By Nathan Dukes
SAP are encouraging businesses to try a free public beta of their new SaaS collaborative decision making application.
Codenamed 12sprints, the tool allows people to communicate and work together more efficiently in a cloud based interface.
Similar to Google Wave, announced last year, individuals are invited to submit their thoughts and ideas in a discussion based forum.
12sprints comes with a group of tools to drive the decision making process, including pro/con analysis, SWOT analysis, polling and agenda planning.
SAP described the tool as the ‘first and only software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution that brings together people, information and methods to drive swift, informed decision-making’.
“People don’t want to be bound by unnatural and fragmented ways of working,” said Marge Breya, executive vice president, SAP.
“This is why we developed 12sprints. It brings method to the madness, combining not only business intelligence and collaboration technology but also methods with a framework to help teams share intelligence and make better decisions that drive meaningful results.”
The beta version sits solely in the cloud as a hosted technology, so no download is required.
Both free and paid versions will be offered upon general availability.
12sprints can be downloaded from www.12sprints.com.
For more information, have a look at the 12sprints Youtube channel for demonstrations and tutorials.
