Laracraft

Background What does your company do and what is your area of responsibility?

I am the manager of the company. We have a catering company and are represented throughout Germany at many events and functions.

Challenge What were the project goals?

The provider developed an online platform for us. The platform should help us managing our catering orders and contracts. They have provided us developed a user-friendly and efficient platform that meets the needs of the of the Pretzel Connection. The platform offers a number of features, such as order management, an overview of ongoing orders and detailed invoicing. They have ensured that the platform is intuitive to use and simplifies our company's processes. The employees can access the platform at any time and from anywhere in order to process orders and keep track of ongoing business.

Solution Why did you select this service provider over others?

We know each other personally and live in the same place. This is the basis on which the cooperation has resulted.

Please describe the provider's project approach.

We talked about it several times and at some point we simply started with it. We had seen similar solutions elsewhere and at the beginning we only had and at the beginning we only had a small idea of what we wanted to have. It was developed in smaller and through the ideas and support of the developer we got better and better at it. developer we got better and better into it. We always had the full support and through the developer we have also realized ideas that we didn't know we did not even know they were possible. There were no frictions during the whole development and we always communicated very well with each other and pushed the development forward. development.

How many project team members were involved? What roles did they have in the project?

The project was implemented with only one developer, because I know him personally.

Results What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

We can not do without this solution at all! It has made us very fast and effective made. Compared to our competitors, we have been able to clearly stand out have been able to. As a result, we can operate very effectively anywhere in Germany. Our employees and the numerous temporary workers can follow our processes very easily processes very easily with their cell phones. They can easily call up their accounts, hours and the next location, and they can also apply for the next events in their area. events in their area. We are very happy.

Did they deliver on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Yes very effective. We got on very well together and it was a very friendly friendly togetherness.

What impressed you the most about the collaboration?

The ideas that we have received, what all is possible and that they have also been very well have been implemented. It was always kept what was promised.

What areas can the service provider improve upon?

Nothing at all. Everything was top!

Background What does your company do and what is your area of responsibility?

I am the managing director of ConWISE GmbH. We offer an AI-supported work platform on which consultants can store their own assessments and consulting tools. This creates many options for digital consulting, such as remote consulting, hybrid consulting or self consulting. It can also be used to supplement webinars. Our platform offers new opportunities to win customers through content.

Challenge What were the project goals?

The provider Laracraft was to program an application for the digital consulting platform ConWISE. This application was to become a real-time application where multiple users can access the platform simultaneously and develop strategies together.

Solution Why did you select this service provider over others?

We became aware of Laracraft basically through our acquaintances. I myself am responsible for areas such as marketing and content, so my business partner, was out in communities on these technical topics. My partner, who is technically well versed and observes the market activities on this, noticed the positive development of Laracraft on the market. They have achieved very good results and shared them.

Please describe the provider's project approach.

We found it good that the provider understood our basic core objective right from the start. By that I mean what basic functionalities we should offer and what our vision is for the product. For example, thinking about these questions first: Who are we targeting? What are the personas? What does the user need? This approach was very helpful. The implementation was mainly done via GitHub products. Among other things, frameworks such as Scrum or Kanban were set up and used there. It worked wonderfully with those tools. So most of it was done via remote work. We physically saw each other 1 or 2 times. There was always the opportunity to reflect and exploit optimization potential when smaller milestones were reached. As soon as partial results became presentable, they were flawlessly uploaded to a test server so that we could view and test the product status. Overall, it was an agile and iterative approach, supported by state-of-the-art software tools including backlog and boards to manage the project. As a product owner, I documented and prioritized our requirements in the backlog, in my words.

How many project team members were involved? What roles did they have in the project?

I think there were 3 project members or a main developer, a UI / UX designer and someone for the backend and infrastructure. I can't say if there were more involved. The most contact we had was with one main contact and one designer. Everything else was well solved in sprints.

