The Ten Defining Features of 2021: Through the Eyes of the Product Team

"The Sales Team gave us a clear objective: to cut down the manual work involved in onboarding new company branches. Once we delivered that, and I saw what an impact it had, it made me think - ok there’s potential here, what can we do next? Over the year, we’ve seen the software steadily morph into this awesome product. I enjoy looking at the Branch and Statistics Overviews; for me, those elements make the product really come alive.”

Yanko, Head of Front End​​​​​​​

“Before I even thought about writing code for 2FA, l knew the challenge would be in making sure the functionality worked not only across different products, but across different access points - web, desktop, mobile, and tablet - for one and the same user. Single Sign On, like many functionalities that are quick and time saving to use - well, they’re oftentimes the most fiddly to build - but worth it!”

Razvan, Head of Engineering​​​​​​​

"Behind the relatively clear usability, lies a multitude of complex code. Although Service Allocation Groups is presented as a service based feature, the functionality is built around resource availability. Resource time is limited, and this allowed me to use the measurement of time distribution to write the code.

The challenge lay in building a mechanism that would persist changes - say, a new service getting added. Some changes have an immediate impact on the weekly calculations; others trigger "restart" protocol, that rebuild the configuration and clean the weekly calculations. It took some effort to get everything to come together.  "

Andreja, Senior Backend Engineer​​​​​​​

“This feature sets our software apart. After the testing process, l can see why so few other companies offer it! I put myself into the shoes of one of our international clients who offer their services globally, and tested multiple different constellations of regions, countries, time zones, and resources to catch any bugs. It was a huge effort, but 100% worth it. As an international company, we reap the benefits. The days of manually checking public holidays and adding calendar blockers are gone- phew!”

Ivan, Lead Quality Assurance

“My favourite request from Sales is for software localisations. I'm always fascinated to hear which region wants to use TIMIFY next, and what locales they need. This year, setting eyes on our software in Korean and Japanese scripts was a defining moment. It's wonderful to see our software take root in corners of the world further and further afield from our Munich home, and a testament to the whole company of our growth. l'm already excited for 2022: Mandarin is on the cards!”

Clare,
Content Design and Localisation Manager

"The biggest challenge for me this year was getting the team to stick to the work flow. When the team comes together and we’re all on the same page, we can achieve so much. Our work quality and quantity goes up. The more we achieve, the more motivated l am… the harder l push the team… and well, we achieve even more!”

Geri, Scrum Mistress​​​​​​​