End-to-end contracting roadmap

We will build a full suite of contract negotiation tools, which will include the ability to generate intermediate versions (with mark-up and conversion of communications in Weagree to comments in Word). Read more

We will enable our customers to conduct their contract negotiations entirely within the Weagree Wizard. The contract negotiation tools will include the ability to generate intermediate versions (with mark-up and conversion of communications in Weagree to comments in Word). Even if your supplier, customer or business partner will not directly negotiate with you through Weagree, you will still benefit from using this tooling for internal 'negotiations'.

To accomplish this, various existing features will be further improved, expanded and combined. Alongside the contract creation questionnaire, Weagree already provides for comments, for discussions, and for automatically generating character-level track-changes (distinguishing insertions and deletions in a clause). All such discussions and negotiations can already be continued outside the Q&A, in the contract entry's file. Weagree already permits guest user access, and internal colleagues can be @mentioned in all such comments, discussions and negotiations. There is already a clause library functionality, allowing standardised clauses to be directly plugged into any contract. And Weagree's AI-automated review interface already supports the automated import and styling of documents not originating from Weagree.

The end result will be that documents can be uploaded to Weagree, automatically analysed by the AI, fully edited on-screen (taking advantage of several of Weagree's automation features) through a dedicated interface and discussed within Weagree (while permitting differentiation between internal and external communications). After making changes, Weagree will be able to generate new drafts with tracked changes and explanatory comments. And finally, records will be kept of the changes in Weagree's database, so that each version of the contract remains immutably on archive regardless of what happens to any generated Word documents or PDFs. Read less

Complementing the existing migration tooling for importing data, we will develop tooling specific for bulk file imports. There will be both a general-purpose page for uploading and assigning files and the option to directly import from SharePoint. Read more

Complementing the existing migration tooling for importing CLM and entity data in bulk, we will develop tooling specific for bulk file imports.

Firstly, there will be a general-purpose page for uploading files and then assigning them to the applicable contracts or entities. Before AI data extraction, Weagree's AI integration may perform a high-level analysis of those files (e.g. type of contract or corporate housekeeping file, and legal entities involved) and automatically assign them to existing contracts or legal entities (or create new ones). Manual assignment or correction will be possible too, made easier by allowing batch updates of file details and automated sorting. Weagree will be able to determine which files belong to which contracts or entities based on uploaded folder structures (paths).

Secondly, files can be directly imported from SharePoint sites connected to Weagree. Again, AI may be used to analyse these files, but the folder mapping for SharePoint in Weagree will suffice for assigning files to the correct contracts and entities. This way, thousands of files can be added to your Weagree portal in mere minutes. Read less

The 'Request support' panel will be transformed into a fully-featured general support panel. In addition to letting end-users submit requests to support staff, the upgraded panel will offer access to a variety of resources. Read more

The Request support panel will be transformed into a fully-featured general support panel. In addition to letting end-users submit requests to support staff, the upgraded panel will offer access to a variety of resources. These will include:

* FAQ guidance notes on Weagree
* GIF animations clarifying Weagree features (how-to), dependent on the user's rights
* GIF animations highlighting Weagree features (did-you-knoww-that), dependent on the user's rights
* Your own internal knowledge base
* Weagree's knowledge base
* Internal support chatbox

The support panel will be available on all Weagree pages. GIFs are only visible on pages where the explained or highighted functionality is available. They clearly visualise how the entire contracting process cycle is supported by Weagree, thus boosting end-user adoption. The support panel will probably also become the place where the integrated Teams chat (or Slack-entry or similar customer communications tooling) will be positioned.

