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Specializ is extremely flexible making it very powerful; for example, a single topic may be sent to unlimited subsets of employees. Managers can assign different levels, measured in percentages, of agreement for each subset of employees. Specializ is extremely easy to use, requiring very little time. It ensures the anonymity of the information collected thus increasing the likelihood users will respond both honestly and accurately.

Guaranteeing the quality of your results is easy because Specializ allows managers to define minimum levels of agreement for all topics they manage. Due to its flexible design, Specializ allows managers to assign different agreement levels to any or all subsets of employees working on a topic. This functionality gives managers precise control over topic requirements.

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Using Specializ is both simple and quick. Users are contribute their opinions and beliefs to topics in which they participate. Specializ has little or no learning curve as it only requires very little of employees' time to produce highly beneficial results. In Specializ, employees most often complete the following tasks:

  • Add/Edit/Delete elements from the topic list
  • Define the individual relevance of each element

Specializ not only integrates with virtually any ERP system, it does so in a very smart way. It pulls in employee, department and location data from an existing HR or ERP system and then goes one step further. It allows the organization to create Specializ departments that can nest one or more departments that already exist in its ERP system. Specializ also offers the same nesting functionality for both job roles and locations making it easy to pinpoint logical groups of employee by geographic location. Organizations always have the flexibility to choose any combination of Specializ created and ERP-based departments, job roles and locations when pinpointing users.

To meet minimum agreement percentages set by the manager, users may go through numerous iterations of revising topic elements and their respective topic relevance. After each iteration is completed, a compiled list of participants' topic elements is sent to the manager for review. Once the minimum level of agreement has been reached, managers are presented with a list of elements that define a topic.

The example below illustrates how an organization could apply Specializ to a common business problem. Organizations worldwide are under-going systems implementations, upgrades and business process re- engineering. Well-documented business process requirements are key to the success of all initiatives listed above. Even though many organizations engage consultants to drive this rather complex process, the organization's business process owners best understand the process and its requirements.

How can a firm create business process requirements for a new initiative? As an example, let's assume the firm needs to determine business process requirements per group impacted. To complete such a task in Specializ, the firm creates a category with the group names of those involved in the business process requirements, such as management, users and IT. A manager then sends the topic to participating employees, comprised of departments, job roles, and/or specific people. Next a topic manager defines the required level of agreement for each group. Employees then create the requirements (topic elements) within their respective group. After group agreement levels have been reached, the firm has a complete set of business process requirements for its initiative.