Definitive Pro™
System Status
Current Version: 3.10 - Up and Running.
Definitive Pro Release Notes
Date | Version | Type | Title | Description of Change | Applicability |
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3/28/2022 | v3.10 | Enhancement | New Feature to Set a Home Page | Added a new feature within the "Manage Account" screen to select and set a different home page. The options include charts, dashboards, and lists associated with portfolios and decision models. | All customers |
3/21/2022 | v3.9 | Enhancement | New Feature to Create Custom Charts and Dashboards | Added a new feature for users to be able to create a wide range of custom charts and graphs, and to configure custom dashboards. | All customers |
3/14/2022 | v3.8 | Enhancement | User Notifications | Added a new feature within the "Manage Account" screen to set up a wide range of notifications. The notifications can be received immediately or nightly. | All customers |
12/23/21 | v3.7 | Enhancement | New Alternative Scoring Option within a Single Browser Tab | Added a new feature to enable team members to score alternatives while reviewing the business case. This feature eliminates the need for team members to use two browsers or two devices to simultaneously review and score an alternative. | All customers |
12/23/21 | v3.7 | Enhancement | New "Notes" Capability | Provided the capability for reviewers to record their notes in the business case. The facilitator can also set up an agenda for a team review, review team comments, and record new comments live. | All customers |
12/23/21 | v3.7 | Enhancement | New "Governance" Tab | Added a new "Governance" tab to the business case. This tab provides the capability to assign key roles, set key milestones to reduce data calls, and improve reporting. Moved the "Project Manager" field and project health and status tracking to this tab. Added three new fields: Business Requirements Maturity (selection menu); Business Relationship Manager; and Planned Business Requirements Completion, and Planned Procurement Package Completion. | All customers |
12/23/21 | v3.7 | Enhancement | New “Reports” Main Menu Item | Added a new “Reports” main menu item with the following new reports: Submission Status; Priority Scoring; Resource Dependency Hours Analysis (for select customers); Portfolio Recommendations; and Contract Actions. | All customers |
12/23/21 | v3.7 | Enhancement | Enhancement to the “Resource Dependencies” and “Forecast” Tabs | Added the capability to use blended rates for “Internal Staff Labor $”, "Internal Contract Labor $”, ”External Staff Labor $”, and ”External Contract Labor $” to automatically calculate the dollars associated with staff and contract labor, to include resource dependencies. Added icons to the “Internal Staff Labor $” and “Internal Contract Labor $” cost pools in the “Project Phase” with hover over information regarding the resource dependency dollar amounts that should be included in the forecast: For Internal Staff Labor $ - “Include $XX to cover YY staff resource dependency hours.” For Internal Contract Labor $ - “Include $XX to cover YY contractor resource dependency hours.” For External Staff Labor $ - “Include $XX to cover YY staff resource dependency hours.” For External Contract Labor $ - “Include $XX to cover YY contractor resource dependency hours.” Added an “External Staff and Contractor” section and added the Acquisition Management (AQM) organization as a resource dependency. | Select customers |
12/23/21 | v3.7 | Enhancement | Additional Filtering Options on the "Manage Alternatives" Screen | Added “FY Planned”, “FY Submitted” and “Completed” as configuration options. | All customers |
12/23/21 | v3.7 | Enhancement | Screen Redesign | Redesigned all screens to use more icons and less buttons. | All customers |
10/18/21 | v3.6 | Enhancement | New "Contracts" Tab | Added a new optional “Contracts” tab to the business case. This tab provides three tables to assist the user in assigning contract $ from the “Forecast” tab to one or more contracts. The first table at the top is read-only, and provides a summary of the contract $ on the “Forecast” tab. The middle table tracks the assignment of the contract $ and is decremented as contract $ are assigned. The third table is where the assignment of contract $ to one or more contracts is made. | All customers |
10/18/21 | v3.6 | Enhancement | New "Location" Tab | Added a new optional “Location” tab to the business case. This tab provides the capability to enter an address or the latitude and longitude coordinates for a project. There is also a capability to select a location and look-up the address. Once the location has been set, it can be plotted on the map. | All customers |
10/18/21 | v3.6 | Enhancement | New "Order of Execution" Report | Added a new “Order of Execution” report that produces a list of investments sorted by the “Submitted Fiscal Year (FY)”, the “Planned Fiscal Year (FY)”, and the priority score. | Select customers |
10/18/21 | v3.6 | Enhancement | Filtering via Column Headers | Added a filtering capability to the “Manage Alternatives” screen, which lists all the investments and business cases. The filters in the column headers can be used in conjunction with each other to filter the list as desired. | All customers |
10/04/21 | v3.5 | Enhancement | Two New Fields on the "Forecast" Tab | Added two new selection fields , “Project Manager” and “Acquisition Approach”, to the “Forecast” tab of the business case. | All customers |
10/04/21 | v3.5 | Enhancement | Time-Phased Resource Management | Added a new optional capability to perform time-based resource management at the portfolio and enterprise-level. With this new capability, enterprises can now: 1) Enter the capacity of defined resources over time; 2) Allocate resources to each investment over time; 3) Analyze the resource bottlenecks using the resource heatmap; 4) Perform deeper analysis using customizable area charts and bar charts; and 5) Make resource adjustments and take corrective action to the timing of investments. | All customers |
10/04/21 | v3.5 | Enhancement | Application Programming Interface | Made an API available to facilitate data sharing with project management and data analytic tools. | All customers |