Research institutions work in projects with a runtime and a budget. Participants sit at several locations. At the end comes a report to the funding body.
Redmine holds projects, effort and documentation in one place. We operate it, in our cloud in Germany or on your server.
What your team does with it
- Projects with runtime and budget. The Reporting plugin evaluates effort per project and period and converts it using stored hourly rates. The figures for interim reports are already in the system.
- Work across locations. Access runs encrypted through the browser. Roles and permissions decide who works in which project.
- Instruments, samples and certificates. The DB plugin manages measuring instruments, calibrations, materials and contracts with custom fields.
- Documentation with approval. The Wiki Guide plugin adds an approval workflow and read confirmation. For method descriptions and safety briefings it is provable who read which version.
- Credentials in the team. The Passwords plugin manages credentials by role, in the same system.
- Plan proposals and reports. Submission deadlines and reporting dates run as projects with milestones. The Automation plugin reminds you before the date.
What that means day to day
- Cloud in Germany or your own server. With InHouse operation, SSH access restricted to our IP is enough.
- Redmine and GitLab from one provider. One contact, one server location, connected through the DevOps plugin.
- No user limits. Whether 50 or 500 people work in it, the hosting costs the same.
- We handle the updates. Security patches every four hours, major versions only after a plugin check.
Prices are listed openly on the hosting page, GitLab has its own overview.