Of course, the portal's administrator will have the ability to enable or disable any of these additional support features in accordance with your organisation's needs and preferences. Read less

The CLM UI will be improved by making it more closely resemble and operate like the contract creation questionnaire. Labels will be arranged above contract fields and the fields themselves can be hidden from certain users. Read more

The CLM user interface will be improved by making it more closely resemble and operate like the contract creation questionnaire. The name, or label, of a contract field (contract parameter) will now appear above the field instead of next to it - just like questions appear above the answer fields in the Q&A. This will make contract sheets look neater and more familiar to users experienced in drafting contracts in Weagree. Furthermore, just like Q&A questions, contract fields can now be hidden from users based on their authorisation level. This restriction can be imposed if a certain (group of) user(s) may need to access a contract, but should not necessarily be privy to every detail. For maximum effectiveness, it can be combined with the option to hide documents in the contract's repository, based on the same criterion. Read less

To further improve on the customer's ability to ensure security, Weagree now supports e-signing identity verification by mobile phone. When enabled, e-signatories will receive a one-time verification code when they follow the link from the e-signing invitation. Read more

To further improve on the customer's ability to ensure security, Weagree now supports e-signing identity verification by mobile phone. When enabled by the administrator, e-signatories will receive an SMS from DocuSign with a one-time verification code when they follow the link from the e-signing invitation. Without it, they - nor anyone else who might happen to have the aforementioned link - will not be able to access and sign the document. The applicable phone number can be entered when initiating e-signing, so that Weagree can provide it to DocuSign. Read less

Transaction (project) management has been improved in two important ways. First, by integrating Weagree's search functionality within the project page itself. Secondly, by creating a general repository for all files related to the transaction. Read more

Transaction (project) management has been improved in two important ways. First, by integrating Weagree's search functionality within the project page itself, so that locating particular contracts or other documents will be no trouble even if a transaction spans hundreds of them. Secondly, by creating a general repository where the end-user can view and manage all files related to the transaction. Each file will still be accessible from the applicable contract entry's repository, but the end-user will not need to find that one contract to access the file. Read less

Automated markups now reflect risk assessments, so that it will be immediately obvious to the end-user whether the marked sections present any appreciable risk to your organisation. Read more

Automated markups now reflect risk assessments, so that it will be immediately obvious to the end-user whether the marked sections present any appreciable risk to your organisation. Previously, the automated contract review would simply highlight each section of the analysed document that it had linked to a contract field (one of the parameters under review). If the contract field has also been configured for (automated) risk assessment, this markup is now colour-coded, matching the applicable risk (green, yellow, orange or red). Scrolling through the analysed text, any problematic provisions will clearly stand out. Read less

To boost end-user adoption and improve UX-flexibility, the look and feel settings now permit changing the portal's font. Besides the default font (Arial), there are ten industry-standard fonts to choose from. Read more

To boost end-user adoption and improve UX-flexibility, the look & feel settings now permit changing the portal's font. Besides the default font (Arial), there are ten industry-standard fonts to choose from (Open Sans, Merriweather, Lato, Montserrat, Roboto, Tahoma, Verdana, Georgia, Times New Roman and Noto Sans). Customers may also request the addition of other fonts. Read less

A dedicated page has been added for portal-wide full-text file search. The complete contents of any document generated in or uploaded to Weagree are automatically read out and indexed using OCR. Fuzzy search is enabled. Read more

A dedicated page has been added for portal-wide full-text file search. The complete contents of any document generated in or uploaded to Weagree are automatically read out and indexed using OCR (Optical Character Recognition). This applies not just to newly generated or uploaded documents, but to any documents present in Weagree at the time of the update as well. Searching for a key word or phrase will virtually instantaneously return all documents on your Weagree portal containing that word or phrase. Each search result has a tooltip with one or more snippets of the matching text in the document. Fuzzy search is enabled to account for typos (either in the query or the actual document), so as to maximise the potential of this new feature. Read less

Various entity management customisation options have been added. Administrators can now fully edit even more corporate housekeeping dropdowns and custom party fields have been introduced. Read more

Various entity management customisation options have been added. Administrators can now fully edit even more corporate housekeeping dropdowns, with multi-language support. Furthermore, custom party fields have been introduced. Administrators can create new text fields, date fields or multiple-choice fields at will and add them to any part of the entity management: either on the front-end party database or on any designated part of the extended corporate housekeeping page. All custom options and party fields are mappable in the CLM migration tooling as well. Read less

It is now possible to send automated notifications of pending contract tasks. As the due date for completing a task approaches, Weagree will send an email to designated users. Read more

While the CLM already provided for advanced notifications and email alerts (whether preconfigured by the admin or tailored by a careful contract manager), it is now possible to send automated notifications in connection with pending contract tasks. As the due date for completing a task approaches, Weagree will send the assignee of the task (or any other designated person) an email reminding them that their input is required.

