Please describe your company and your position there.

I am a project manager for an assistant professor at a major university.

For what projects/services did your company hire Inventive Works, and what were your goals?

Create a website design and build the website. Initial stage is a one-page website to share project information. Goal is to have a flexible site that can be expanded for any future commercial opportunities from the project.

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

Inventive is a contracted vendor with our university. Checked internal references and they were highly recommended. They helped us define goals and expectations in our initial meeting.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

Define goals and set expectations in initial meeting. Provided project description information and graphics collateral. They came back with a design that was reviewed by our project team, some slight changes incorporated. They then built the website and launched it.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

Project manager, designer, web developer. Sales also did a regular check-in to gage satisfaction.

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

Still too early for measurable outcomes, but website has been received favorably by our project team and partners.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

Excellent communications. Weekly project review meetings followed by written update with detailed progress and spending report.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

They were very flexible and professional, as our schedule created some delays in the project.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

No.