Devblock

About Devblock

Our team members do cross-training across technologies and projects for continuity
We only hire engineers with professional work experience
Candidates are interviewed by a panel and interviewers make independent judgments
We hire to have some excess capacity so that we hire for quality, not urgency
We share the resumes of assigned team members
Our training programs for new technology are centered around internal projects with visibility to code for all employees
We provide stats about number of job applicants, interviews, and hires
An easy communication channel is always available via Basecamp for staying in touch with engineers, testers and project managers
We provide references to previous clients
We expose code written by our team members for sample projects
Client can ask hiring manager why they hired a team member, and perhaps hiring manager provides 1-pager of why we hired the person
We provide alternatives to implementing custom components, by leveraging our knowledge of existing solutions and services available; act as advisors
Process: technical vetting after scope doc, to confirm requirements are feasible and fit in budget
We list features included and features excluded, for clarity, and provide alternatives so that the client can be informed and prioritize to maximize their investment; partnering about prioritization
Share technical assessment doc with client
We deliver project functional specifications to the client and have a review and approval process before development begins
Provide an option to bring 3rd party pm/scoper to review and assess scope doc feasibility (contractors, network, or client can provide)
A QA process ensures code is considered “done” only after passing peer code review, and independent verification test by QC
Each developers’ work is put into private ledger and their reputation is visible to management and their peers
Client access to dashboard showing hours spent by each person per day, on each task (via jiraqueries)
Publishing test cases and test pass results
Publishing code review results
Weekly one-on-one meetings between tech leads and engineers and testers, to review challenges and areas for improvement, and results shared with client
Option to bring in third party to do code inspection report (contractor, advisors, client provided)
Devblock’s Program Manager is your primary contact and available to represent the development team as needed with third parties, product management discussion, …
PGM results and outcome go up on private ledger for reputation
Daily status reports from dev team members to their PM are visible to the client
Daily status reports from project manager to client, highlighting any critical items, and progress against project target
Day-of escalation of issues that may impact project schedule or budget if discovered