Deltek Insight 2012: Maconomy 2.0 – Why upgrade?

Deltek | Maconomy 2.0Why Upgrade?

Allan Hyldal

VP, Product Strategy & Management | Professional Services

PS – 221 ”Maconomy 2.0 | Why Upgrade?”

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How did we get here?

What’s driving the product evolution?

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Your Feedback


“Simplerfor everyone.”

“Moreuseful for us.”

“Easierto own.”

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• Engaging users

• Orienting to workflow

• Modernizing the user experience

• Standardizing the configuration language

• Supporting more capabilities

• Tightening integration

• Easier search and look-up

• Dashboard snapshots

• Anywhere, anytime access

• Connecting to the world you work in

Your Feedback | Our Focus


Simplerfor everyone.

Moreuseful.

Easierto own.

Reasons to Upgrade

Why suffer the cost

of unnecessary

administrative

expense?

Why run the risk of

user

abandonment?

Why struggle with

workflow that’s

cumbersome

to use?


Moreuseful.

Easierto own.


Why to Consider an Upgrade

…But I’m comfortable right here!

Efficient, Engaging, Economical

Simplerto use.

• Fewer screens

and less clicks

• Quicker tasks,

streamlined workflow

• A consistent user

experienceSo billable time isn’t wasted!

Stop!

So people don’t use

something else!

Stop!

Deltek Maconomy 2.0 | Efficient

Workspaces

bring information together

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Wizards

guide users through steps

2

Easy Look-Up

puts info at your fingertips

3

Linking & Drill-In

gives the complete picture

4

• Fewer screens

and less clicks

• Quicker tasks,



experience


Workspaces


1


Wizards


2

Need a screen-shot example of a Wizard.


Need a screen-shot example of search/look-up.. Showing

new capabilities.

Easy Look-Up


3


Need a screen-shot (or 2 linked views) of linking

and/or drill-in

Linking & Drill-In


4


…A slow

trip across

4 screens!

1 2

3 4

Just to create a simple

invoice means…

Why struggle with inefficiency?

…to bring it together?Wouldn’t

It Be Better…

Administrative time eats into billable capacity

If people won’t use it you have inconsistency

• Fewer screens

and less clicks

• Quicker tasks,



experience


• Fewer screens

and less clicks

• Quicker tasks,



experience

Simplerfor everyone!

Workspaces


1

Wizards


2

Easy Look-Up


3

Linking & Drill-In


4


Unguided and costly decisions

Stop!

Time spent on reporting

Stop!

Moreuseful.

• An appealing user

experience

• Information tailored

to roles & tasks

• Easy answers,

helpful guidance

Deltek Maconomy 2.0 | Engaging


experience


to roles & tasks

• Easy answers,

helpful guidance

Graphical Alerts

indicate potential problem areas

5

New Information

in dashboards, reports, & analysis

6

Portable Content

Connecting to web content, Excel™

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Budgeting

Financial control for every group

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Graphical Alerts


5


New Information


6

Drill-in to

details

Color-coded

alerts


New Information


6


New Information


6


Portable Content


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Do we have a screen-shot, schematic, or both, showing how 2.0 data is now easily

transferred/exported to Excel?


Portable Content


7


Budgeting


8


Budgeting


8


Budgeting


8



experience


to roles & tasks

• Easy answers,

helpful guidance

…if everyonewants to use it?

Wouldn’t It Be

Better…

Need a screen-shot of the most intimidating,

confusing, disengaging UX from a previous

version (ideally X+ or earlier)

People won’t wait for time-consuming reports

Unguided decisions lead to high project costs


Graphical Alerts


5

New Information


6

Portable Content


7

Budgeting


8


experience


to roles & tasks

• Easy answers,

helpful guidance

More useful!


Using complex

work-arounds

Stop!

Easierto own.

Caring for outdated

IT

Stop!

• Vendor support for

the entire solution

• Standard extension

language

• Greater value with

new capabilities

Deltek Maconomy 2.0 | Economical


the entire solution


language


new capabilities

Support

For the application & platform

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Easy Extension

with industry-standard code

10

New Modules

to plan, resource, budget & analyze

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Easy Migration

from your current system to 2.0

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Here, I would like the details on our currently-

supported platforms. And, perhaps a few reminders on what “support” means.

Support


9

Could use a little help with messaging, details


Easy Extension


10

• Java Eclipse configuration language enterprise-class SDK

• Faster & more flexible configuration

• Industry-standard widely-available

expertise

STANDARD LANGUAGE


Planning & BudgetingBusiness Intelligence

New Workspace

New Modules


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People Planner

If we keep this as a benefit/attribute of

“economical,” I’ll need help, advice, ideas on a graphic/details for this.


Easy Migration


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…if your system was easier to maintain?

Wouldn’t It Be

Better…

You have to rely on work-arounds

You may have to operate without support


the entire solution


language


new capabilities

Unsupported Database

Outdated O/S

Fragile Configuration

Old Browser

PerformanceSlow No Cloud


Easier to own!


the entire solution


language


new capabilities

Support


9

Easy Extension


10

New Modules


11

Easy Migration


12

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12 Great Reasons to Upgrade


New Modules


9

Easy Extension


10

Support


11

Easy Migration


12

Workspaces


1

Wizards


2

Easy Look-Up


3

Linking & Drill-In


4

Graphical Alerts


5

Budgeting


8

Portable Content


7

New Information


6

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3 Things to Remember


New Modules


9

Easy Extension


10

Support


11

Easy Migration


12

Workspaces


1

Wizards


2

Easy Look-Up


3

Linking & Drill-In


4

Graphical Alerts


5

Budgeting


8

Portable Content


7

New Information


6


Moreuseful.

Easierto own.


Getting there seems difficult

to me… Deltek is Here with

Help & Guidance

Things to consider before upgrading

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■ Anything that needs to be applied before upgrade (service packs, patches)

■ Any new hardware considerations■ Any reports or screens that will be affected■ Any customizations or integrations that will be affected■ Any versions being de-supported with this release■ Any documentation that needs read before the upgrade


My head is kind of spinning right now…

So what can we… clarify?

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