Ross Irvine | Sapienza Consulting Ltd. | Sapienza ECLIPSE Challenge

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Sapienza ECLIPSE Challenge
Sapienza Consulting
Ross Irvine
Software Implementation Consultant
Space Products Division

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The Journey So Far
 Who is your speaker?
 Who are Sapienza Consulting?
 What is ECLIPSE?
 Sapienza ECLIPSE Challenge

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Who am I?
Ross Irvine
Software Implementation Consultant
Space Products Division

4. Who am I?
Ross Irvine
Software Implementation Consultant
Space Products Division
Early passion for travelling…

5. Sapienza Consulting
 We are a relatively small UK company specialising in
supporting institutional and commercial space projects
and missions through People, Software and Services.
 UK Success story
 Offices in:
– UK
– The Netherlands
– Italy
– France
– Germany

6. Head Office located in the UK
Located in Guilford, home to:
 Home to our Bespoke Development Team
 ECLIPSE Development (UK) Team
Dutch Office located next to ESA
Located in Noordwijk, near ESTEC, home to:
 ECLIPSE Product Management Team
 ECLIPSE Development (NL) Team
 Technical & Consultative Support
 Manpower Services Team

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30 separate nationalities
Exact 50/50 Male / Female split
Average age = 31

8. 1994
Sapienza
founded.
1996-2002
Development of
the PRISMA
Project
Management
applications &
Portal for ESA
2007-2009
ECLIPSE
evolution began.
Early adopters of
ECLIPSE:
2010-2014
ECLIPSE standard in
ESA.
ECLIPSE becoming
Industry standard
Sapienza Software History

9. Our Business Streams….

10. Manpower Services
Our employees support
space sector organisations
across Europe, operating in
corporate functions as well
as being part of project
teams for flagship
missions.
We provide:
 Seconded Employees
 Managed Service
 ECLIPSE Manpower
Services

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ECLIPSE Suite
 ECLIPSE Suite of
Integrated applications
helping space project
and mission teams
achieve better efficiency
& control in compliance
with the ECSS
Standards
Or in other words…
 ECSS Compliant Toolset
for Information and
Projects Support of
Enterprises in Space

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What is ECSS?
An initiative established to
develop a coherent, single set of
user-friendly standards for use
in all European space activities.
ECLIPSE uses the standards
from the following key areas:
 Space Project Management
 Space Product Assurance
European Cooperation for Space
Standardisation

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ECLIPSE Suite
 ECLIPSE integrates
an ever-growing
number of specialist
modules, each
addressing a key
space-oriented
process.
 The collaborative nature
of ECLIPSE modular
design allows space
organisations to
exchange data and
deliver documentation in
a security controlled
environment.

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What is ECLIPSE Suite?
ECLIPSE is a Framework which provides space project teams (and their partners) a single
point access to core project, process-oriented applications and information
Core QA, PA and CM processes can be performed in a single environment, following a
standard electronic format:
 Allowing collaboration, review/approvals and secure Document Management and
sharing/exchange between project partners
 Managing the performance of space project reviews and tracking baselines evolution
 Managing and retaining all project actions internally and with partners
 Managing the evolution of Non-Conformances throughout the project life
 Managing and retention of Risk information throughout the project life

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Sapienza ECLIPSE Challenge
 ECLIPSE Software is used in large multi-organisational
projects.
 The challenge is how the software could be applied at a
University or CubeSat level.
 Come talk to me at the Sapienza stand; there could be a very
interesting prize.

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