Goblinfactory currently scores 12/12 for the Joel test
. We have a reliable CI process, do pair programming when needed, pairing to review code or when spiking to encourage knowledge transfer. We provide quiet working conditions, occasionally working a few weeks in the mountains as a whole team during winter and summer.
Alan works for exciting startups wanting to keep a cap on their burn rate prior to exit or sale. He has helped clients put in place and improve technical competence without the client requiring the sacrifice of equity and/or cash that a permanent experienced CTO would typically require, thus simplifying exit sale negotiations or simplifying building a team during early stage organic growth.
If you are a non technical entrepreneur and have all your source code and intellectual property living with an outsouce team in another country, are you aware of all the risks, and do you have appropriate contingency plans in place? For example, do they always use the same developers on your project, or do new developers start from scratch, with a case of the re-write-itess? Is their development consistent and of high quality? Are they using automated testing, or do they have to manually test everthing every time they make a code or HTML change? Do they charge you for testing? How are they tracking bugs? What happens if they land a million dollar project with a big client, will they still respond with fixes and updates as rapidly as the business demands?
Goblinfactory has extensive experience working with, motivating and getting the best value out of outsource teams while managing risk. As an outsource CTO, Alan can help with a technical due diligence of the outsource team, providing your investors with peace of mind knowing that their investments are not held hostage by a single technical supplier and that you are able to switch outsource teams in an emergency.
Technical due diligence is available as a stand alone service from Goblinfactory at an affordable hourly rate.
We're skilled developers with a passion for test automation, and are just as at home working with
as we are on new greenfield projects.
