Each delivery of Certigy Registry consists of 3 main activities: Configuration, Customisation and Integration to surrounding systems. In case of smaller registries Certigy is usually delivered as is, where we only configure the instance, migrate the data and solution is ready for live operation. However in case of Italian registry the situation was different as level of needed customisations and integrations was rather large.

Configuration

Configuration was rather straight forward, GSE filled standardized sheets of parametrs we configure. These parameters are for example: color scheme, logo, text on cancellation report, if issuing is automatized or manual etc. After the delivery of configured parameters from GSE and applying the configuration to Certigy instance, GSE had already first version of registry up and running.

Customization

Each register may have its own national specifics and requirements which are usually first described within the Initial study, and GSE had many of them. That is why we were focused on the analysis of those above-product requirements paralelly besides the configuration of Certigy Registry as is. When developing new features we've learnt that the larger the extent of the changes is the more intensive cooperation between Unicorn and the client is requested - our cooperation with GSE confirmes that. After the analysis confirmation with the GSE, the solution designing stage begins - it is up to the clients to which extent they wish to be involved (as in any other stage of the project delivery) - with GSE we've aligned that we will have two design meetings per week. Our methodology is agile so the implementation is being divided into sprints where each sprint is being tested internally first before the deployment to the Control Gate environment, where new features from each sprint can be tested and accepted by the client. With GSE for instance, we've planned regular online statuses and we've discussed the outputs from the testing together if needed. Of course we always proceed with the production deployment of each new version after the validation and confirmation of each feature involved from the client - with GSE we are using specific statuses in Jira software workflow.

Integration

As mentionned above - one of the main challanges Certigy faced was an implementation of two complex integrations to external systems GSE uses. The first integration described, desgined and implemented was the intergration with the Portale GO which is a software GSE uses for management of the metered data for issuing, organizations and Account holders. That was a completely different point of view on the management of the entities used in Certigy since till this request all of this was managed directly in Certigy. GSE also use this integration for the access to the Certigy Registry which is also different approach than with our other clients. The second large integration was to the Italian Power Exchange software Gestore dei Mercati Energetici SpA (GME), where all the Italian trades emerge.