Deltek Insight Recap: Year of the Project Manager and More

October 22, 2021
Melissa Coffey
Sr. Director, Product Management

Last month we saw thousands of Deltek users join together for two days’ worth of content, connection and customer appreciation at Deltek Insight 2021. This year, Vision users were able to hear directly from the product management team, get insight into the Vantagepoint roadmap and learn tips and tricks from product experts.

Key Takeaways for Vision Customers

Insight was packed with sessions for all types of Vision users: long-time Vision users and users exploring Vantagepoint. Here are the top four takeaways for Vision customers.

1. Year of the Project Manager  

Deltek Vision customers learned why this should be the year of the project manager including how to empower project managers to proactively and effectively manage their projects, client relationships and project teams.  Project managers learned how to collaborate better with financial leaders to gain greater visibility into key metrics and learned how Vantagepoint can help them to proactively manage their projects through the entire project lifecycle and minimize surprises. 

2.  Prepare for Your Upgrade to Vantagepoint

Deltek experts shared logistical details of how to prepare your Vision database for an upgrade to Vantagepoint to capitalize on powerful features that can further streamline internal processes. Helpful resources to help in this journey include no-cost resources like the Vantagepoint readiness portal and the Customer Assistance Program.

3. Vantagepoint Users Share Success Stories 

Businesses have thrived despite the recent pandemic. Vantagepoint users shared how upgrading to Vantagepoint helped gain better visibility into their business and manage the unpredictability of their projects during a period of much change. Vantagepoint users shared how they are leveraging dashboards for greater visibility into all aspects of the business, empowering project managers to better manage project or resource changes, closely monitoring firm financials with better, more accurate data and eliminating unnecessary or manual processes by getting the most from Vantagepoint. They also share tips for Vision users to help you prepare for your upgrade.  

4. The Future of Vantagepoint 

Deltek Vantagepoint has an exciting roadmap focused on project-based businesses like yours. We are focused on enhancing dashboards to drive decisions, leveraging automation to streamline current processes, improving user experience through intuitive solutions, providing innovative solutions to solve your business challenges and continuing to listen and respond to customer feedback.  

A Full Track of Customer Experience Sessions Focused on Your Success

Attendees also were able to learn how Deltek is committed to their overall business success. The Customer Experience (CX) track included sessions that highlighted Deltek's commitment as a life-long partner. Topics included Deltek’s integration strategy, Deltek’s reimagined focus on helping customers learn more, how to access more product training in the Deltek Learning Zone and much more.

Impactful General Sessions

At this year's event, our general sessions focused on the importance of powering your business, emerging trends in business software, and mentally thriving in the face of overload and competition with our keynote speakers Mike Corkery, Michael Fauscette and Jim Kwik. We also heard from Deltek leaders on how Deltek is driving purposeful innovation and our commitment to delivering quality products.