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1*** SYNTHETIC DATA. This transcript is entirely fictional. Acme Org, Meridian
2*** Consulting and every person named are invented. Any resemblance to a real
3*** organisation or individual is coincidental. Generated for the RELEX challenge
4*** track, AaltoAI Hackathon 2026.
6Meeting: Fresh UAT cover briefing
7Customer: Acme Org (Grocery Retail, EMEA)
8Date: 2025-10-09
9Phase: Implementation
10Attendees: Sofia Almeida (Acme), Jonas Weiss (Acme), Nadia Haddad (RELEX), Ana Duarte (RELEX)
12Ana Duarte
130:240:24
14AD
15Ana Duarte 24 seconds
16Sofia is out from Monday for about six weeks. Jonas is covering. This
17Ana Duarte 31 seconds
18So...
19Ana Duarte 34 seconds
20is the briefing.
21Nadia Haddad
220:400:40
23NH
24Nadia Haddad 40 seconds
25Yeah.
26Sofia Almeida
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28SA
29Sofia Almeida 41 seconds
30I want to say at the start that yeah...
31Sofia Almeida 47 seconds
32to work and I am doing it
33Sofia Almeida 51 seconds
34anyway.
35Ana Duarte
360:550:55
37AD
38Ana Duarte 55 seconds
39Mm.
40Jonas Weiss
410:580:58
42JW
43Jonas Weiss 58 seconds
44Thanks.
45Sofia Almeida
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47SA
48Sofia Almeida 1 minute 3 seconds
49Not you. The situation.
50Jonas Weiss
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52JW
53Jonas Weiss 1 minute 10 seconds
54I know. I do embient.
55Nadia Haddad
561:131:13
57NH
58Nadia Haddad 1 minute 13 seconds
59How much fresh do you know, honestly?
60Jonas Weiss
611:201:20
62JW
63Jonas Weiss 1 minute 20 seconds
64I know the products. I do not know the ordering...
65Nadia Haddad
661:261:26
67NH
68Nadia Haddad 1 minute 26 seconds
69Yeah, yeah.
70Jonas Weiss
711:281:28
72JW
73Jonas Weiss 1 minute 28 seconds
74behaviour, and...
75Jonas Weiss 1 minute 35 seconds
76One second.
77Jonas Weiss 1 minute 40 seconds
78I have never done a UAT.
79Ana Duarte
801:461:46
81AD
82Ana Duarte 1 minute 46 seconds
83Yes.
84Nadia Haddad
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86NH
87Nadia Haddad 1 minute 47 seconds
88Then Then let us be realistic about what
89Sofia Almeida
901:531:53
91SA
92Sofia Almeida 1 minute 53 seconds
93Yes.
94Nadia Haddad
951:561:56
96NH
97Nadia Haddad 1 minute 56 seconds
98you can decide and what has to wait.
99Sofia Almeida
1002:042:04
101SA
102Sofia Almeida 2 minutes 4 seconds
103like That is the right approach. Can I,
104Sofia Almeida 2 minutes 11 seconds
105go through it as three lists?
106Nadia Haddad
1072:142:14
108NH
109Nadia Haddad 2 minutes 14 seconds
110Sure.
111Ana Duarte
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113AD
114Ana Duarte 2 minutes 15 seconds
115Yeah so, please.
116Nadia Haddad
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118NH
119Nadia Haddad 2 minutes 20 seconds
120Yeah.
121Sofia Almeida
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123SA
124Sofia Almeida 2 minutes 23 seconds
125Things Jonas can where the...
126Sofia Almeida 2 minutes 29 seconds
127hierarchy, because that documented. Anything about supplier lead times. Anything about the ambiant side of a shared category.
128Jonas Weiss
1292:422:42
130JW
131Jonas Weiss 2 minutes 42 seconds
132Let me just...
133Jonas Weiss 2 minutes 44 seconds
134Fine.
135Sofia Almeida
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137SA
138Sofia Almeida 2 minutes 51 seconds
139Things Jonas should not decide, so and I mean should
140Sofia Almeida 2 minutes 59 seconds
141not rather than cannot. Anything about shell life. Anything about
142Sofia Almeida 3 minutes 7 seconds
143the slow moving lines in produce,
144Sofia Almeida 3 minutes 10 seconds
145which behave differently from everything else and...
146Ana Duarte
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148AD
149Ana Duarte 3 minutes 14 seconds
150Yeah, yeah.
151Sofia Almeida
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153SA
154Sofia Almeida 3 minutes 17 seconds
155I cannot explain why in one meeting. And anything where the system's proposal looks wrong but you cannot say
156Sofia Almeida 3 minutes 30 seconds
157what is wrong with it.
158Nadia Haddad
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160NH
161Nadia Haddad 3 minutes 37 seconds
162That last one is most of UAT.
163Sofia Almeida
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165SA
166Sofia Almeida 3 minutes 41 seconds
167Yes.
