JDQ to design and develop patented planning and costing system for DDA

News Release: May 22, 2008

JDQ Systems Inc. has been contracted by the Developmental Disabilities Association (DDA) to help design and develop an innovative planning and costing system.

JDQ has a history of working with DDA on a successful Three Spheres of Reciprocity™ pro bono project. The initial JDQ JUMP!Forward™ Requirements Discovery engagement focused on converting a patented, paper-based planning and costing system into a potential software application. This new JDQ JUMP!Forward initiative involves the design and development of a working prototype that uses web-based technology as its foundation.

Alanna Hendren, DDA Executive Director, says: "When triple-bottom line businesses like JDQ meet socially enterprising non-profits like DDA, people’s lives change. Our work so far with JDQ has been exciting and surprisingly painless, considering that we are not a high tech organization."

This new application will strive for a new standard in planning and accountability in the social services and community health care fields. JDQ will be looking to provide innovative user interfaces, solid data privacy controls, high performance, and an industry standard API.

JDQ President Jon Morris comments: "Our selection as the designer and developer of DDA’s patented planning and costing system is a clear indication that it profits business to help the community. Successful social partnerships bring together the best elements of business and social enterprise. JDQ’s 3Spheres™ initiative is an incubator of meaningful social responsibility. "

Key factors leading to DDA's choice of JDQ include:

JDQ's rigorous approach to software application requirements discovery.
JDQ's solid understanding of DDA’s requirements from both the technology and social perspective.
JDQ's experience and expertise in custom software application development.
JDQ’s team of business and technology professionals who can take raw ideas and transform them into user-friendly solutions to very complex problems.

About Developmental Disabilities Association
The Developmental Disabilities Association’s mission is to enable people with developmental disabilities to achieve their full potential. In 1952, twelve parents of children with developmental disabilities came together to work towards integrating their children into public schools. By the 1990's, that parent group – called the Vancouver-Richmond Association for Mentally Handicapped People – had become Canada's largest charitable society of its kind west of Toronto. In 1998, recognizing changes in society, the wishes of its members, and its expanded role in the community, the Association changed its name. It is now the Developmental Disabilities Association. The Developmental Disabilities Association serves over 1500 children and adults and operates more than 50 community programs. www.develop.bc.ca