BeOnCourt: A system that helps you book tennis courts

In May 2017, we officially launched a booking system called BeOnCourt, which will surely bring joy to many tennis players. How has the client started to work with us and what obstacles have been overcome during the development of the system?

And that’s how it all started…

One sunny and peaceful day Michal — one of our managers — met at a tennis court with his potential client (and friend) Marek Šramek. They played together one game of tennis and then talked business. Marek remembered having a web application for booking courts in selected tennis centers, but he was not satisfied with the operation he was in charge of with another company. And then Michal decided to invite him to our company for a non-binding meeting, which was concluded by an agreement that an audit of the website would be performed. The result of our audit was the proposal to create a new system that would meet all criteria in terms of technology, functionality, design and the ability to modify some elements as required by the client.

The development lasted for about 4 and a half months and was officially launched on the market on May 11, 2017.

What obstacles did we have to face?

Such a major obstacle was the need to refine some modules implemented by a third party so that we can use them to develop a new system. It was technically more demanding and it took more time, but eventually we managed to cope with it successfully. Sometimes we had to stop working for other, time-consuming projects, and discuss the client's functionality requirements in more detail.

What have we learned during the development of the system?

We learned to search and find new ways when we were stuck and could not solve things that should work, but did not, because of unexplainable causes.

Occasionally it happens that we talk about concrete solutions and after some time find out that the perception and understanding of both sides were different. We have learned how to find innovative solutions and better communicate with each other.