The Owners' Manual | Issue 11 | Fall 2017

Business

Information Tools

Enhancement (BITE)

In mid-December 2016 and earlier this year, we updated you on the significant enhancements to our existing Deltek system that are on the way, and we want to give you another update on these efforts. The story is that there will be a shift in the timing of the rollout of these enhancements to later in 2017 and into 2018. This year, and continuing into next, Deltek is making changes to the system’s user interface (i.e., what you see when you use the system). They are calling it Deltek for Professional Services, or DPS, and it will have a more user-friendly look and feel. Instead of accessing Deltek through a desktop application like you do now, you’ll be able to access it through your web browser from any location. Deltek is not only moving the Client Relationship Management (CRM) and Resource Planning (RP) to the new platform, but also the Accounting and Project Management module (which holds all the project management reports – project summaries, project profitability, etc.) that we currently use. The work on this particular module will most likely extend into 2019. The bottom-line is that Deltek is rolling out these changes, module by module, and the timing of their availability has dictated that we extend the timing of our implementation of the RP and CRM modules. Several of the BITE committee members are attending Deltek’s annual conference held in October, where we expect to learn more about the timing of the changes.

A little background…if you recall, we are adding two new modules to our current Deltek system.