Project Albert: Marek Kováč

The project went through several changes over 3 years. We experienced tough times, but also many successes. Could you describe some of the biggest / most interesting changes that occurred during the project?

During the project, there was an adjustment to the proposed solution for promoting promotional prices, as the originally proposed solution proved to be unsuitable due to inputs that were different than expected. Due to the complexity of the problem and external pressure, this was definitely the most interesting and difficult situation.

Also worth mentioning is the start of the project, when we participated in the technical and business analysis. We eventually created quite a comprehensive foundation for the entire project from a document of just a few pages. Even though we tried to analyze all possible parts of the project in the beginning, there were still a lot of unforeseen situations and application dependencies. A specific feature of this project was definitely that the subsequent expansion of the application was similar in scope to the original assignment.

What did the project teach you personally and what benefit did the cooperation have for the whole Atreo company?

It taught us to work with data that is both large in volume and highly complex/interconnected. The benefit was getting a peek behind the curtain – how things generally work in larger companies like Logio. We had the opportunity to be inspired by how project management, communication, internal processes, etc., are set up. In other words, we got the opportunity to learn new things from experienced professionals. This cooperation was certainly one of our largest projects. Gaining insight into the functioning of Albert's business processes was also a benefit for us.

When someone says Logio, what is the first thing that comes to your mind? What feelings did our joint operation (hopefully cooperation) leave in you?

This question is a bit related to the previous one. As we mentioned, we were able to learn from experienced people in the field. When someone says Logio, we see: expertise, and the honoring of agreements at both the managerial and developer levels. We also liked the fair approach; we would even say that we didn't cooperate on a supplier‑customer level, but would rather call the entire cooperation a partnership – whenever needed, Logio was available to us, and we always found joint compromise solutions. What we also like about Logio is that it is responsible towards its customers and makes sure to keep its commitments.

What do you personally appreciate most about our cooperation?

The kind approach of the people we work with, whether it's IT analysts, the project manager, IT service, solution architects, and the like. It involves about 5 to 6 people. Overall, we appreciate the good corporate culture and the friendly environment; these are the basic prerequisites for a satisfying cooperation. And in conclusion, we would like to give special thanks mainly to Markéta Šuchová and Oto Hausmann; we were closest to them throughout the project, and thanks to them, this cooperation left us with positive feelings. If we mentioned words like fairness, expertise, helpfulness, and professionalism above, we could easily replace them with the combination of Markéta and Oto.