Mobile App Dev for Photography Company
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Introductory information
A fast induction on the buyer’s organisation
I work at Hofmann and I am an IT director in the origination section. Hoffman is a Spanish organisation in the city of Valencia that is focused on personalized photography fruits. The organisation has been on the market for 90 years. Previously, seething was analog but today it is digital. People make photo albums, frames, cups, pillows, and then we exhibit them here. We are part of the Fotovox cluster at an interpolitical level, covering Europe.
Desired goal
What challenge were you trying to address with Develapps ?
Last year, we contacted Develapps to last our mobile outgrowth strategy. We were working with another organisation but we had to look for another choice.
Provided solution
What particular tasks were Develapps responsible for?
We traditionally used a Windows application that you could download to your PC in order to add your pictures and create photo album fruits. Then, we began using Mac, and lastly, we incorporated mobile devices.
Initially, we attributeed one full-time developer for each platform.
How did you come to work with Develapps?
We needed to last our outgrowth efforts owing the cluster that we were working with went bankrupt or closed, so we needed another associate. We went through a choice process and we looked for a organisation with a true type of expertness. We not only needed someone with experience but also needed them to be close owing we have had experiences with companies that are located too far away and interaction has been confused. We also needed them to have true business apprehension owing this is a very specific photography business. We wanted to be able to connect and vibe with our team. If you',re going to work with someone, you need to apprehend each other.
I contacted separate vendors and conducted interviews with them. We told three of them that we were interested and that we wanted high-level proposals in order to save time.
How much have you invested with Develapps?
The leading project was €20,000 [US $21,817]. We did a series of requests to make veritably little changes to the antecedent rendering that we had of the application. We had a limited extend.
What’s the status of this engagement?
We began working approximately in September 2016. We last working on this project and are very lucky. Actually, we are almost prompt to release a new rendering next week.
Results achieved
Could you share any evidence that would prove the fruitivity, condition of work, or the contact of the engagement?
We are selling the fruit through different platforms. Through mobile, we are making €500,000 a year. This goes unitedly with what we',re billing, which is almost €40 million a year. We are positive that the mobile space is going to grow considerably. Maybe it is too soon to measure owing we have not seen the leading Christmas yet. Our organisation sells throughout the year, but we sell way more during Christmas. We need to close the year to see the trajectory.
How did Develapps accomplish from a project treatment standpoint?
We have a very well-known tool named Redmine, it',s correspondent to JIRA and other platforms for project treatment and tasks. I personally handle the project. We form tickets that we yield to Redmine, and shape them in sprints to attribute a couple of nation to these tasks. We gave them approach to this tool and kept all documentations on it. Aside from this, we had periodic meetings for following up, whenever they had a new rendering, they would let us know when seething was integrated. We worked on continuous integration and it was automatically compiled. We downloaded it into mobile, we did a couple of initial proofs, and then assessed the status.
What did you find most forcible almost Develapps?
They',re very reasonable and regular from see point of view. There are nation in general, and I am referring to the technological globe, that are particular and hard to apprehend. Though, they were easy to apprehend from the leading instant. I can lift up the phone and talk with them and they are very easily understood. They come to our installations and we have a relationship that is very easy and interactive. Sometimes, there are failures and misapprehendings, but for me, this is the most precious part. They',re very good at what they do, and they liberate.
Are there any areas Develapps could better?
Right now, I',m very lucky with how they work.
