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Orange Smart Building

Orange Facilities Now employee portal — smart building and chatbot
Orange Mar. 2018 – Jul. 2019 Paris, France
Android Kotlin Java DialogFlow Clean Architecture REST API

Project overview

Native Android applications for the digitalisation of industrial processes and the employee portal at Orange, within the Orange Facilities Now solution. The project aimed to support field teams and office employees through responsive mobile tools, a unified services portal and a conversational chatbot.

Missions & features

Employee portal & smart building

  • Customisable portal federating the company's digital services.
  • Interactive site plans, space search and step-by-step guidance.
  • Booking of desks, meeting rooms and parking spaces.
  • Employee directory with on-site presence status.

Digital services

  • Dematerialised badges for access, printing and canteen.
  • Alerts, notifications, issue reporting and company news.
  • Links to intranet, SharePoint, Teams and HR tools.
  • Back-office with delegated administration profiles.

DialogFlow chatbot

  • Integration of a DialogFlow chatbot into the existing application.
  • Conversational capabilities to guide users and facilitate space bookings.
  • Dialog flow customisation according to business cases.

Architecture modernisation

  • Implementation of Jetpack ViewModel, DataBinding and LiveData.
  • Reactive programming with Kotlin Coroutines.
  • Application of Clean Architecture principles.

R&D and analysis

  • Participation in R&D workshops to analyse feasibility.
  • Proposal of technical solutions aligned with Orange's design charter.
  • Maintenance and continuous evolution of production applications.

Results

  • Stable applications deployed to field teams and employees.
  • Operational employee portal compliant with Orange standards.
  • Reactive and maintainable architecture validated by the team.
  • Chatbot live for assistance and space booking.