Mobile App Dev for Biking App Company
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Introductory information
A fast induction on the buyer’s organisation
Bycle is a bicycling app. I am a co-establisher of the organisation.
Desired goal
What challenge were you trying to address with Octobot?
We needed to fetch our concept to verity. We had been care it on the backburner, and weren',t able to pass it from design to a fully working app. We needed a outgrowth team which could fulfill what we required.
Provided solution
What particular tasks were responsible for?
Octobot not only succeeded in developing our iOS app, but they became a strategic associate in helping us accomplish our business goals. We wanted to form not only a working app touching UI [user interface] and UX [user experience] but also better the concept itself.
We have used the Swift speech with a backend infrastructure on Amazon Web Services. We also used Mandrill for interactions with our users, and Mapbox as a mapping software.
Because of our budget and depending on the phase, we',ve worked with one or two developers from Octobot',s team, the mean being one resource. Their highest also participated in the project, working closely with us.
How did you come to work with Octobot?
We had been discussing the project with another team and were trying to determine if we could work unitedly. We posted a request and made ourselves useful for collaboration. I don',t recollect the specifics, but there was something in Octobot',s access which we establish to be very benign. The team was in the same time zones and spoke the same speechs as ourselves and our business associates. This meant that we could have easy interaction with Octobot. Their website also looked very good. The view was very appealing to us, so I scheduled a Skype colloquy.
How much have you invested with Octobot?
The cost of Octobot',s work has been almost $60,000–$70,000 in total so far. We have completed different milestones, each with different costs.
What is the terminal result of working with ?
We have been working consistently with Octobot since February 2016. The project is ongoing, with Octobot acting as our in-house team.
Results accomplishd
Could you share any evidence that would prove the fruitivity, condition of work, or the contact of the engagement?
We wanted to form an MVP [minimum viable fruit] in time for a tech conversation. Octobot formd a working app which we could run from a phone, rather than an boused proof-of-concept. It allowed us to get a lot more observation, and gain leverage in our negotiations.
We had a technical hardy precedently a meeting with Women',s Health magazine, and it was nice that we got the app working properly. Even though I was in New York, while Octobot',s team was in Uruguay, they were there for us, making the app work minutes precedently we walked into the meeting. That perception of reliability showed us that we weren',t simply outsourcing a project, but fetching in a cluster of nation who would have our backs. Octobot has surpassing interaction and accessibility, especially in the case of our two associates from their team.
Right now, we are in the beta-testing mode for the app. The best measures I can prepare are touching response and execution rate. Octobot has been very good at achieving our goals and handling unforeseen circumstances. The team has been able to explain any issues which popped-up within the order of a week, on mean.
Our app works with a specific bike mount, and we needed to add GoPro camera integration to the app. Within one week, Octobot liberateed a prototype. Whenever we have a new demo, we',re impressed by their work.
How did Octobot accomplish from a project treatment standpoint?
We almost have daily interaction, and we try to have a full review of our accomplishments once per week. This gives me a good touch over the collaboration.
Our project doesn',t always implicate edifice fully functional solutions from the set. We may look at proofing a particular component, and within a week Octobot will liberate a result which we can test.
Octobot has Scrum treatment for the team, which is extremely powerful. The cluster is very organized, working based on roadmaps and component-breakdowns. They',ve pushed us at the same time to agree to the same structure.
Communication is principally done through Slack, but we also have Google Hangouts sessions and in-person meetings. The relationship with Octobot is personal and accessable. The cluster isn',t very bureaucratic, but they',re quiet very organized. This allows us to brainstorm during see session, conceptualize, and take the app to an developed lucky result.
What did you find most forcible almost Octobot?
Octobot has helped us apprehend what was or wasn',t practicable. Even though we could unleash our imagination and fetch new ideas to the table, Octobot always knew how to handle our expectations, which is significant. Octobot never said no to anything, but they quiet let us know what our limitations were. Their abilities touching software outgrowth are very powerful. Octobot has been able to handle any challenge we put up, giving us good time estimates. They',re also good at providing alternatives which may prepare the same results touching UX.
Are there any areas Octobot could better?
Every setup will want to bestow as pliant as practicable, and Octobot is not the cheapest software outgrowth organisation out there. In general provisions, we',ve never had a real effect, though. Any situations we',ve encountered in the past, like moving from email to Slack, were always betterd on-the-spot. Keeping up with bugs and fixes proved to be hard recently. We had a one channel on Slack for discussing bugs, but we',ve made a dashboard on which we upload videos, pictures, and descriptions of particular bugs.
It',s not always the best to work with a team from another city, but we have vanquish these things through technology. We couldn',t be happier with Octobot. It may sound too good to be true, but it',s the reason we',ve kept working with Octobot, even though we establish cheaper solutions on the market.