anticipate any potential questions/issues and answer them in my documentation to ensure development kept progressing smoothly and if the team was blocked, they would work on other parts of the project until we were able to respond.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

This was my first time working with developers in different countries in a distributed team. The experience was great and we felt very lucky and grateful to have found them. Their collaboration, communication, accountability, and the quality of the end product was great.

Are there any areas for improvement?

While nothing is ever perfect, I feel the main challenges arise from our distributed location and time difference.

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'am the Managing Director of a digital agency based out of the UK. We provide a large array of development for web and mobile mainly to our UK based clients

For what projects/services did your company hire Wellnuts?

React Native mobile app development

What were your goals for this project?

The projects goal was to deliver an iOS and Android compatible application that ran quickly and smoothly.

How did you select Wellnuts?

We selected Wellnuts from their immediate understanding of the project and their demonstrated knowledge and skill for this kind of project

Describe the project in detail.

We used Wellnuts to develop a bespoke app for news content delivery integrated with our clients Wordpress blog site.

The App was UX/UI designed by ourselves and developed/tested by wellnuts. At the back end of the app was also detailed analytics to report back on video views etc.

What was the team composition?

We had a project manager and 2 developers

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

The project was delivered to a very satisfactory standard and the app is used heavily with great results.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Some times we experienced delays in getting a response near to the completion of the project but its also worth noting that the project had slightly overrun with delays in testing. Regardless the majority of the project workflow ran really smooth.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Skillset

Are there any areas for improvement?

I think it would just be an improvement in communication throughout the entire project.