How a pilot project with Innomate HR evolved to become a 13 years collaboration

Summary
Innomate HR is a robust human resources platform that enables organisations to manage their end‑to‑end HR processes. Recruiting and retaining motivated software engineers was difficult in Denmark’s competitive employment market, so Innomate sought a reliable software development provider. Collaboration evolved from a pilot project to running a dedicated development team for nearly 13 years. It is one of Wirtek’s longest collaborations and has fostered some of the strongest team connections.

Showcase results

• 13 years of partnership.

• Migrating the entire HR platform from version 2 to version 3 using newer technologies.

• Wirtek helped Innomate adopt the Scrum framework for Agile software development.

Challenge
Finding and retaining the right talent was difficult; recruiting was time‑consuming. Innomate sought to improve its software development framework and considered working with an experienced provider. A previous outsourcing collaboration had failed due to poor integration with the in‑house team.

Solution
The collaboration began with a pilot project to test Wirtek’s capabilities; the first project delivered was an automated testing framework. After its success, Innomate committed to a long‑term partnership and created a dedicated Wirtek team for development and testing. Wirtek advised Innomate on adopting an Agile framework; together they implemented the first Scrum sprint and refined the process over time.

Services
Agile Product Development, Software Engineering Best Practices, Functional Testing, Automation Testing and Refactoring.

Results
Key achievements include migrating the platform from version 2 to version 3 and implementing Scrum. Strong partnerships formed: a distributed development team works remotely across Denmark, Sweden, Kenya and Romania, requiring close communication via daily Scrum meetings, weekly QA and UI meetings and regular “walkthrough” sessions. Annual visits to Cluj foster personal connections and cultural exchange. Knowledge sharing through pair programming and study groups is important. Wirtek believes great interpersonal relationships underpin successful business partnerships; close relationships, technical skills and flexibility are cited as reasons for the long‑term collaboration.

Technologies and Frameworks
.NET Framework 4.6.2, ASP MVC 5, MSSQL 2012, N’Hibernate, Windows Azure (Storage, Functions, App Services), Workflow Foundation, Dependency Injection (Ninject), BDD, TDD, Rhino Security, HTML5, CSS3 (Less), JavaScript, TypeScript (D3.js, gridstack.js), jQuery, Knockout, Aurelia, SignalR, Glimpse, Sentry, Hangfire, Web API, OData, Twilio, SpecFlow and Fluent Migrator.

Tools
Jira, Visual Studio, Selenium, GitHub and Microsoft Teams.

Client testimonial
Kræn Munck Christensen, Partner and Development Manager at Innomate a/s, says that Wirtek colleagues feel like friends, not just coworkers. Working integrated into their setup eliminated artificial distance and made them a better team. He appreciates their commitment and proactiveness; everyone delivers what is expected and more, and the team can rely on Wirtek for ideas and technical solutions. This testimonial repeats multiple times across the page.

About Innomate HR
Innomate HR enables organisations to manage HR processes end‑to‑end, with a built‑in workflow engine to streamline tasks such as deadline follow‑up, emails, reminders, meeting notices and data registration. It supports small to large customers across public sector, production, accounting, real estate and more, with over 17,000 registered employees. Combining HR and software development expertise, Innomate has delivered HR cloud solutions for two decades.