How to connect the islands First read: Com Dev Island Part 1 and Com Dev Island Part 2 In Part 2, we talked about the ways islands are...

How organizational islands are formed See first: Com Dev Island Part 1 Organizational islands aren't unique to Community Development, of...

At the time of this article, I have personally worked directly with 290 community development departments (some go by various names) in...

When it's time to find a new software vendor, one of the biggest decisions you will need to make is what to do with your current data....

There are a lot of great organizations in the world. From NPO's and NGO's to Corporations and even Sole Proprietorships. The sheer amount...

With ERP software, Service Level Agreements (SLA's) mostly define how your post-go-live support will be offered by your chosen vendor....

Covid has caused many communities to change the way they do business. Your municipality has likely even implemented some of these items,...

Database Structure Affects Quality of Data Modern Community Development Data Management Systems (CDDMS) are typically highly relational....

If you find yourself underwhelmed by your current ERP system, you may have discussed replacing it. While this may be the right solution,...

It's no surprise that the need to innovate has been brought to light in many local governments around the country. Prior to the pandemic...