When a project has been initiated, there are two distinct aspects that require careful monitoring:
- The “machinery aspect” – This involves ensuring that deadlines are met, minutes are recorded, notifications and reminders are sent, etc.
- The “real things aspect” – This entails verifying the actual content of deliverables, ensuring that meeting minutes (MoMs) accurately summarize discussions, etc.
Imagine if we could input all “machinery-type” project data—such as projects, work packages, tasks, deliverables, meetings, actions, and similar elements—into a software system. This system could continuously track the dates of everything, monitor project progress, generate reports, send invitations, and also send notification alerts whenever a deadline is approaching or an issue arises.
Spazio IT was unable to find a software system capable of performing all these checks at the required level of granularity. Therefore, it developed one. This system is designed to support EU Horizon 2020 Projects as well as ESA Projects, specifically offering full support for the creation and processing of ESA RIDs.
Regarding Security, Privacy Protection, Export Control, and similar concerns, the Project-Machinery System relies on Nginx for on-the-fly encryption and MariaDB for encryption at rest.
The following presentation describes the Project-Machinery System developed by Spazio IT.