Configuring the notifications for tasks works the way it does in connection with CLM-managed contracts: the admin may set certain defaults (for ease-of-use as well as security), while conscientious and careful users can configure their own task-specific notifications. To keep things manageable, like all Weagree notifications, individual users can choose how to receive them: one by one as due dates approach, or collected in a daily summary of new Weagree notifications. Read less

Recipients of CLM notifications sent by Weagree can be customised now. Accordingly, CLM notifications become more meaningful and actionable. Read more

Recipients of CLM notifications sent by Weagree can be customised now. Accordingly, CLM notifications become more meaningful and actionable: per task, CLM deadline or contract automation stage, it is possible to define which notifications must be sent, and to whom each notification must be addressed. This flexibility applies also to alerts sent in connection with contract automation or entity management. As with all CLM notifications, the admin can define the default recipients, and a contract owner or other authorised stakeholder involved can finetune them as that contract may require. This includes the option to send the notification (for information purposes) to non-Weagree users. Read less

Several collaborative contracting user interface improvements have been made to facilitate collaboration with colleagues and other stakeholders in a transaction. Read more

Several collaborative contracting user interface improvements have been made to facilitate collaboration with colleagues and other stakeholders in a transaction.

First, this relates to involving colleagues. The colour of the little speech-balloon buttons (next to each contract clause in the realtime editor, as well as next to each Q&A-question), enabling a user to discuss the accuracy, relevance, applicability of precise scope of a contract clause or question, can now be customised. This makes the functionality to collaborate more prominent to users.

Secondly, the layout of the feedback and dicussion popup has been optimised, making it more intuitive and enjoyable to use.

Thirdly, the questionnaire now shows who is responsible for the template, which makes it easier to reach out to the right person with questions or comments about the template and questionnaire in general.

Of course, these are minor additions to the elaborate collaborative-contracting features. The next major step will be integrating and enhancing all separate elements to create high-quality dedicated negotiation tooling. Read less

Transaction (project) access configuration has been made more flexible. Besides granting individual (guest) users access, a transaction can now be assigned to any number of user groups. Read more

Transaction (project) access configuration has been made more flexible. Besides granting individual (guest) users access, a transaction can now be assigned to any number of user groups. This will permit authorised users, such as your immediate colleagues or superiors, to see or even edit the project's contents. It operates on the same principles as collaborative contracting for individual contracts and is entirely optional, giving the user maximum access control while making it easier to involve larger or frequently changing groups of other users. Read less

Weagree's entity management org chart creator has been enhanced with numerous customisation options and the ability to save your configurations for future use. Read more

Weagree's entity management already provided for an org chart creator in connection with any legal entity (own entities' as well as counterparty-entities' corporate structure). This upgrade introduces numerous customisation options and the ability to save your configurations for future use.

Based on filter criteria, the 'scope' of the org chart can be expanded or limited. Think of applicable user groups, organisational or business units, showing shareholder structure (levels upwards, as well as downwards to subsidiaries). It is also possible to identify what info must be shown (e.g. managing directors). Obviously, the shareholder percentages will show up as well.

After defining the org chart scope, the settings used can be saved as a dedicated button. This allows you to to easily create updated versions of the org chart following subsequent acquisitions or divestments of group companies and participations. Read less

We have created a Tasks Kanban in transaction management, showing only the project-contracts-related tasks and transaction-related tasks on a project-dedicated Kanban. Read more

We have created a tasks Kanban in transaction management, showing only the project-contracts-related tasks and transaction-related tasks on a project-dedicated Kanban. In large transactions involving hundreds or even thousands of tasks, it is now possible to manage and monitor all tasks from within the project Kanban.

M&A-transactions, financing transactions and construction projects often entail the creation of hundreds or thousands of documents. Weagree has now also made it possible to manage and monitor all tasks (automatically or manually) created in such transaction. As is also the case with Weagree's general contract tasks Kanban, when a project-contracts-related or transaction-related task is finished, it will automatically be marked 'completed' on the Kanban. We will also introduce the option to require a workflow approval before a task is indeed marked 'completed' (preventing a task assignee from only partly completing a task and such task disappearing from the contracts Kanban without the user responsible for the task (assignor) being aware of this).

