Boldare and TUI teams meet in Palma de Mallorca
At Boldare, we cherish personal contact with our partners. We like to build relationships that are not just virtual. Valuable time spent together face to face, discussing our partner’s product and business domain is something that helps us understand each other’s needs. That is why we recently sent our product team to visit TUI Musement, Boldare’s partner, at the company’s hub in Palma de Mallorca. Here are the highlights from this fruitful meeting.
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The main goal of the meeting
Fun, effective workshops, and a valuable exchange of ideas - this was the experience of Boldare and TUI team members who recently met in TUI’s headquarters in Palma.
The main goal of the gathering was to map a complex product business domain and to meet in person in order to build stronger bonds between TUI and Boldare. We really wanted to make it happen as we are beginning a TUI-Boldare collaboration to build the first version of digital product for TUI.
What happened in Mallorca?
Day 1
We focused on drawing up a product roadmap for the next few months. This enabled us to prioritize functionalities - to decide what features will be built into the first version of the product. Additionally, we discussed data integration between certain tour reservations. In the evening our hosts invited us for dinner and a little tour around Palma city center.
Day 2
The second day was all about mapping the business domain of the product and identifying dependencies between two separate TUI branches: TUI Musement and TUI Markets.
Boldare’s team suggested using big picture event storming as a workshop framework. Some workshop participants were not familiar with the method, but after a short demo introduction and explanation of the process, everybody found it easy to use.
Day 3
During the third day of our gathering, we looked deeper into the event, reflecting on ideas from the previous day. With a fresh view on crucial aspects of the product, we managed to agree on the most important elements of the product business domain puzzle. We all know the process is not finished yet, but in the autumn we’re planning another session similar to this one. Most probably that meeting will be in Poland.
After the gathering
After our get-together, we have a better understanding of TUI’s product business domain and we know the priorities - what needs to be delivered with the first version of the product. We believe the workshop helped the TUI team to systematize and document product knowledge, and to share it with all team members engaged in the product. We advised our partner on how to set the product domain in an efficient, modern way, applying useful tools.Meeting a client’s team in person is always a good idea, but it’s especially helpful before development starts. It puts everybody on the same page, clarifies expectations, and builds trust. We have a feeling that meetings face-to-face are valued all the more after pandemic lockdowns (not only by us at Boldare, but also by our partners).By discussing a complex product domain face to face and by having fun after working hours, Boldare and TUI team members had a chance to get to know each other - personally and professionally - which we believe will result in a fruitful future cooperation.
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