SPAR.net is a web browser based Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) software application, designed to provide public sector organisations with instant performance measurement.

The software enables councils, housing associations, education authorities, charities, healthcare providers, fire services, police forces and other organisations to identify improvement opportunities to achieve internal and central government audits, targets and guidelines.

Developed with the Public Sector for the Public Sector

SPAR.net has been developed to meet the needs of a diverse audience including public sector employees, executives and performance managers, CPA, Central Government, external partnerships, auditors and the general public.

Monitoring and presenting corporate objectives and targets can be a time consuming process for public sector organisations. All too often, much effort goes into the gathering and reporting of performance data by combining information from disparate locations and sources. SPAR.net has been designed in partnership with six Local Authorities to ensure that it delivers a flexible solution to solve these problems.

SPAR.net has benefited from an extensive Beta Programme. We analysed the issues faced by Local Government organisations in effectively measuring performance, to identify opportunities for improving SPAR.net. This helped us create a focused application for the gathering, reporting and comparison of this important data.

Improve Service Delivery with Effective Performance Management

Consolidating performance, risk, budget and project management processes into one easy to use software application allows you to spend your time managing and streamlining service delivery, rather than just monitoring statistics.

You can use email alerts, visual indicators, reports and balanced scorecards to help users focus on the important issues and also ensure that performance data is collected and analysed on time by the relevant individuals.

Simplify Corporate Governance with Integrated Risks & Projects

SPAR.net can be used as a highly effective corporate governance, audit and assessment tool. You can easily link risks, projects and budgets to each other, plus link associated documentation so that evidence is easily accessible.

Every action is audited and the software uses a customisable, colour coded "traffic lighting" system to let users know when action is required or to display performance status, against pre-defined targets or tolerances.

The flexible reporting features create a library of instant reports that you can access at the press of a button, taking the pain out of corporate risk and project management.

Streamline Financial Decision Making using Integrated Budgets

Linking budgets in SPAR.net to related projects, risks and corporate objectives is simple. It creates a singular mechanism to assess financial information effectively to aid decision making.

For example you could create a corporate objective to improve a specific business or service delivery process. You could then create and link related performance indicators, projects and risks, and use the integrated budget features to monitor financial information relating to the overall objective.

Simple to Deploy, Use & Manage

Once deployed and configured to suit your working practices and objectives SPAR.net has very little overhead. Data input is simple and easy to accomplish and very little training is required to get users up and running. After a short period of time, the application and the information you have collated becomes an invaluable management tool that can be used across the organisation to improve performance.

Secure, Enterprise Strength Web Browser Based Software

Requiring only a web browser to access the intuitive interface, SPAR.net instantly enables users to manage and interact with key performance management information from anywhere in the world. Its centralised approach to the collection, consolidation and reporting of performance data means that organisations can adjust their strategy quickly to ensure success.

The software collates all critical information into a single comprehensive application that can be tightly linked to your organisation's vision, strategy and high-level corporate objectives. It provides a flexible tool that can be distributed quickly throughout the organisation and externally to authorised users to help manage, communicate and present Service, Performance and Risk statistics.

Low Cost of Ownership & High Return on Investment (ROI)

SPAR.net is purchased as a cost effective "Per Organisation Site Licence". This allows the powerful web browser based software to be centrally located and made accessible to an unlimited number of users, substantially increasing the potential return on investment (ROI)

Due to the nature of web technologies it is not necessary to load software separately onto each user's PC. This simplifies the deployment process and reduces the installation time required to make SPAR.net available to users, therefore lowering the total cost of ownership (TCO).