Please describe your company and position.
I am the CTO of Asoko Insight
Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.
AgileEngine has always works as part of fully "in-house" team. We kept the existing team and extended it to cover increase in work as we grew out our new product offering. Included design work on the new solution as well as development. What's the status of this engagement? Have completed the preparation and maturation of the new Virtual Deal Room platform. Now use the AgileEngine team to rapidly scale up and down the resources in order to do custom modules for specific clients.
How did your relationship with your partner evolve?
We went from maintaining a stable core team to scaling the resources up and down rapidly depending on specific clients that have engaged Asoko Insight.
In what ways can they improve?
AgileEngine have maintained very competitive costs over the years, but it is always a significant factor.
What advice do you have for clients with similar needs to yours?
AgileEngine is very strong not only in quality assurance of technical ability, but also in understanding your organisational needs and infusing this into the team members.
Introduce your business and what you do there.
I’m the CTO at Asoko Insight, a corporate business aggregator that focuses on the African continent. We’re the leading data provider in Africa, and we’re currently targeting private businesses for the most part.
What challenge were you trying to address with AgileEngine?
We needed a team of developers that could deliver solutions using NoSQL and various JavaScript frameworks. This was necessary for us to meet our corporate goals and needs.
What was the scope of their involvement?
They’ve become an extension of our team. Instead of just bringing them on for one-off engagements, we include them in the scoping process. They vet potential developers and give us options in terms of talent to use for our software projects. Most of the work is done using Node.js and Vue.js, and we have a designer on board who produces work for us as needed.
What is the team composition?
At its height, the team was four people, but now we’re only working with two.
How did you come to work with AgileEngine?
We’d tried different companies before AgileEngine, and we wanted a team that could adjust quickly while delivering agile solutions. We looked through some reviews of their services and found that the expertise of their team made them a preferred supplier of development work.
How much have you invested with them?
We’ve spent approximately $350,000.
What is the status of this engagement?
We started working with AgileEngine in December 2016, and the work is ongoing.
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
They’ve delivered value for our users, which is the only metric that matters at the end of the day. They’ve done that by increasing the quality of our software, decreasing the number of bugs, and cultivating other positive trends.
How did AgileEngine perform from a project management standpoint?
AgileEngine was great about scoping out each project. They’ve also been able to find the right people in a very effective manner. Apart from supplying reliable, talented individuals, they’re also able to understand our business well, which allows them to scale up or down as required.
What did you find most impressive about them?
They’ve integrated well into our business team. We have team members from AgileEngine working directly with some of our business stakeholders, and that helps a great deal with communicating about requirements.
Are there any areas they could improve?
We have an ongoing wishlist, but AgileEngine isn’t an endless pool of resources, and we have to take our time with finding the right people for each task. I don’t know if there is a way to do this differently, but it would be great if they could shorten the amount of time that it takes to find the perfect fit.
STAR RATINGS
Quality: 4.5
