Our online budget consultation tool Budget Simulator has always been customized and tailored to suit the different consulting needs of the Councils, Police Authorities and other organisations that use it. Each little amendment adds something that ensures a great fit with their individual process, but it also allows us to see new ways to constantly improve our product.
With that in mind we have created a new demo, the excitingly titled Whychester model, which can be found at www.budgetsimulator.com/whychester. The main improvements are firstly; the ability to split the budget areas you wish to consult on into themes, and secondly for inline consequences to appear on the allocation page creating more informed decision making. But as with any demo the best thing to do to test out features is to go and have a play…
Let us know what you think!