The transaction-related tasks will still be visible on the end-user's general contract tasks Kanban as well. But obviously, the filtered Kanban within Weagree's transaction overview makes it easier to manage a transaction. It is easier to share your screen with other participants in the transaction, and with the table view of the tasks, it is easy to create an 'outstanding-issues list' (or 'to-do list') for the negotiations or closing of the transaction. Moreover, the overview of tasks on either the Kanban or the table view can be exported to an Excel sheet if needed. Read less

We have developed a number of features to accelerate e-signing in large transactions with large numbers of documents (to be e-signed through integrated e-signing applications, but initiated and monitored in Weagree). Read more

To accelerate e-signing in large transactions with large numbers of documents (to be e-signed through DocuSign or other e-signing applications integrated with Weagree, but initiated and monitored in Weagree), we have developed a number of features to:

* Prepare the individual documents for e-signing
* Process the e-signing in bulk at once (of selected or all documents of the transaction)
* Apply a single standard 'personal message' to all bulk-initiated e-signing files
* Stop and resume the preparations for e-signing at any time (ready-for-esigning files are clearly marked)
* Preselect the e-signatories if there is only one e-signatory (known to be) authorised for the relevant legal entity (it was already possible to preselect on the basis of an applicable organisational unit) Read less

By including non-automated contracts, you will accelerate the adoption of Weagree as your single in-house platform for all end-to-end contracting work. Read more

By including non-automated contracts, you will accelerate the adoption of Weagree as your single in-house platform for all end-to-end contracting work. Weagree will facilitate the smooth initiation of such non-automated contracts. So, your Word-document of a model contract or form can be made available on Weagree's New contract page. Whether automated or not, users will find every contract they need in one place. Such 'non-Weagree templates' will not feature any questionnaires, as they are not automated, but Weagree will operate as your natural all-inclusive end-to-end contracting platform. Read less

We are currently configuring our hosting to support a fully AI-trained model for commercial contracts. Weagree's AI-tooling will be equipped for 40+ provisions that include all common CLM parameters. Read more

We are currently configuring our hosting so as to support (at high performance) a fully AI-trained model for commercial contracts. Weagree's AI-tooling will automatically recognise more than 40 contract provisions in the first-draft contract proposed by your counterparty, retrieve the CLM data out of those provisions, qualify and categorise them for their inherent risk impact, and identify the provisions for (automated) mark-up. The 40+ provisions for which the AI-tooling in the Weagree Wizard will be equipped include all common parameters for which contract lifecycle management is usually configured:

* Document name
* Parties
* Signing date
* Effective date
* Expiration date
* Renewal term
* (Automatic) extension or renewal
* Termination notice period
* Termination for convenience
* Applicable law
* MFN (most-favoured customer)
* Non-compete
* Exclusivity
* Non-solicitation of customers
* Non-enticing away of employees
* Non-disparagement
* Right of first refusal, offer or negotiation (ROFR/ROFO/ROFN)
* Change of Control
* No-assignment
* Revenue/profit sharing
* Price restrictions
* Minimum purchase commitment
* Volume restrictions
* IP ownership assignment
* Joint IP ownership
* License grant
* Non-transferable license
* Affiliate IP license- licensor
* Affiliate IP license- licensee
* Source code escrow
* Post-termination services
* Audit rights
* Uncapped liability
* Cap on liability
* Liquidated damages
* Warranty duration
* Insurance requirement
* Covenant not to sue
* Third-party beneficiary

Not all automated review parameters are equally effective (there will be 'false positives' and 'false negatives') but for the frequently used ones, the AI results will be surprising. Read less

We are introducing email to CLM: the option for end-users to forward emails with any attached documents into our contract management. The email will be automatically matched to customer, end-user and contract. Read more

In addition to drag-and-drop upload files to Weagree's CLM and other end-to-end contracting functionality, we are introducing email to CLM: the option for end-users to forward emails with any attached contracts and contract-related documentation into our contract management. The email with attachments will automatically be matched to the right customer, end-user and contract file to which the attached-forwarded contract relates. The email will as much as practicable be handled automatically, and provide the end-user with tooling to monitor or validate the file import.

