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# Weekly Brief 18/03 - SC11

## Kick-off meeting

Client presented the company he represents and the requirements for the requested project. Meeting was quite productive and informative, client and team are excited to work together. Main takeaways:

- There are **8 major requirements/epics**, centered around a dashboard application, with biggest components being a GIS and graphic visualization.
- We are **free to choose the technology stack** for the project.
- There will be a **presentation of the project at the client's company on the 21/03.** Executives from *Shell Energy* will also be present in this meeting, as they are clients of our client. The presentation will showcase our vision of the project and is a prime opportunity to get feedback from a major industry player.

## Project Scope

Our project consists of a dashboard application for the management of energy production and consumption equipment. The application will allow users to create POIs in a map, corresponding to the equipment they manage (solar farms, wind farms, energy consumers) and then provide historical and real time statistics, with data provided by external sources. Clients will also be able to connect and monitor groups of equipments in a summarised manner, in order to reflect how their electrical grid in general is balanced. Predictions about day-ahead electricity demand/supply needs for each client will also be provided, based on AI models developed by DEUS.AI.

The main goal of the project is allowing for a better management of supply and demand, reducing the need for on-demand acquisition of electricity, which is not only more expensive but also more CO2 intensive.

## Planning and team organisation

With both the roles we have previously defined and the tasks created by the KoM in mind, we decided to structure our team in three task-forces, for the coming week.

- **Presentation TF**, in charge of preparing the client presentation: António Bezerra, Flávia Carvalhido, Tomás Mendes.
- **Technology TF**, which will explore various technologies and draft an architecture for the app: Eduardo Correia, João Costa, João Matos.
- **Design TF**, which will start creating a visual identity for the project and design system to later be used in the app development: Jéssica Nascimento, Mário Sousa, Vítor Fernandes.

## Potential risks

- Existing grid management systems may implement part of, or the totality of the proposed features, reducing the incentive for using our product.
- Proposed features may fail to provide a significant value to customers in measurable savings.