Rule based target groups
When collecting stakeholder feedback you need to define those groups of people you want to participate in your survey. With the Project Manager you can create target groups out of the connected databases and directories by defining their characteristics. This is done by selection rules. One rule is, for example, "all employees older than 40". All the attributes in the directories are available for making these rules. Once a target group has been defined, the Metatude software stores this definition. In this way target groups only need to be defined once and can be used for multiple projects.
Dynamic
The target groups are dynamic (the members change over time) because they are rule-based. If, for example, someone turns 40 they will be added to the target group based on the rule "all employees older than 40". Changes in the directories are reflected in the target group population. This means that if the underlying directories are kept up-to-date, the target groups are up-to-date as well. The advantage of these dynamic target groups is that the characteristics (in terms of attributes) of the surveyed population are always the same, which makes the outcomes of research comparable.