168Ana Duarte
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170AD
171Ana Duarte 3 minutes 44 seconds
172So what happens with those?
173Sofia Almeida
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175SA
176Sofia Almeida 3 minutes 47 seconds
177They wait.
178Nadia Haddad
1793:523:52
180NH
181Nadia Haddad 3 minutes 52 seconds
182Right.
183Nadia Haddad
1843:543:54
185NH
186Nadia Haddad 3 minutes 54 seconds
187so For six weeks.
188Sofia Almeida
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190SA
191Sofia Almeida 3 minutes 58 seconds
192For six
193Sofia Almeida 4 minutes 4 seconds
194weeks. Or you send them to me and I will look,
195Sofia Almeida 4 minutes 10 seconds
196at them,
197Sofia Almeida 4 minutes 17 seconds
198which is what will actually
199Sofia Almeida 4 minutes 21 seconds
200happen and which everyone in this call knows.
201Nadia Haddad
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203NH
204Nadia Haddad 4 minutes 27 seconds
205Yeah, yeah.
206Ana Duarte
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208AD
209Ana Duarte 4 minutes 28 seconds
210I am not going to ask you to work while you are off.
211Nadia Haddad
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213NH
214Nadia Haddad 4 minutes 37 seconds
215Mm.
216Sofia Almeida
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218SA
219Sofia Almeida 4 minutes 41 seconds
220You will not have to ask.
221Nadia Haddad
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223NH
224Nadia Haddad 4 minutes 45 seconds
225Right.
226Ana Duarte
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228AD
229Ana Duarte 4 minutes 48 seconds
230Can you hear me?
231Ana Duarte 4 minutes 50 seconds
232Sofia.
233Sofia Almeida
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235SA
236Sofia Almeida 4 minutes 56 seconds
237I mean, i am not being...
238Sofia Almeida 5 minutes
239difficult. I am telling you. If UAT stalls for six weeks the go/no-go moves, and if the go/no-go moves
240Ana Duarte
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242AD
243Ana Duarte 5 minutes 13 seconds
244Yes.
245Sofia Almeida
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247SA
248Sofia Almeida 5 minutes 14 seconds
249then Robert has a,
250Jonas Weiss
2515:185:18
252JW
253Jonas Weiss 5 minutes 18 seconds
254Right.
255Sofia Almeida
2565:225:22
257SA
258Sofia Almeida 5 minutes 22 seconds
259conversation with Lena, and I would rather look
260Jonas Weiss
2615:305:30
262JW
263Jonas Weiss 5 minutes 30 seconds
264Yes.
265Sofia Almeida
2665:335:33
267SA
268Sofia Almeida 5 minutes 33 seconds
269at.
270Nadia Haddad
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272NH
273Nadia Haddad 5 minutes 39 seconds
274Mm, okay.
275Nadia Haddad
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277NH
278Nadia Haddad 5 minutes 43 seconds
279Can we reduce how many reach that yeah...
280Ana Duarte
2815:515:51
282AD
283Ana Duarte 5 minutes 51 seconds
284Right.
285Nadia Haddad
2865:545:54
287NH
288Nadia Haddad 5 minutes 54 seconds
289I take everything
290Jonas Weiss
2916:006:00
292JW
293Jonas Weiss 6 minutes
294Okay, yeah.
295Nadia Haddad
2966:046:04
297NH
298Nadia Haddad 6 minutes 4 seconds
299Hmm.
300Nadia Haddad 6 minutes 9 seconds
301that is obviously a configuration...
302Nadia Haddad 6 minutes 15 seconds
303question and handle it myself, and Jonas takes anything documented, what is left?
304Sofia Almeida
3056:216:21
306SA
307Sofia Almeida 6 minutes 21 seconds
308Fewer. Maybe a third of what it would be.
309Nadia Haddad
3106:266:26
311NH
312Nadia Haddad 6 minutes 26 seconds
313right Then let us do that.
314Sofia Almeida
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316SA
317Sofia Almeida 6 minutes 32 seconds
318And third list. Things I have not
319Jonas Weiss
3206:406:40
321JW
322Jonas Weiss 6 minutes 40 seconds
323Yeah.
324Sofia Almeida
3256:416:41
326SA
327Sofia Almeida 6 minutes 41 seconds
328written down
329Sofia Almeida 6 minutes 45 seconds
330anywhere.
331Ana Duarte
3326:486:48
333AD
334Ana Duarte 6 minutes 48 seconds
335Go on.
336Nadia Haddad
3376:516:51
338NH
339Nadia Haddad 6 minutes 51 seconds
340Okay.
341Sofia Almeida
3426:556:55
343SA
344Sofia Almeida 6 minutes 55 seconds
345The chilled ready meals promotion cycle is not in any document. It
346Sofia Almeida 7 minutes 5 seconds
347Hmm.
348Sofia Almeida 7 minutes 11 seconds
349runs on a four week rhythm that the commercial team...
350Sofia Almeida 7 minutes 16 seconds
351set in 2019 and never wrote down.
