1
Connect
Set up the institution's Boards, Councils, committees, appointments, governance rules and authorised source systems.
One trusted place
for every decision.
Give your Board or Council the information, decisions and accountability it needs to govern with confidence - from the first Board paper to verified delivery.
DiraOne is the independent Governance Operating System for Boards, Councils and committees. It works as a complete governance platform for any institution, while supported ABNO systems unlock live, source-linked Board Intelligence.
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No ERP
replacement
required. -
Live Board Intelligence
with supported ABNO
systems -
One My Dira account
across your Boards
With supported ABNO systems, DiraOne turns authorised operational data into trusted, source-linked Board Intelligence - without placing sensitive Boardroom content under ordinary ERP administration.
Independent
by design
Your confidential Board content sits outside the institution’s operational systems.
Connected to
institutional truth
Receive authorised information from finance, student, HR, procurement and other source systems.
Built for
accountability
Connect every paper to the recommendation, decision, action, evidence and closure.
Simple for
every member
My Dira provides a natural tablet and mobile experience that requires no technical training.
The Problem
Your Board does not need more reports. It needs one trusted governance chain.
Most institutions already produce reports, spreadsheets, presentations and Board packs.
- Papers arrive late or in several versions.
- Important figures come from different spreadsheets.
- Members cannot immediately confirm the source or reporting period.
- Sensitive documents move through email, WhatsApp and shared folders.
- Committee recommendations become disconnected from final resolutions.
- Resolutions are recorded, but implementation is difficult to prove.
- Audit findings return because corrective actions are not followed to closure.
- Committee memberships change without a reliable historical record.
- Institutional knowledge leaves with outgoing members and Secretaries.
Disconnected • Risky • Uncertain
Connected • Trusted • Proven
Trusted Information
Single source of truth
Secure by Design
Controlled access, protected data
Linked Decisions
From recommendations to resolutions
Track to Completion
Every commitment, evidence and outcome
Institutional Memory
Retained, searchable, always available
The greatest governance risk is not missing information.
It is making a decision without knowing whether
the information is current, protected and complete.
The DiraOne Solution
From scattered governance activity to one accountable system.
DiraOne brings the entire governance cycle into one controlled environment.
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2
Decide
Prepare trusted papers, certify Board packs, review evidence, declare interests and make secure decisions.
3
Deliver
Assign actions, track deadlines, verify evidence and confirm that every commitment was implemented.
DiraOne does not replace the Board Secretary, legal adviser, auditor or management team.
It gives them the secure structure, evidence and institutional memory required to do their work confidently.
Everything your institution needs to
govern with confidence.
Board, Council and Appointment Management
Manage:
- Main Boards and Councils
- Boards of Governors
- Appointment instruments
- Member profiles and roles
- Term and tenure dates
- Reappointments
- Attendance
- Declarations
- Skills and competency records
- Historical membership
Access starts and ends according to the verified appointment period-without rewriting governance history.
Committee and Delegated Authority Management
Manage:
- Standing committees
- Statutory committees
- Subcommittees
- Ad hoc committees
- Committee membership
- Chairpersons and Secretaries
- Terms of Reference
- Delegated authority
- Quorum requirements
- Committee recommendations
- Referrals to the main Board
Committee membership can change while every previous meeting, vote and recommendation remains historically accurate.
Decisions, Resolutions and Approvals
Manage:
- Board and committee decisions
- Circular resolutions
- Voting
- Approvals
- Abstentions
- Recusals
- Requests for clarification
- Amendments
- Referrals
- Ratifications
- Numbered resolutions
- Decision history
Every decision remains connected to the paper, evidence, recommendation and meeting that produced it.
Actions and Accountability
Turn every material resolution into accountable work.
Every action can include:
- Responsible officer
- Supporting team
- Due date
- Milestones
- Dependencies
- Progress updates
- Evidence requirements
- Escalation
- Verification
- Closure approval
Governance rule
A decision is not complete because it appears in the minutes. It is complete when the required result is delivered and verified.
Performance Contracting and Strategy Execution
Track institutional commitments throughout the year-not only during final evaluation.
Manage:
- Strategic objectives
- Performance indicators
- Baselines
- Annual targets
- Quarterly targets
- Weighting
- Actual performance
- Evidence
- Variance explanations
- Corrective actions
- Department ownership
- Board review
- Final scoring
Connect performance targets to their supporting budgets, procurement activities and operational information.
Audit, Risk and Compliance
Manage:
- Internal audit plans
- External audit findings
- Management responses
- Corrective actions
- Repeat findings
- Risk registers
- Risk owners
- Treatment plans
- Compliance calendars
- Policy reviews
- Governance audits
- Evidence requirements
- Closure verification
Move from repeated audit observations to visible corrective action and verified closure.
Meetings, Papers and Certified Board Packs
Bring the full meeting cycle together:
- Annual Board almanac
- Meeting notices
- Agenda preparation
- Structured Board papers
- Committee papers
- Supporting annexes
- Secure circulation
- Quorum tracking
- Conflict declarations
- Attendance and apologies
- Minutes
- Confidential sessions
- Version history
Certified Board Packs
DiraOne preserves the exact papers and figures presented to members at the time of the decision.
