Mobile & Web App Development for Food Kiosk Company
Project Details
hProject Summary: Staff Augmentation
Timeline: Oct. 2020 – Ongoing
Budget: Confidential
Client Feedback
Although the project is ongoing, the company and the team are making good progress towards their goal. The Sonatafy Technology team integrates fully into the company’s development process. They’re efficient, and they serve as a reliable partner for the company.
“I feel like we are partners with Sonatafy and not just in a customer supplier relationship.”
The Client
Please describe your company and your position there.
I am the CTO for Automated Retail Technologies (ART). ART is developing a network of automated delicious food kiosks to serve up unique hot and cold food items in a fully automated and touchless process.
The Challenge
For what projects/services did your company hire Sonatafy Technology?
I hired Sonatafy Technology to assist with our software product development, specifically in the areas of web and mobile development as well as QA.
What were your goals for this project?
This is new product development which will result in our new kiosks being introduced into the market this year. Initial project goals are to complete the development of an MVP to be used for piloting our products in Q1 2021.
The Approach
How did you select Sonatafy Technology?
I selected Sonatafy Technology based on three key metrics:
Describe the project in detail.
This is an agile product development project. The team is developing new consumer-facing mobile and web applications used to operate and manage our network of kiosks. Features and capabilities are determined by ART, prioritized into agile sprints, and developed and tested by the team.
What was the team composition?
In addition to our internal ART employees and staff, we have a mobile developer, a full-stack developer, and a QA Engineer from Sonatafy.
Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?
We’re making good progress towards our goal of piloting the product early this year.
How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?
Excellent. The Sonatafy team is fully integrated into our development cadence is using our process and tools.
What did you find most impressive about this company?
They take full accountability for recruiting and managing the team members from a functional perspective, while ART is responsible for providing the day-to-day direction and guidance. Working with Sonatafy is very efficient, and having them also help with the management of the team is a nice benefit. I feel like we are partners with Sonatafy and not just in a customer-supplier relationship.
