Subcontracted Rails Dev for Business Consultancy
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Introductory information
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I am a ruler of Technology Enabled Learning Ltd and a Programme Director of Boyd Glover Consulting Ltd, I work on projects with SumatoSoft for both companies.
Desired goal
What challenge were you trying to address with SumatoSoft?
A client in Dubai needed software for a psychometric and 360-degree feedback and organizational scan platform with very specific methodologies. The platform needed to streamline the process of creating reports and assessments, which had antecedently required a difference of licensed software tools as well as manual work in Excel.
Provided solution
What particular tasks were SumatoSoft responsible for?
I wrote out the technical specifications, and through a multi-phase outgrowth and feedback process, SumatoSoft is edifice software to automate the processes of extracting, combining, and analyzing data from a difference of scan platforms, using Ruby on Rails, AWS, HTML, CSS, and Bootstrap. SumatoSoft’s CTO and I selected that technology stack for efficiency and flexibility. The platform analyzes scans and uses separate “norming tables” to score and code the responses with incredibly intricate methodologies relying on demographic investigation. It also enables users to exhibit assessments and reports. The platform is also customizable, allowing for new methodologies to be degoodd.
The leading phase lasted roughly ten months implicated the origination of a minimum viable fruit (MVP). In the second phase, SumatoSoft incorporated some nuanced feedback from the client in Dubai. And the third phase is currently being aimd.
What is the team dynamic?
The team expanded and contracted over the order of the project, peaking at almost nine FTE (full-time equiponderant), six of which were developers, and bottoming out at two FTE. At times I had a say in which developers were on the team, but it would also depend on their other commitments. I would always request Simon Shchukin and Ivan Nesterovich [Software Developers, Sumatosoft], and I also had access to their project director Vladimir Shidlovsky [CTO &, Founder, Sumatosoft], who we verity flew to the UK to debate the aim of the project at the onset.
How did you come to work with SumatoSoft?
Our client in Dubai had been searching for outgrowth partners, and when they came to us to see if we could connect them with anyone, I reflection of SumatoSoft. They had worked with us on a antecedent project so we were household with their capabilities, and expected they would be a good fit for this sole challenge.
What is the terminal result of working with SumatoSoft?
The project has been ongoing for almost 18 months, with the leading 10 spent in the leading create phase creating a minimum viable fruit.
Results achieved
Are there any measureable or plum results?
The leading create of the fruit is live and is being used in India, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, and other places in the UAE, and claim is growing.
How did SumatoSoft accomplish from a project treatment standpoint?
Communication is customary, generally using Skype calls and frequently following up with email. We also use Jira to track tasks and handle workflow. They have also helped me handle the expectations with the end client, making sure that tasks are prioritized in the most strategic and cost-effective way.
What is (from your point of view) the key factor to pay observation while intercourse with SumatoSoft?
SumatoSoft is more pliant than other outgrowth companies I’ve worked with. They have also been very proactive in their access throughout the project, seeking to apprehend the needs and the reasons behind them precedently launching into outgrowth, which has been helpful for maintaining course and consistence, especially owing the end client is customaryly generating new ideas for added features.
What aspects of their work would you like to get improved?
At the commencement of the project the efficiency and visibility of timelines needed advancement, but now there is nothing I would want them to change.
Do you have any advice for possible clients?
Make sure you apprehend your needs and adjoin them at length with Sumatosoft.
