The Scope of Ocado – DataArt Collaboration
Among the projects where DataArt has contributed to Ocado Technology’s ongoing innovation are:
The Relationship
Ocado Technology drives innovation and development within the Ocado Group. DataArt has been an Ocado Technology partner since 2011. For almost ten years, DataArt has complemented Ocado's in-house engineering talent resources, enabling business agility and rapid innovation. Roman Chernyshev, Director at DataArt UK, was there from the outset.
We used every interaction as a datapoint to better understand Ocado Technology and its strategy and goals, which allowed us to tailor our offering and be the best possible technology partner.
Grzegorz Cempla, General Manager of Ocado Technology Poland, evaluates the benefits of the partnership:
DataArt operates on a distributed team model, but when Ocado requested on-site presence, DataArt responded by moving part of its team to Ocado's UK headquarters.
«We were open-minded and had an ‘anything is possible’ attitude,” says DataArt’s Roman Chernyshev. “The on-site presence was not part of our business model, but flexibility certainly was. Running DataArt’s project management operations from Ocado’s headquarters helped bridge the gap between business and technology, build trust, and develop relationships.»
The on-site presence was not part of our business model, but flexibility certainly was. Running DataArt's project management operations from Ocado's headquarters helped bridge the gap between business and technology, build trust, and develop relationships.
«We use agile processes and Kanban to be aligned among teams, to collaborate, and at the same time to achieve autonomy,» says Kharchenko.
Collaborating with Ocado is both challenging and rewarding, says Eugene Veselov, Senior Manager of Retail and Digital Transformation at DataArt.
Grzegorz Cempla, General Manager at Ocado Technology Poland, appreciates the depth and quality of the Ocado-DataArt relationship:
