I'm happy to see this topic because I believe ProjeQtor is very useful for managing European Projects.I handle projects funded by the European Union in various programs, mainly INTERREG and Horizon. In these projects, ProjeQtor could serve as a platform for managing both financial and technical aspects.I'm currently in the process of setting up the application, as it's not easy to understand how to manage a single project. Just to simplify for everyone:
- EU projects are complex projects where there's a coordinator and multiple project partners. The "client" is typically the European Commission, which provides funding in advance (for Horizon) or upon reimbursement (for INTERREG) based on financial and technical reports.
- The costs to report include staff, administration (a fixed rate for staff), travel, subcontracting, equipment, and infrastructure works. Staff costs are reported using hourly rates for the organization's staff.
As reported in this thread by alida.sadelli, it is not so easy to understand how to manage the other partners. they are organizations which are linked to a project. so in this case one project may have several organizations, each of them with a specific staff to be reported in the project.
then, there is the
technical part.
each project can have several work packages, each of them with a specific budget for each (or some of the) organizations involved in the project.
each WP can have several tasks.
each task can have 1 or more deliverables (mainly reports)
each deliverable, task and WP has a responsible partner (organization) in chargeSo, I believe it's just a matter of diving deeper into the application and really studying it, which does take time. I've tried to join some demonstrations, but they were only available in French, and unfortunately, I couldn't make it due to work conflicts.While the manual is helpful, I think the true potential of this application could be better understood if there were explanatory videos available. I understand that some aspects are tied to business considerations, as you're providing a service, but many of my colleagues who I've introduced to Projeqtor struggled to grasp its potential because there isn't a clear guide to help them understand the application (with some examples and business cases, better if in video tutorial).If you're interested in tapping into this market segment (which I assure you, is very interesting), I'd love to schedule a call with you to discuss the world of European Projects further.some competitors (no one is open source)