Xside

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

We are a product company within the world of translation. My role is that of founding partner and CTO of it.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

We had a first roadmap to meet in which we needed a technical team available from practically day 1. We have Xside for that purpose.

SOLUTION

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

In the search for external solutions that could help us in that objective of setting up a team, Xside was an economical solution compared to the competition and provided an interesting collaboration model regarding how we could end up integrating the Xside team and the internal team in the flow of the day. day.

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

The stack was completely a JS stack using the latest technologies on the market. And the scope was to build products that were stipulated in the roadmap.

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

A team of 4-5 people, from different roles, mostly development but also product manager and QA

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The greatest success was being able to put the first product into production within the timeline that we set for ourselves.

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

We worked with agile methodologies, relying on the SCRUM framework with 2-week sprints that helped us predictability and focus on tasks.

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

What's impressive is their commitment when specific efforts have been requested for a feature with tight delivery times.

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

Influence a little on the technical level of the team so that solutions can be provided with a little more quality and more scalable.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the owner and responsible for the administration of a software company, which has its own technological platform to comprehensively manage health institutions and specifically diagnostic imaging centers.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

With Xside we started working more than 8 years ago looking for development support in the corrective and evolutionary development of our platform, and in 2014 we chose them to accompany us to develop the self-management website for patients of our platform, later we continued with the development of applications mobile and then we continue with multiple projects with different relationship modalities.

SOLUTION

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

The relationship was born from a trusted contact with one of the directors of Xside at that time, but I believe that what made us continue moving forward and deciding on the next steps was the level of commitment to the business and delivery times.

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

Focusing on the most important project we carried out, which was the website for patient self-management, once we defined the main objectives of the project and what would be the business growth strategy that would have to be sustained, Xside was the main protagonist in proposing and help us choose the technology to use and the modeling of the platform objects.

Then we work on defining evolutionary development cycles that allow us to implement the product and move forward in a manner associated with the needs of our customers. The web development was done in .NET MVC and then the mobile product was built with iOnic and then with Xamarin.

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

In most projects, Xside provides us with the participation of a technical lead and one or two developers. We have been working with front-end, back-end and full stack specialists.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

I consider that the most important characteristic that Xside had in the projects was the granularity in the analysis for the estimation of delivery times. This meant that the projects were never out of phase more than 15% of the time, no matter how difficult they have been to estimate.

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

Once the deliverables were defined, the risks to which they were subject were carried out together. And as a general methodology, Xside carried out its daily technical meetings internally and shared any clarification or definition required with our project leader. Jira was used as the primary tool for logging and tracking issues. At times when a need to move a date was detected, we were informed in sufficient time for us to analyze alternatives and communicate with the client.

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

The most remarkable thing that we value about Xside is the responsibility in the final product, no matter what type of project it is. Their human quality to overcome in a consensual way the inconveniences that always occur in any project is top-notch!

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

Creo que no está a su alcance porque es algo general del mercado de IT, pero si pudiese, sería optimo que pueda lograr una mayor retención de los recursos.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'am partner of a consulting firm helping companies we help leading companies create new disruptive businesses and transform their industries through the design and implementation of digital native roles, procceses and tools.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

Since we tackle several initatives at the same time we need to have easy access to technically savvy talent who can help us quick start the technical teams and evolve through all the maturity phases all our projects go through.

SOLUTION

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

Since our first project with Xside they have proven critical to attain our goals by:

• being able to recruit and evaluate technical talent
• onboard team members on our team methodology, tech architecture and their specific roles.
• adjust their availability as the projects mature either reinforcing talent and/or onboarding own team members and phasing out their resources.
• drive solution architecture design for all our projects specific progress needs.

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

For all our projects we have a pre briefing by which we first share with Xside team overall business objectives, specific technical needs and together check if they have available resources to attend our needs or not in which case they drive a fast setup estimate.

Once we have agreed on the team roles needed and the timming for team setup we agree on the business rythm: supporting tools, methodology to follow, meeting schedules, etc. From there the assambled team (Xsides, ours and 3rd party) plans, iterates and checks the project evolution.

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

Xside usually sources one or several of the following roles for our projects:

• architects
• front end developers
• back end developers
• full stack developers
• dev ops
• testers.

As for today we have a recurring team consisting of 1 architect, 2 front end developers, 3 back end developers.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We have reducued project setup time in +30% and have been able to deliver all our projects right on quality and time.

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

We have weekly planning sessions for our 2W sprints and three stand-ups with the whole team to check project progress and tackle any issues (delays, unsolved issues, concerns). We use Slack, Jira and GIt to coordinate.

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

All of XSide's management is technical savvy, assuring their solutions are top-notch and fit to purpose.

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

As it is usual with software development projects we always have bugs but given our agreed management process we have been able to easily triage and solve those on a timely basis. We have also had some minor issues with some allocated resources but have also been easily fixed with them by agreeing on the sourcing and followup processes.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m a project manager for a software company.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with XSide?

XSide has been our technology partner for more than 10 years. They support us in many of our projects. For this project, we needed help with website architecture.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

Currently, we’re working with an architect from Xside on Java web development. They provide us with specialized resources and consulting and collaborate with us in projects related to website architecture.

What is the team composition?

We work with two web architects and some developers.

How did you come to work with XSide?

Our company has been collaborating with them for a long time. I believe our CEO knew their CEO, and that was how we first approached them.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working together around January 2007, and it’s a continuous collaboration.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The last project was a great success. It was one of the biggest projects we’ve had as a company, so it was very important for us. We built a governmental website for which we created a solid frontend and tax system. The project was very well executed, and they provided us with great support, so we’ll continue choosing them for the following projects.

How did XSide perform from a project management standpoint?

We mostly communicate via WhatsApp and email. They’ve delivered according to our expectations and always on time. That’s one of the reasons why we’ve collaborated with them for so long.

What did you find most impressive about them?

They’re very detail-oriented, responsible, and strict with deadlines.

Are there any areas they could improve?

Whenever something isn’t working right, we talk it over and correct it, so I wouldn’t know what to say.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

i´m the owner of the proyect

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

I hire Xside for developing the digital performance of the proyect

SOLUTION

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

After a selection I found the best option in Xside for many reasons, including the good references I had of them

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

The scope was to create a social network. It happened step by step

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

Many of them, in different areas. Mostely like seven

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

It happens to be a usable app still devceloping functions and recenty published in the app stores

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

we mainly worked by zoom with th eproyect manager and the programmers

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

They pay close attention to our needs. We appreciate their good intentions.

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

In everything there are improvements yet to come, the thing is they worked really fine and with an excelent predisposition to change while errors occurs