Each certified pack records:
- Source system
- Reporting period
- Extraction date
- Certifying officer
- Pack version
- Known limitations
Because live information can change.
The official governance record should not.
Give the Board answers - not
conflicting numbers.
DiraOne provides source-linked Board intelligence across:
- Finance
- Budget versus actual
- Procurement
- Contracts
- Student and trainee enrolment
- Applications and admissions
- Human resources
- Assets
- Institutional performance
- Audit
- Risk
- Stakeholder service
- Resolution implementation
Every metric displays
What the number means
Reporting period
Source system
Last refresh
Data owner
Data-quality status
Example
A member asks:
“How many active
students do we have?”
DiraOne distinguishes between:
- Applicants
- Admitted students
- Students who reported
- Registered students
- Active students
- Deferred students
- Withdrawn students
- Graduated students
No unexplained headline figure. No guessing.
DiraOne can receive authorised governance information from:
Integration principle
Operational platforms remain the source of truth for their transactions.
DiraOne receives approved summaries, exceptions, evidence and certified snapshots for governance.
You do not have to replace your ERP to use DiraOne.
Every Board. Every meeting.
One simple experience.
My Dira is the secure mobile and tablet experience for Board, Council and committee members.
Members can access:
- Their active Boards
- Committee assignments
- Upcoming meetings
- Papers to review
- Decisions required
- Conflict declarations
- Clarification responses
- Actions requiring attention
- Institutional performance
- Appointment and tenure information
One identity
A member serving on several Boards does not need several usernames, passwords and calendars.
My Dira provides:
One secure identity
One calendar
One review queue
One notification centre
Each institution's information remains strictly separated.
Member experience promise
- No complicated ERP menus
- No long product training
- No searching through email attachments
- No confusion between institutions
- No losing your place in a Board pack
Open My Dira. See what needs your attention. Act securely.
Boardroom trust cannot depend on
ordinary system administration.
DiraOne is designed as an independent platform because Board and Council matters are often highly sensitive.
Governance-controlled access
Board or Council Secretaries and authorised governance officers control access to governance content.
ICT teams may support connectivity and integrations without automatically seeing confidential papers.
Effective-dated permissions
Access begins and ends according to:
- Board appointment
- Committee assignment
- Role
- Meeting
- Agenda item
- Confidentiality level
- Approved review period
No standing vendor access
ABNO support does not maintain permanent access to client governance content.
Where technical access is required, it is:
- Requested
- Authorised
- Restricted
- Time-bound
- Logged
- Automatically revoked
Confidentiality controls
DiraOne supports classifications such as:
- General Board
- Committee Restricted
- Confidential
- Highly Confidential
- Chair and Secretary Only
- In-camera
- Legal Privilege
- Whistle-blower Protected
Private notes remain private
A member’s personal annotations are visible only to that member unless they deliberately submit them as a formal question, comment or amendment.
Trust statement
Nobody should gain access to confidential Board information merely because they administer the institution’s ERP, network or cloud environment.
Give auditors the evidence they need-not the entire institution.
DiraOne Audit Room provides controlled external access for:
- External auditors
- Regulators
- Independent reviewers
- Assurance teams
- Authorised oversight bodies
Access can be limited by:
- Audit period
- Financial year
- Evidence category
- Committee
- Finding
- Request
- Start and expiry date
Audit Room provides:
- Read-only access by default
- Structured evidence requests
- Assigned response ownership
- Due dates
- Complete activity history
- Download and print controls
- Automatic access expiry
- Final evidence index
Outcome
Faster audit responses, fewer duplicate requests and less exposure of unrelated confidential information.
Helpful intelligence. Human authority.
Dira Assistant helps authorised users:
- Summarise long papers
- Explain complex financial information
- Compare document versions
- Identify missing annexes
- Detect inconsistent figures
- Prepare draft minutes
- Surface overdue actions
- Highlight repeat audit findings
- Answer source-backed institutional questions
- Suggest questions members may wish to ask
Dira Assistant cannot:
- Vote
- Approve
- Reject
- Declare a conflict
- Close a finding
- Grant access
- Override confidentiality controls
- Make a Board decision
AI supports governance. It does not become the governing authority.
What changes when your institution uses DiraOne?
Before DiraOne
- Papers are scattered
- Versions are unclear
- Sensitive files move through informal channels
- Figures are difficult to verify
- Actions are described as “ongoing”
- Audit findings repeat
- Board handovers are difficult
- Members serving several Boards struggle to stay organised
With DiraOne
- Papers follow one controlled process
- Board packs are certified and versioned
- Sensitive content remains protected
- Figures are source-linked
- Decisions create accountable actions
- Evidence supports closure
- Audit matters remain visible until resolved
- Institutional memory survives leadership changes
- Members use one simple portal across their appointments
Confident
decisions.
Visible
accountability.
Stronger institutional
continuity.
Your next Board decision should not depend on scattered files and uncertain information.
See how DiraOne can strengthen your Board cycle without replacing the systems your institution already uses.
One trusted place for every decision.
DiraOne by ABNO Softwares