Once again at our User Group conference representatives from the PDS User community gathered input and provided PDS with their enhancement ideas and product development suggestions. This interactive, problem-solving event took place at two User Conference Brainstorming sessions.
The User Conference Vista Brainstorming session was a HUGE success! This year the Users were grouped by application area: HR, Benefits, Payroll, HRIS Administrators, and Technical. There was also one group of Canadian clients who choose to meet as a team to focus on features that were specifically of interest to them.
The first session took place Monday morning following a product demonstration of Vista HRMS 4.1. Most attendees brought their own list of product suggestions and networked with other Users as well as PDS staff. Once they reviewed each of the product suggestions each team cast their initial votes for their top choices. Another by-product of the Brainstorming session is the trouble-shooting that occurs when Users are able to share how they have addressed various needs. It is very exciting to hear the ideas that flow through this customer exchange!
The second meeting of the Brainstorming teams took place later in the conference. This gave team members the opportunity to learn more about the new features in Vista HRMS, gain hands-on access to the system in the Vista HRMS Solutions Center and the many workshops, and collaborate with other Users. They were then able to re-cast their votes if they chose. Each team's final top five choices were then submitted for review.
From these top five lists the PDS Product Development group has now gathered an excellent collection of new feature suggestions! This information will help PDS to develop future release strategies based upon the input received.
Click here to visit the PDS Support site for detailed information on the “Brainstorming” exercise that was conducted at the conference! You'll need your User Name and password to access the lists.
Look under the “PDS UGA” link for the “Brainstorming” link. The "New Brainstorming List" contains items added from the 2010 event and are sorted by the category of the suggested change, such as Benefits or Payroll. The "New Brainstorming List by Team" contains items added from the 2010 event and are sorted by the various Team numbers. Conference attendees may be interested in seeing how other teams voted.
See how YOUR input affected our development strategy! We think that you'll be happy to see that your input has directly impacted our short-term development strategy! We really were listening!
See how YOUR input affected our development strategy! We think that you'll be happy to see that your input has directly impacted our short-term development strategy! Already we've begun working on many of your requests. PDS expects to release many new features in the coming months. We really were listening!
If you are a PDS customer, and you don't have a PDS Support User Name and password, email Support@pdssoftware.com to request your own logon.