The email text forwarded to Weagree can also be included in the Communications thread stored alongside the contract, regardless of whether the mail contained an attachment.

The functionality will also apply to Weagree's entity management, contract negotiation versioning (internal DMS), automated contract review. Note that it is based on the same technology that was already in place for all e-signing integrations. Moreover, Weagree's application error and development ticketing system, developed by our programmers, already provided for this advanced email attachments-handling. It is therefore mature and perfectly safe to use. Read less

With a dedicated recycle bin, data integrity is improved: users will have greater control over what is deleted from the Weagree Wizard and when. Read more

With a dedicated recycle bin, data integrity is improved: users will have greater control over what is deleted from the Weagree Wizard. Deleted contracts, projects, contract parties and Weagree-users will end up in the recycle bin. They will remain there for a (customisable) period of time, during which users can opt to restore any of their items. Admins can also monitor deletions, including fraudulent ones, and intervene if necessary. Files left in the recycle bin longer than the set amount of time will be automatically deleted permanently. Weagree's in-app recycle bin is therefore a powerful safeguard against inadvertent data loss. Read less

The new Integrator access functionality gives admins greater control over the access rights of those who implement Weagree for a customer. Also, individual end-users can now submit support requests regarding their contracts. Read more

The new Integrator access functionality allows admins to exert greater control over the access rights of those who implement Weagree for a customer. Weagree employees, our implementation partners, your integrators and your providers of managed legal services, hired to provide functional support are now better manageable.

It was already possible to distinguish between basic integrators (who can provide all implementation support but not access any customer data) and (full) integrators (who can also access your data, as they may need to import or migrate it into Weagree or provide your outsourced managed legal services). Such integrator access rights with access to user data and CLM-contracts may now be restricted to a specific period of time. Integrator access can be withdrawn at any time. Shortly before expiry of the defined access period, both the responsible admin and the integrator will receive an automated expiry alert.

Individual end-users will also be able to submit a support request for any of their contracts or a contract creation questionnaire. Such end-user may grant a (basic) integrator access for a certain (short) duration. Default additional restrictions ensure that (basic) integrators can only make any changes as is necessary. Smoothly managing access rights is a cornerstone of effective GDPR compliance! Read less

A counterparty's contract may contain clauses that you find useful for your own contracts. We have enabled Weagree users to easily borrow such clauses for their contract know-how ('clause stealing'). Read more

A counterparty's contract may contain clauses that you find useful for your own contracts. We have enabled Weagree users to easily borrow such clauses. Upon importing a document. Weagree's AI-driven automated contract review tooling - as before - creates a contract outline with contract building blocks and subclauses. The user can then select such building block or subclause and click the Borrow clause button. Users with admin rights can then review the clause proposed by the users and add it to the clause library with a single click. Build your contract know-how in no time, with minimum effort.

Call it what you want: it may as well be a clause negotiated and co-authored with the lawyer of the other party. Tongue in cheek, we like to call it 'clause stealing'. Read less

Weagree's CLM API has been upgraded to enable our customers' admins to complete all integration work independently. It improves the flexibility to map all Weagree metadata onto data fields in other applications. Read more

Integrating contract lifecycle management (through a CLM API) with other enterprise-grade applications is crucial for adequate obligations management and preserving contract data integrity. As Weagree's CLM API supports the common API technologies and standards, configuring an integration should not require involvement of our programmers anymore to embed Weagree in the corporate IT landscape. While all of the below options are technically already supported, Weagree's API upgrade will enable our customers' admins to complete all integration work independently and intuitively.

This upgrade improves the flexibility to map all metadata in Weagree onto data fields in other applications to include so-called CMIS properties, and facilitate full integration for any type of CRM (contracting party details - e.g. Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Salesforce), DMS (contract-related document storage solutions - e.g. SharePoint, iManage) and ERP (enterprise resource planning - e.g. SAP, Salesforce, Oracle, Mendix) system.

