INTERVIEWED BY APPFUTURA ON DEC 19, 2018

Please present yourself and your business.

I am the Project Director at Forsix. We sell mobile workplaces, which are a combination of tabs (both iOS and Android are supported) and software to automate remote field staff daily activities. We sell mobile workplaces for road police, merchandisers, city inspectors, insurance agents. I oversee the whole mobile development at Forsix. You can learn more about Forsix at http://forsix.ru. Unfortunately, the website is only available in Russian.

Explain what your project was about.

Fayrix helped us develop software for Forsix Workplaces. We purchased hardware from a different manufacturer and integrated the whole system on our own. I was coordinating the Android app, iOS app development. Here are the key features developed:

- Document management with digital signature support
- Connectors to various corporate IT systems
- Task management, geo-tracking, and protected corporate chat
- Integration with mobile printers for on-site document printing
- Mobile commerce terminals integration.

Explain to what scope extend Fayrix was involved in your project.

Fayrix developed the whole product from scratch. They allocated a mobile development team with the following composition for this purpose:
- 2 Senior iOS developers (C# and Swift)
- 3 Senior Android developers (Kotlin)
- Project Manager
- QA engineer
So basically Fayrix developed the whole product and I accepted all deliverables and coordinated software-hardware integration process on Forsix’s side.

How did you get to meet the Fayrix team and what led you to hiring them?

One of my colleagues occurred to work at Fayrix. We discussed this potential project with her, she mentioned that she will approve a very attractive price for us with her management. To make sure we get the best deal, we interviewed Fayrix and 2 more companies, which we found on the largest Russian mobile dev rating ruward.ru. They were good of course, but Fayrix offered better conditions and experience of working with global clients under international quality standards.

How was their project management?

We worked under Scrum methodology with 2 weeks Sprints. The Project Manager was quite strict and a bit pushy sometimes, but this let us meet the deadlines with quite good results. So overall I am satisfied with the project management approach. Anyway, the comfort of communications & results is always a compromise.

Was the project completed as expected? Was the time and the budget the same you agreed on?

We had a Time & Material model of engagement, so we paid monthly, but as the deadline was met, the budget also remained around as expected.

Did you find their expertise up to what you expected? Did they require any kind of training from your end to understand your product?

Fayrix actually created the product from scratch, so we could not provide any training for them.

Please highlight the best things of Fayrix.

- Fair rates
- Ability to meet deadlines
- Eagerness to create a good product, which will be successful in the market.

Is there anything you believe Fayrix could improve on?

Hard to say, but maybe they can slightly improve in communications, just to maintain an overall positive project atmosphere.

Is there anything else you'd like to share about your experience with Fayrix?

Just want to mention that perhaps the most impressive thing about Fayrix is their responsibility. It is really important for them to work on a commercially successful project.

INTERVIEWED BY APPFUTURA ON APR 10, 2018

Please present yourself and your business.

My name is Tanya Novikova. I am Digital Marketing Manager at Pocket Doctor Platform.

Explain what your project was about.

Our project is ongoing, it is not completed yet. We are developing an Integrated eHealth platform consisting of a mobile application for customers, web interface for doctors and clinics, API for partners.

The platform gathers and analyses customer data to provide expert recommendations and tips. It allows to appoint an online meeting with a doctor of certain speciality and chat using inbuilt messenger. It supports text, voice and video chats.

Explain to what scope extend Fayrix was involved in your project.

Fayrix is developing a web interface for doctors, as well as both iOS and Android apps and partner API for us.

How did you get to meet the Fayrix team and what led you to hiring them?

We found their website on the Internet and invited to participate in our public bid. We had a public bid with 3 companies that applied. Then we gave them a short sample task. Fayrix's task was good and they offered rates that were the best option. So we decided on them.

How was their project management?

The project management is of a very high level. We are really happy with our Project Manager. He listens and understands our needs and concerns. We have regular Skype meetings once a week, discussing the project status. However, if I have any question, we can have an unscheduled call with no issues from the Project Manager. Additionally, we have direct access to Jira, where all the work is broken down into tasks and the development team track their work and chat openly. So the whole process is very transparent to us. If we find some bugs, they fix them quite urgently.

What was the budget range quoted for this project?

We have already spent 50,000 USD, but we have more work to do.

Was the project completed as expected? Was the time and the budget the same you agreed on?

We are working on Time and Materials model and despite the project not being completed yet, the current milestones are well and timely met.

Did you find their expertise up to what you expected? Did they require any kind of training from your end to understand your product?

Everything was as expected. Furthermore, they help us to find interesting solutions to some complicated issues and cases. So it’s rather the other way around – they provide training on new tools and technologies that could be used to make our product really cool for users.

Please highlight the best things of Fayrix.

Communications, trustworthiness and open-mindedness.

Is there anything you believe Fayrix could improve on?

The team is professional enough to execute any tech project. Perhaps, we need more live meetings, as they help to break the ice between teams.