CO3DATA is a robust, secure, and offline-capable digital ecosystem designed to centralize financial and non-financial data for cooperatives across Central Africa.

• Inclusive Member Management: Tracking production and demographic data (gender, youth).
• Financial Monitoring: Verifiable financial records for cooperatives and members.
• Dynamic Questionnaires: Customizable data collection modules.
• Real-time Analytics: KPI tracking and performance dashboards.
• Offline Synchronization: Mobile-first architecture for remote field data entry.

• Backend: Django (Python 3.12)
• Database: PostgreSQL
• Task Queue: Celery with Redis
• Containerization: Docker & Docker Compose
• Web Server: Nginx & HAProxy

• src/users: Custom user management with role-based access control.
• src/cooperatives: Management of cooperatives, members, farms, and records.
• src/questionnaires: Dynamic survey and data collection engine.
• src/analytics: KPI definition and report generation.
• src/sync: Offline data synchronization service.

1. Clone the repository.
2. Configure .env based on .env.example.
3. Run docker-compose up --build.
4. Access the application at http://localhost:8000.

Technical design details can be found in CO3DATA_Technical_Design.md.

• User Guide: docs/USER_GUIDE.md — step‑by‑step workflows for everyday users.
• Architecture & Design: docs/ARCHITECTURE.md — system architecture, data flow, and multi-tenant strategies.
• Development Handbook: docs/DEVELOPMENT.md — coding standards, testing, and contribution guidelines.
• Operational Playbooks: docs/DEPLOYMENT.md, docs/LAUNCH_READINESS.md, docs/INCIDENT_RESPONSE.md.
• Training & Support: docs/TRAINING_SUPPORT.md — runbooks and slide templates for onboarding.

• User Stories & Epics: See FEATURE_MATRIX_AND_WORKFLOWS.md for a full breakdown of roles, epics, and sample workflows.
• UI/UX Improvements: UI_UX_IMPROVEMENTS.md documents design strategies and component patterns added during recent sprints.
• Testing Guides: TESTING_CHECKLIST.md contains exhaustive QA tasks aligned with user stories.

CO3DATA follows Agile principles with the following planning hierarchy:

1. Epics represent broad capabilities (eg. "Member Management", "Offline Sync").
2. User Stories describe discrete functionality from an end‑user perspective, each tied to acceptance criteria and UI screens.
3. Tasks are implementation steps, often corresponding to Django views, templates, or API endpoints.

Example user story:

As a regional officer,
I want to register a new cooperative,
so that I can onboard members and begin data collection.

Design decisions are documented in implementation/implemtation_update.md and in‑code comments. All UI components follow a shared design language using Bootstrap 5 and the Falcon theme.

Refer to CONTRIBUTING.md for branch policy, commit message conventions, and review process. All new features must include unit tests and updated documentation. Localization is managed via Django i18n; strings should be wrapped in {% trans %} or gettext_lazy.

1. Clone the repository.
2. Configure .env based on .env.example.
3. Run docker-compose up --build.
4. Access the application at http://localhost:8000.
5. Refer to docs/SETUP.md for advanced configuration (Postgres, Redis, Celery workers).

• Inclusive Member Management: Tracking production and demographic data (gender, youth).
• Financial Monitoring: Verifiable financial records for cooperatives and members.
• Dynamic Questionnaires: Customizable data collection modules.
• Real-time Analytics: KPI tracking and performance dashboards.
• Offline Synchronization: Mobile-first architecture for remote field data entry.

• Backend: Django (Python 3.12)
• Database: PostgreSQL
• Task Queue: Celery with Redis
• Containerization: Docker & Docker Compose
• Web Server: Nginx & HAProxy

• src/users: Custom user management with role-based access control.
• src/cooperatives: Management of cooperatives, members, farms, and records.
• src/questionnaires: Dynamic survey and data collection engine.
• src/analytics: KPI definition and report generation.
• src/sync: Offline data synchronization service.