A Sneak Peek!

Thanks to everyone that participated in all the user forums so far this year.  One of the sessions we went through was about the future of your business management system (simPRO Enterprise and simPRO Fire).  We have been working hard on a number of concepts for over a year now.

Over the last couple of months we have chosen the concept that we will begin to move forward with and have been working hard on thrashing out how the new system will look and operate. Obviously our number one focus is to improve the user experience of simPRO, making it a more intuitive system that is easier to use and learn which in turn means you will be able to get more out of it.

It’s been a massive task, everything from analysing typical user behaviour to how best design the system, data grouping and labelling, aesthetic appearance, technology, drag and drop and auto suggest are just the tip of the iceberg.  The designs are now getting very close to completion and as we move closer to that I thought I would share a sneak peek at one of the screens. Below is an example screen shot of what in simPRO is currently called departments (being renamed to cost centres).

This is to be an expanded department view in a project (service is similar but without the sections – we have hidden the navigation structure until the next version, something to look forward to next time).  But just on this screen there are heaps of easy to understand information as well as alerts and guides for more advanced users (eg. stages on the cost centres, red strip to alert to a budget over run on the cost centre etc.)

Ultimately its still very recognizably simPRO, and over the coming months I’ll reveal more and more to you guys as to what the system will look like and how it will operate.  For now, our goal is to maintain the current set of functionality while greatly improving the user experience and making data more accessible without overcrowding and confusing users.

Further down the track of the build & implementation process we will be setting up a demo site that everyone will have access to and every company will need to log a minimum amount of time in the demo site in order to be eligible for the upgrade, though keep watching this space for more information on the progress of simPRO version 11.