About Productboard

Productboard develops an online platform that helps companies and product managers build better products. It is considered one of the fastest-growing tech startups and was listed among the 30 most influential tech companies worldwide in 2020. That same year, Forbes recognized it as the most valuable startup in the Czech Republic.

Crowded Offices, Irregular Visits

Productboard’s Czech office is located in Prague’s Palmovka area, within the new DOCK complex by Crestyl. The company’s rapid growth has led to increasingly crowded offices and rising parking demands. Additionally, some employees commute irregularly from other parts of Europe, often for team meetings, making it challenging to maintain dedicated parking spots.

Productboard values fairness for its employees and wanted to ensure parking access for everyone, despite having limited number of parking spaces. Moreover, employees unfamiliar with the new offices often didn’t know which parking spots were reserved for their company.

How Does It Work?

We implemented the Yedem Garage reservation system and created parking lot layouts in the app. Any Productboard employee wishing to park can book a parking spot for a specific day or week using the Yedem Garage mobile app. By 8 PM the day before, employees are notified whether they have been assigned a spot. Once the system allocates the parking spots, it immediately informs users of their assigned spot. When employees approach the garage, the app notifies about the parking spot details to avoid the need to open the app and search for the spot manually.

Implementation During the Pandemic

The system was launched during the height of the pandemic in spring 2021, when offices were only partially occupied. As COVID-19 case numbers decreased, office activity gradually increased, along with demand for parking. Productboard also had employees requiring priority access to parking (e.g., those commuting at irregular intervals from distant locations). This allowed the company to assign higher priority to these employees, ensuring they received a parking spot whenever they requested one.

Drive to Work or Stay Home?

When the number of reservations exceeded the available parking spots, the system used a smart algorithm to select applicants. This process repeated daily to include employees who hadn’t secured parking earlier in the week. As a result, all employees seeking parking eventually received it. Drivers could also see the number of reservations for a specific day in the app and estimate how likely they are to secure a space. This gave them clarity on which days they could drive to the office and when alternative transportation or working from home was a better option.

It is my pleasure to confirm that Productboard has found a reliable parking management solution partner in Yedem. Yedem Garage is an intuitive, easy to use application that provides fair parking allocation and easy administration.Martin Pivarči - Senior Global WE lead, Productboard

Employee satisfaction has increased thanks to the certainty of knowing when and where parking is available. If someone has already parked in an assigned spot, the app immediately notifies the system, which assigns the driver a new spot.

Facility management can also directly allocate parking spots to visitors or key personnel. Employees with permanent spots can release them when not in use. The system provides an overview of peak parking demand and employees’ commuting behavior. Based on this data, managers can easily determine whether the company needs more parking spaces—or fewer.