"They’re dead-serious and care about moving our project along so that we can use this powerful software."
Working with an existing ERP solution, Buildable Custom Software is refining and further developing the software for a land surveyor. It will manage projects from start to delivery and includes a GIS component.
I’m the CEO of a land surveying group.
We were looking for a technical partner that could help us organize our business through software. We had an existing custom solution and wanted someone to refine and further develop it.
Buildable Custom Software is refining and developing our custom ERP solution, which will allow us to better manage our projects and resource plan. Essentially, the solution’s purpose is to run our business. It covers all things surrounding the projects that we have running through the firm. As projects scale, we’re able to track them from when we win the project to delivery.
Their team is also building a custom geographic information system (GIS) database application. With the app, we can geocode all of our projects individually onto a map, then leverage that information with different layers of data.
My two contacts are Max (Founder & CTO) and Jacob (Software Engineering Manager). Max deals with more of the high-level details to get the project off the ground, and then Jacob works with my team to execute. I’m sure there are more people involved, too.
It was through a very careful process. We’d had assessed a number of good companies when a well-respected consultant of ours recommended Buildable Custom Software. This individual knew their team and thought highly of them. That was a big deal for us. We weighed his comments heavily and took a shot with Buildable Custom Software.
To date, we’ve spent in the range of $150,000.
We started in July 2020, and the work is still ongoing.
The solution is still being built, so we haven’t started using it yet. Of course, I’ve seen prototypes during our discussions and have been very impressed so far. I also have an in-house project manager who’s heading this initiative. If my project manager is exceptionally happy with the work, then I consider the engagement to be a success.
Buildable Custom Software has been very solid on this front. Their documentation on statements of work (SoWs) has been tight, and they document everything in their two-week sprints with great detail.
As a CEO, it’s really important to me that they’re engaged with us — this was actually a huge reason for why we hired them. Max was engaged, and his team struck me as excited to help us solve some pretty significant challenges. If you couple their hard skills around technical coding with their soft skills around their level of care and engagement, you’ll get a winning combination.
I 100% do not feel like we’re just another project for them. They’re dead-serious and care about moving our project along so that we can use this powerful software.
Normally, there are always 1–2 things that can be improved with most companies. However, based on my personal experience, there’s nothing that I would say Buildable Custom Software needs to change.
This applies to any company, but I would advise potential customers to have an internal person who acts as a go-between to execute the project. As I’ve alluded to, we have an in-house project manager who works deeply between my entire team and Buildable Custom Software. Having that internal point person can really help move these projects along.
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