The flexibility to 'map' contract data applies to all contract data, all entity management data and all documents in any Weagree CLM contract sheet and any automated contract template, and works both ways (integrating for CLM API calls from outside Weagree, plus outward push of contract data to third-party applications). Intuitively. Read less

Automated GDPR anonymisation is our first step to enabling automatic GDPR compliance: after a customisable period of time, the user who drafted a contract will be removed from the contract entry. Read more

Functionality enabling fully GDPR-compliant, entirely automated data retention. Automated GDPR anonymisation of contract entries is our first step to enabling customers to comply with GDPR automatically: after a set (customisable) period of time, the Weagree Wizard user who drafted a contract will be removed from the contract entry. It ensures that a contract entry will no longer contain any superfluous personal data. (As GDPR requires adequately enforced data retention policies, this includes the data of past users on 'abandoned contract entries'.) Users in the same user group and an admin can still reassign the contract to a user. For maximum flexibility, it will also be possible to link the retention period's reference (i.e. starting) date to one of various document-related actions. Read less

Newly added to Weagree is the contract tasks Kanban (a board where columns signify the status of a task - contract tasks to be created automatically), which updates in realtime. Read more

Newly added to Weagree is the Contract tasks Kanban, which updates in realtime. Of course, as part of Weagree's dashboard and automated to-do lists, end-users can drag-and-drop tasks across the action centre's contract tasks Kanban (a board where columns signify the status of a task - contract tasks to be created automatically) from left to right:

* Unscheduled tasks (on hold)
* In progress
* Do now
* Awaiting input
* Completed

The end-user can switch Weagree's contract tasks Kanban-view into a table-view (also allowing to export a tasks overview). And, very exciting, all changes to a task will be visible realtime for all other users who are involved in that task. (So you can see the task-card being dragged-and-dropped by a colleague real time.) So yes, it is also possible that tasks are divided into subtasks and that several persons are involved in completing any (sub)task. Weagree's tasks and action centre is making all contracting work easier to oversee, manage and coordinate!

We are very proud to be able to release this functionality in such a short timespan. Background: we have been using the same technology and features for our bug-reporting and functionality-development. It is a mature, proven product, developed by our programmers over the past five or six years. Read less

Improved and more actionable CLM (contract lifecycle management). Several end-user actions have been made more accessible and actionable by creating dedicated buttons. Read more

Improved CLM (contract lifecycle management). While the Weagree CLM already offered extraordinary features for searching and managing your signed contracts, several end-user actions have been made more accessible and actionable. Simple, frequently returning actions will be made easier, by creating dedicated buttons. Examples:

* Assign a task
* Notify stakeholders
* Change contract date
* Change persons and teams involved
* Change status (terminate or discontinue)

The buttons will be made flexible: if the end-user does not want to see them, they can be moved onto the side panel (the webpage's swipable panel that also contains widgets and later on will have guidance notes and wikis as well). This will further increase the flexibility of the Weagree CLM, as it enables the admin to tailor the user experience to their role or corporate profile. Read less

Introducing intuitive tooling for contracts-reporting and contract-monitoring dashboards. Insight into contract deadlines, team members' busyness and transaction progress is gained through various visualisations. Read more

Introducing intuitive tooling for heads of legal and general counsel to create their contracts-reporting and contract-monitoring dashboards. The data are already there, they only need to be visualised. Insight into contract deadlines, team members' busyness and transaction progress is gained through graphs, charts and any other useful visuals. The current reporting button will be used to create the visualisations. Read less

Any risks in the contract received from the counterparty are automatically assessed and rated. The functionality is part of Weagree's AI-driven 'automated contract review'. Read more

Any risks in the contract received from the counterparty are automatically assessed and rated. The functionality is part of Weagree's AI-driven 'automated contract review'. The risk rating and assessment facilitates a quick overview of the contractual pitfalls inherent to the received draft contract. Along with the automated contract analysis, every relevant provision is assigned a risk rating, identifying the nature of the risk.

The risk ratings will force a decision on whether a contract clause is acceptable or not: a provision as automatically reviewed is either in line with the corporate contracting policy, acceptable (but not the preferred option), unacceptable for introducing a high risk or exposure, or a deal breaker. This is visualised by using coloured dots in both the reviewed contract and the contract overview (enabling a contract portfolio analysis). If a certain contract provision was not automatically found in the contract, the contract field will be marked as a contract anomaly (red flag).

