Many companies still rely heavily on paper for their document management and are struggling to make the transition to digital. In addition, new frameworks like Agile methods arouse a lot of apprehension. Yet these changes, wrongly perceived as synonymous with time or cost, greatly relieve heavy and time-consuming activity services, while allowing optimal compatibility with new technologies and better compliance with regulatory needs.
Confluence allows the adoption of a document management system that respects both the organization set up and the quality constraints that result from it.
Confluence :
allows the writing of documents and their organization in associated pages
structure of dedicated areas, with a fully configurable tree structure
offers a powerful search module for archived content
authorizes simultaneous modification of documents in real time by several people
relies on the use of models to promote the harmonization of documentary practices
takes into account access rights and permissions with several levels of granularity
consider the different versions and status of documents
export each document as required in different formats such as Word or PDF
records the knowledge gained from each document and the activities of each page
assign tasks directly from its home page
manages workflows (review, approval, proof of reading) via Comala-type plugins
provides a global vision of each space
is secured by electronic signatures, respecting the 21 CFR part 11 standard
becomes Agile through its interface with Jira
Document management with Confluence therefore offers many advantages and a framework for sensitive documents such as SOPs.
Jira is a ticket management tool, mainly requests or stories in an Agile framework, which can be natively associated with Confluence pages.
Thus, documentation control is possible by creating tickets in Jira requesting the writing / modification / cancellation of an SOP in Confluence.
The advancement of the ticket is simplified by a graphical visualization with a Kanban-type table.
And many dashboards can be created for personalized and distributable monitoring.
But the most differentiating element remains the integration of Jira data into Confluence via filters, which makes it possible to format Jira data in Confluence pages for signing a set of Jira tickets or stories.
Thus a requirement (ex: story) is written in Jira in a unitary way, and assembled in a specification document in a Confluence page to facilitate the review of a set of stories from a Sprint; we can consider similar use cases with requests for changes, risks and of course traceability matrices.
These new tools therefore bring many advantages through their versatility and the possibility of adding numerous modules to extend the number of functionalities and their capacity for customization.
Security and remote access make them powerful tools for teleworking. In addition, their deployment on the Cloud makes it possible to remedy certain technical limitations, share the responsibilities related to storage and reduce operating costs compared to an on-site installation.
A suitable implementation and use of Confluence and Jira quickly responds to the needs and constraints of document or project management, with a very good return on investment. The time, quality and compatibility gains that these tools offer their users allow them a successful first step towards the digital transformation of their services and activities.
ADN uses Confluence and Jira for its projects and helps its customers to adopt these solutions for their document management and control. Our services range from the resumption of the existing documentary, through the translation of requirements and functionality in the form of stories, the configuration, validation and deployment of Jira-Confluence in GxP or 13485 environment.
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