finnlabs introduces Redmine at Siemens

We are pleased to announce that finnlabs has successfully introduced the project management web application Redmine at Siemens’ financeTraining. The open-source solution Redmine was adapted and extended to match Siemens’ business processes. It now aids the management and maintenance of its finance web-based training materials and its financeTraining knowledge base. It also facilitates issue- and time-tracking, project planning and controlling, and user feedback management. In addition, its presence simplifies communication between team members and external staff.

finnlabs was involved in all phases of the system roll-out, starting with the process- and requirements analysis. During integration, these procedures slimmed down as time-consuming tasks – such as compiling up-to-date reports and supporting cost control – were automated. Furthermore, finnlabs developed Redmine plugins. These provide tailor-made functions to best integrate Redmine into the existing financeTraining IT-infrastructure. Naturally, the user-interface follows Siemens’ intranet design guidelines, reducing training costs for users already familiar with other Siemens applications.

Siemens’ data security and privacy policies prescribed an in-house solution. All components – including monitoring, backup, and software update systems – run on servers within Siemens’ IT-infrastructure.