Software Author's Blog: - April 2011

With the release of V5.4, we thought that our software had reached it's final product form, however our customers had other ideas. Since then we have been working in enhancements and have releasd V6.5 in August 2011.

However we are now working on version 7 and we expect this will take 7 months to totally complete.
This will have a new database system and be fully compatible with 64 bit computers.

The process of developing V7 is to carefully examine and re-write all 200,000 lines of software code so that it is perfectly aligned with the software concepts.
Not only will this make the software run faster and very reliably, it will also provide the firm footing necessary for producing the 3 proposed overlays:
1. Multi-Language capability. 2. Password Security System. and 3. Website & Smartphone display modules.
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As the Global Financial Crisis continues the need for Strategic Planning is increasing.
Business Durability and Adaptability depends more than ever on Performance Monitoring which ultimately comes through employee Unity, Alignment and Focus.

It is nice to know that you can get professional quality strategic software for free and we are constantly working hard to make the software better.
- All we ask in return is that you tell all your friends about us and also help them with their strategic planning work.
- Please also advise them of our free Concept and Software Training videos.

The GFC has created a new focus on our software with many people turning towards the Internet to find a Kaplan & Norton compatible strategic planning software product without paying thousands (or indeed tens or hundreds of thousands) of dollars.

The new focus is on creating a Strategic Business Picture (Strategy Map and all associated Statements) and then using the Balanced Scorecard to align and measure everything that you do.
In times of recession, making a correct value judgement should always rely on effective alignment and measurement and hence this software becomes a badly needed automation tool.

Best regards and thank you for using our software.

- Phil Best (Strategy Map Balanced Scorecard Software Architect)

Website Statistics:
Our website is hosted by Fireworks Websites in Australia and customer usage has reduced slightly since the GFC began.
Before the GFC it reached 10,000 unique visitors in one month with recent peaks in late 2009.
Software downloads are increasing and continue to run at just under 3000 copies/month.

This information is provided to demonstrate how Good Website Statistics are an essential website KPI measurement tool.
We choose NOT to use Google Website Analytics as we do not want to slow down our customer website access by using a third party statistics data handler.

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