Results What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

In principle, you can say that we started from scratch. If we look in today, you can see the results directly, it works, it works wonderfully and our users like to use it. Anyone who wants, any potential customer could look at our platform for free and test it. In the entire time since the launch of the project, only one bug has been reported by our users. We are very satisfied with that. Our approach was such that the platform could be fed in such a way that we could introduce new methods into the platform without any programming knowledge. This has worked very well.

Did they deliver on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Yes, the cooperation was very effective and result-oriented. The most important questions were asked at the beginning of the project The agreements were clear and both sides did not have to ask multiple follow-up questions. There are vendors who only want to program and not understand what the project is all about. That's why it was very effective for us, because the partner wanted to understand what our core objectives were.

What impressed you the most about the collaboration?

This professional approach. This questioning at the beginning: Why do we need something? Why should the user do it this way? What goal will we achieve with it? Then you made suggestions about what the UI should look like, and so on. Of course, it's good to have a partner who thinks along with you.

What areas can the service provider improve upon?

No critical improvements known.

Background What does your company do and what is your area of responsibility?

We run a Heilpraktikerschule and thus prepare examinees to be able to pass the Heilpraktikerprüfung. We are a GbR, which consists of a doctor and me as partners.

Challenge What were the project goals?

We offer a so-called online exam trainer, which in the past was built on a different technical basis. The old solution was an application that we had purchased for little money. We wanted to move this due to the given limitations and bring it on a new technical basis. With this in mind, the provider Laracraft was to develop a solution for the needs of Likamundi School of Naturopaths. They implemented an online exam trainer to help students prepare for their exams. The platform offers a number of features to help students prepare for their exams. These include comprehensive question and answer banks, practice exams and personalized progress reports. The vendor has ensured that the platform is easy to use and adapts to the needs of the students. Students can access the platform anytime and from anywhere to practice their exams and track their progress.

Solution Why did you select this service provider over others?

We have asked around. I learned about the provider through acquaintances. So quite uncomplicated.

Please describe the provider's project approach.

The collaboration began with an initial, non-binding meeting during which we communicated our needs. This was followed by a detailed requirements analysis on the part of the provider in order to understand our needs and to design a solution for them. We then received an offer including a cost estimate and a binding deadline by which the new application should be ready. After the conception phase, agile development began in sprints. With each sprint, we were able to track the current status of the development and provide feedback. Finally, our employees were trained to be able to start with the new application. During this process, we also observed how the students' needs evolved with the new application, so the application should be optimized accordingly. This maintenance was also accompanied by the provider. In addition, our internal developer was trained by the provider so that we could take over the further development of the platform ourselves.

How many project team members were involved? What roles did they have in the project?

I don't know the exact team size. We mainly dealt with one central contact person. The project was also accompanied by 3 to 4 developers with whom we were in contact.

Results What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Yes, the effect was already enormous. Our students were able to learn much better with the new application. Statistics were included in the project, so the students could follow their development live. That was very effective! Overall, the volume from the students has gone up tremendously. We now have at least twice as many students as in the past. Word of the new online exam coach has also spread quickly. Some of the students tell us, "Thank goodness I found you. I would do anything to let my friends and acquaintances know about it."

Did they deliver on time? How did they respond to your needs?

On the whole, the collaboration was totally effective. The social and professional cooperation was flawless. You managed to communicate everything so that we spoke the same language and understood each other. For me, the collaboration was super pleasant and very effective. I know this from acquaintances and other entrepreneurs, where the set deadlines were sometimes delayed twice and three times, or even projects that were canceled due to poor implementation. There were some very few exceptions in our company, where sprints ran longer than planned. But that was absolutely fine with us.

What impressed you the most about the collaboration?

On the one hand, the professionalism. The promise and the result matched. On a human level, the collaboration was very pleasant. I always felt understood and we came to a professional result, which was also noticed by the students.

What areas can the service provider improve upon?

In exceptional cases, a maximum of 2 to 3 times, the sprints lasted a few days longer than planned. But that was totally within the bounds for us.