A trend or shift in my industry that the Next Generation software will need to anticipate and address

As I hope you've all heard, work on the Tessitura Next Generation project inception phase is starting in July.  We've selected our development partner for the inception phase and plans for a requirements gathering summit are in full swing. 

But let's also take advantage of the discussion tools that we have here and start a public forum.  This forum will be ongoing, but this period leading up to the start of inception phase is a particularly important time for all of us to share our thoughts.  Think of it like the public comment period at the city council meeting.

We'll be seeding the forum with questions over the next few weeks so take some time to join the conversation.  First up--

"A trend or shift in my industry that the Next Generation software will need to anticipate and address is..."

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  • A trend or shift in my industry that the Next Generation software will need to anticipate and address is... donating on the web!

    You might think this is old hat but in the opera world is still a pretty new issue. 

    Right now I feel like its a bit of a square peg in a round hole especially when dealing with the huge variety of different kinds of contributions that can come in through the web - planned gifts, membership gifts, special appeals, memorial gifts, stock gifts, special events etc.

    There seems to be a lot of manual work involved and of course the source code issues...

  • Unknown said:

    A trend or shift in my industry that the Next Generation software will need to anticipate and address is... donating on the web!

    You might think this is old hat but in the opera world is still a pretty new issue. 

    Right now I feel like its a bit of a square peg in a round hole especially when dealing with the huge variety of different kinds of contributions that can come in through the web - planned gifts, membership gifts, special appeals, memorial gifts, stock gifts, special events etc.

    There seems to be a lot of manual work involved and of course the source code issues...

    I have to say that this is a major issue for us. We also have to deal with taking donations in two different currencies using different business units.

     



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  • I think Microsoft Workflow should be used to develop the software.

    the difference is:

    using Workflow, codes will attach with business logic, otherwise, business logic will attach with codes.

    Microsoft CRM, Biztalk, all using this Workflow tech.

    It will be a good choice.

     

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