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Discover how Argea chose Twproject to optimize internal auditing, initiating the agency’s digital transformation

Interviewee
Guido Fenza, Internal Audit Unit Coordinator

The challenge

Argea is a public agency that is currently approved to exercise the functions of managing, paying and controlling body in relation to the financing of the EU agricultural policy for the Sardinia Region.

With the growth of the agency’s activities and with increasing responsibility for activities such as the disbursement of EU funds, the processes within the agency and towards stakeholders have become even more complex, requiring greater control and auditing of processes and activities.

The activities in the agency were mainly developed on a day-to-day basis with specialized state-approved niche tools for the disbursement of the grants and the staff uses the typical tools of a workstation, such as the Microsoft Office suite and other tools available on the local server.

With the increase in the agency’s responsibilities and the complexity of the processes, the establishment of an internal auditing department was needed, in order to analyze the processes, regularize problems, and create reports to be presented to the control bodies of the EU.

This internal auditing area did not have any specific activity or project management tools available and had to do an extensive search of available software tools on the market, in order to do an internal benchmarking and choose the best one, particularly focusing on the specific needs of internal auditing. Argea does not use any integrated project management tools at an organizational level.

“We researched and analyzed a dozen systems on the market, both local and international, looking for a solution that combined robustness, flexibility, convenience and adaptability to our audit processes. Twproject was by far the best solution, giving a very complete solution, complemented with excellent customer service and customer onboarding.”

Twproject was the best solution out of the dozen we have analyzed and tested, having a much greater flexibility, adaptability and affordability than the rest.

Approach

Standardized auditing projects and processes: Argea must manage standardized auditing projects and processes in the agency, meticulously checking that each step of the process is done within the defined time frame and resources. Twproject gave the flexibility to be able to create specific templates with standardized tasks for each audit project.
Real-time project management also for smart working: Argea has to manage multiple cascade / waterfall auditing projects and with task management distributed among different team members. Twproject was the central software to manage both the project and all the information in real time.
Ongoing improvements: As Twproject releases new features, Argea benefits instantly as they have no need for bespoke customizations.

Results

Complete auditing project and process management
Simplified internal project management
Budget savings for management software

Complete auditing project and process management

Since the implementation of Twproject Argea has been able to create a project management environment and standardized internal auditing processes, facilitating the fulfillment of the procedures of the EU legislations.

“We were able to engineer a standardized process and model it within Twproject, thus having a streamlined, quick, efficient and effective process for carrying out the auditing process in the agency. Especially in the period of the pandemic, but also thinking about the future, the management of resources that work remotely or in a hybrid mode is simple and transparent. “

Simplified internal project management

Argea has, through the implementation of Twproject, created a new business unit with all standardized processes and projects, and is used by 30+ internal auditors with different levels of seniority on a daily basis, managing dozens of auditing projects in parallel.

“Twproject has created the foundation for managing, controlling and reporting on dozens of auditing projects and processes from our 30+ auditors. It has simplified our control management work, saving us a lot of administrative and management resources in the new internal auditing unit.”

Budget savings for management software

With the choice to implement Twproject, Argea managed to keep spending of project management software low, beating the proposals of national and international competition by an order of magnitude, thus falling within the narrow parameters of the agency’s software spending budgets.

“Twproject was our number 1 choice as an audit project and process management tool, because it provided an excellent combination of solution flexibility, completeness and software affordability, saving us on our internal operating costs.”

The bottom line

Since implementing TWproject, Argea has been able to install standardized processes and projects to manage the internal auditing, saving precious resources on all levels and increasing the effectiveness of that business unit, creating a use case that can be implemented in the future across the whole agency.

We are absolutely convinced of our choice on the use of TWProject, it is the most complete tool compared to other solutions such as Wrike and much more flexible compared to specific internal auditing solutions and we will increasingly benefit from the continuous improvements and developments of their products. They also excel with the extreme courtesy, promptness and effectiveness of their customer service.

About Argea

Industry: Funding and EU grants for agricultur
Location: Headquartered in Italy
Website: https://www.sardegnaagricoltura.it
Employees: 450+

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Discover how Argea chose Twproject to optimize internal auditing, initiating the agency’s digital transformation

The challenge

Approach

Results

Complete auditing project and process management

Simplified internal project management

Budget savings for management software

The bottom line

About Argea

Let’s discover together how Twproject
adapts to your daily challenges!

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Discover how Argea chose Twproject to optimize internal auditing, initiating the agency’s digital transformation

The challenge

Approach

Results

Complete auditing project and process management

Simplified internal project management

Budget savings for management software

The bottom line

About Argea

Let’s discover together how Twproject adapts to your daily challenges!

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Let’s discover together how Twproject
adapts to your daily challenges!