352Sofia Almeida 7 minutes 23 seconds
353If the,
354Ana Duarte
3557:287:28
356AD
357Ana Duarte 7 minutes 28 seconds
358True.
359Sofia Almeida
3607:307:30
361SA
362Sofia Almeida 7 minutes 30 seconds
363system forecasts a promotion on the wrong week, the number will look,
364Sofia Almeida 7 minutes 40 seconds
365plausible and be wrong.
366Jonas Weiss
3677:467:46
368JW
369Jonas Weiss 7 minutes 46 seconds
370Yeah.
371Nadia Haddad
3727:507:50
373NH
374Nadia Haddad 7 minutes 50 seconds
375How would we know?
376Sofia Almeida
3777:547:54
378SA
379Sofia Almeida 7 minutes 54 seconds
380Okay so, you would
381Nadia Haddad
3827:577:57
383NH
384Nadia Haddad 7 minutes 57 seconds
385Yeah, yeah.
386Sofia Almeida
3877:597:59
388SA
389Sofia Almeida 7 minutes 59 seconds
390not. I,
391Jonas Weiss
3928:048:04
393JW
394Jonas Weiss 8 minutes 4 seconds
395Yes.
396Sofia Almeida
3978:058:05
398SA
399Sofia Almeida 8 minutes 5 seconds
400would.
401Ana Duarte
4028:088:08
403AD
404Ana Duarte 8 minutes 8 seconds
405Sorry, go ahead.
406Ana Duarte 8 minutes 14 seconds
407Can you write it down before,
408Ana Duarte 8 minutes 19 seconds
409Monday?
410Sofia Almeida
4118:258:25
412SA
413Sofia Almeida 8 minutes 25 seconds
414I can write down the
415Ana Duarte
4168:308:30
417AD
418Ana Duarte 8 minutes 30 seconds
419Sure.
420Sofia Almeida
4218:318:31
422SA
423Sofia Almeida 8 minutes 31 seconds
424rhythm. I cannot write down which weeks the commercial team will break it, which they do about...
425Sofia Almeida 8 minutes 41 seconds
426twice a year.
427Ana Duarte
4288:478:47
429AD
430Ana Duarte 8 minutes 47 seconds
431Write down what can. Even the rhythm so...
432Sofia Almeida
4338:518:51
434SA
435Sofia Almeida 8 minutes 51 seconds
436I will send it tonight.
437Ana Duarte
4388:588:58
439AD
440Ana Duarte 8 minutes 58 seconds
441Sure.
442Jonas Weiss
4438:598:59
444JW
445Jonas Weiss 8 minutes 59 seconds
446Send it to
447Jonas Weiss 9 minutes 2 seconds
448me as well.
449Ana Duarte
4509:059:05
451AD
452Ana Duarte 9 minutes 5 seconds
453Mm.
454Sofia Almeida
4559:089:08
456SA
457Sofia Almeida 9 minutes 8 seconds
458I will send it to all three of you, because if I send it to one...
459Nadia Haddad
4609:209:20
461NH
462Nadia Haddad 9 minutes 20 seconds
463Mm-hm.
464Sofia Almeida
4659:219:21
466SA
467Sofia Almeida 9 minutes 21 seconds
468person it will be gone by December.
469Nadia Haddad
4709:299:29
471NH
472Nadia Haddad 9 minutes 29 seconds
473Yeah, yeah.
474Nadia Haddad
4759:309:30
476NH
477Nadia Haddad 9 minutes 30 seconds
478Fair.
479Jonas Weiss
4809:349:34
481JW
482Jonas Weiss 9 minutes 34 seconds
483Yeah, yeah.
484Ana Duarte
4859:359:35
486AD
487Ana Duarte 9 minutes 35 seconds
488Anything else?
489Sofia Almeida
4909:399:39
491SA
492Sofia Almeida 9 minutes 39 seconds
493One thing and it it is not about the the,
494Sofia Almeida 9 minutes 45 seconds
495project. I
496Jonas Weiss
4979:499:49
498JW
499Jonas Weiss 9 minutes 49 seconds
500Yeah.
501Sofia Almeida
5029:519:51
503SA
504Sofia Almeida 9 minutes 51 seconds
505would rather people did not know why I am off.
506Sofia Almeida 9 minutes 56 seconds
507Yeah.
508Sofia Almeida 10 minutes 1 second
509Jonas knows because he had to. Nobody else needs
510Nadia Haddad
51110:0710:07
512NH
513Nadia Haddad 10 minutes 7 seconds
514Right.
515Ana Duarte
51610:0910:09
517AD
518Ana Duarte 10 minutes 9 seconds
519Understood.
520Nadia Haddad
52110:1410:14
522NH
523Nadia Haddad 10 minutes 14 seconds
524Mm-hm.
525Sofia Almeida
52610:1510:15
527SA
528Sofia Almeida 10 minutes 15 seconds
529I say that because it turns out these things get written down.