Background
Please describe your company and your position there.
I'm developing a specialized web application in which I maintain the backend which supports several React-bases SPAs on the front end. In the past I hired developers directly.
Challenge
For what projects/services did your company hire Moravio, and what were your goals?
I wanted to outsource front end development while maintaining back end services myself.
Solution
How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?
The seemed to have a no-nonsense and businesslike approach without trying to promise everything to everybody. This was confirmed in direct communication. They were willing to work in a somewhat unusual partnership where we would need to develop good communication and flexible boundaries.
Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.
They started with existing React SPAs, cleaned them up, found and removed bugs, improved user interaction, made clear requests for new endpoints which I implemented and they tested and used.
How many people from the vendor’s team worked with you, and what were their positions?
two developers, a tester, and a product owner. Their command of English is good to excellent, BTW.
Results
Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?
I will continue working with them, for years, I hope, in maintenance mode or when we need to expand features.
Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.
Regular, efficient meetings, issue tracking (Jira), Confluence, they joined our slack channel. The time difference between my office in eastern USA and theirs in Moravia worked well, as we could meet at their afternoon/my morning and I had the rest of the day to deal with back end or questions they might have.
What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?
Their professionalism and competency were impressive.
Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?
I will be interested to see if we can continue in maintenance mode while my attention is diverted for a while to business issues.