What is Metropoliplan (MEP)

Purpose of Metropoliplan

Metropoliplan was developed for the special needs of public witnessing in metropolitan regions. In addition, processes for witnessing at rest areas have also been integrated.

This software is NOT intended for congregation-level witnessing carts. A simple Google Spreadsheet or Excel Online is much easier here, as the groups can then organize themselves.

Metropoliplan’s target groups are specifically organizational teams that have to coordinate large projects with many congregations. On these scales, self-organization no longer works and requires more control.

User Interface

User Dashboard showing news and also recent applications and assignments.

Admin view on planning calendar. Application calendar and planning calendar working in the same simple way as you would like use your Microsoft Outlook calender.

Features

Metropoliplan is:

• a centrally hosted website
  (i.e. You don’t have to operate the systems by yourself)
• Can be used with any modern browser (no apps required)
• a multilingual solution: *English *German *French *Spanish *Russian
  • (other languages on request)
• Multi-tenant capable (i.e. if you have publishers who are involved in multiple projects, they can use the same login credentials)
• free of charge (although we would be happy to receive a small voluntary financial support for the operation)
• optimized for large and very large projects (50-5000 users)
• Data protection compliant (GDPR)
  • Takes into account current requirements
  • Stores only data necessary for the process
  • Data is transmitted encrypted
  • Backups are stored externally in encrypted form
  • Personal data can be deleted
  • User must actively agree to terms of use
  • Privacy Policy can be viewed at any time
• a secure platform
  • Extensive protection mechanisms prevent access by unauthorized persons.
  • operated in a German data center
• is international, professional and trustworthy
  • The team consists of several professional software developers and IT system integrators from several countries (Germany, Argentina, Malta) who are also servants in their congregations.
  • has data protection officers and a data protection auditor
• a system that has been tried and tested for years and further developed (since 2015)
  • and at the same time a system that uses state-of-the-art technologies

Highlights - Metropoliplan offers:

• a central planning overview for routes and shifts
  • Easy to use (like an Outlook calendar)
  • Support multiple routes during one shift
  • Assignment function optimized for tablets (principle as few clicks as necessary)
  • Differentiated definition of team leaders
  • Extensive alert rules for assignment conflicts
  • Shifts supported in different languages
  • Allocation restriction for certain shifts
  • Taking into account the level of knowledge of the participants
• Many amenities for publishers
  • Automatic applications
  • Automatic notifications
  • the personal smartphone calendar is automatically updated (no iCAL files or manual entries necessary)
  • Team leader can be called directly
  • Central dashboard with all relevant functions at a glance
  • Automatic consideration of applications from the service partner or spouse
• an integrated central information platform
  • Message system incl. display of reading status
  • File storage (e.g. for project documents)
  • Central training videos
• Role-based user management
  • with various export options (vCard, Excel)
• an automatic scheduling function
• an automatic application system
  • Availability calendar triggers automatic applications and takes absences into account
  • Publishers can tell preferred routes
• Numerous functions for team leaders
  • Optimized view of the team and contact options for team leaders in the previous and following shifts
  • Participants can be called directly from the view (uses integrated smartphone)
• Special function for witnessing on highways
  • per application it can be asked whether a vehicle is available
• Extensive reporting system
  • Report for the coordination team (realtime)
  • Closed report for the branch office (from 10 days following month)
  • Circuit Overseer Reports

the list shows only the essential highlights. There are many more useful features.

Roadmap

• Emergency communication system
• Soft- & hardware-controlled opening of depots only for participants during their shift day
• and much more. Stay tuned ;-)

Curious?

• Send us an email to team (AT) metropoliplan (DOT) org