The risks are assessed on the basis of the own contract position (e.g. customer, licensor, service provider, seller). The admin can define which types of risks are to be distinguished: on the admin dashboard, the types of risks can be defined (e.g. operational risk, financial risk, non-compliance with laws, non-compliance with GDPR, reputation risk, supply chain risks). For a contract portfolio analysis, the end-user may select which clauses are to be shown in the contracts portfolio overview; and the overview lists the contract (meta) data plus the coloured risk indicator. Read less

Improved tooling for importing Word model contract templates. Various aspects, including assignment of clause levels and names and the creation of definitions and schedules and annexes, have been automated. Read more

Improved tooling for importing Word model contract templates: automated detection and assignment of clause levels. Definitions will automatically be stored in the definitions library, and schedules and annexes in the schedules library.

Automated detection of pre-existing definitions (and removal). Clauses will be automatically assigned a clause name. Import includes tables.

The tooling will also be used for 'automated contract review' (AI-driven review of the first-draft contract received from the other party). Read less

Template versioning enables the monitoring and continuation of contracts and contract data over time. It is safe and versatile, preserving older data while facilitating changes and planned rollouts. Read more

Template versioning enables the monitoring and continuation of contracts and contract data over time. It is safe and versatile, preserving older data while facilitating changes and planned rollouts.

When versioning is applied to a template, changes to building blocks and questions are tracked from version to version. This permits contracts based on older versions of a template to be updated to the newest version with just a few clicks, while alerting the user to any questions that may need answering again (and ignoring any that remain unchanged). At the same time, if a user decides not to update an existing contract, it will not be affected in any way. Previously generated documents will not be affected, either.

All versions are collected under and managed from the same template, so there's no proliferation of separate templates to account for each iteration. Whenever a new version is initially created, however, it will appear as a separate template to users who have been granted testing rights in Weagree. They will be able to try it out while it is still under construction. It will not be accessible in any way for other users. Once the new version is ready for production, the admin can publish it. Older versions are kept in the database intact, but it will only be possible to create new contracts with the latest published version. Read less

In large transactions consisting of subsets of linked contracts or closing documents, you can answer on a meta-project level how many sub-projects (i.e. sets of closing documents) are required. Read more

In large transactions consisting of subsets of linked contracts or closing documents, you can answer on a meta-project level how many sub-projects (i.e. sets of closing documents) are required.

For example, for companies involved in the transaction (e.g. beneficiary or pledgor under the credit, or acquired company in the takeover or investment) a sub-project will be created for each. Each such sub-project will contain templates for board resolutions, shareholders resolutions, deeds of pledge, power of attorney and so on. Answers to the questionnaires of these templates can be derived from the umbrella-project level or from other templates in that sub-project, preventing identical Q&A questions from being asked multiple times. Read less

We have added a low-level (ISO 27001-certified) data scanning service on all user-interaction that detects suspicious user behaviour and performs certain extra security checks. Read more

We have added a low-level (ISO 27001-certified) data scanning service on all user-interaction. The scanning service detects suspicious user behaviour and performs certain extra security checks (in addition to the customary virus-scan, firewall and infrastructure monitoring). Our customers' data security is our highest priority. Read less

Approvers and submitters involved in a contract request can discuss the workflow approval alongside the Q&A. The workflow-linked communication feature strengthens internal controls. Read more

Approvers and submitters involved in a contract request can discuss the workflow approval alongside the Q&A:

* ask the submitter about the scope and particularities of the business transaction,
* express 'conditions' for giving approval, or
* explain company priorities, risk management policies.

The workflow-linked communication feature strengthens internal controls. Read less

Customers can import their existing (legacy) entity management data. Data in the imported database or spreadsheet can be mapped to Weagree entity management fields. Read more

Customers can import their existing (legacy) entity management data from other solutions such as Effacts / Legisway (or external CRMs). The new migration tooling allows for data in the imported database or spreadsheet to be mapped to the correct Weagree entity management fields. This applies not just to the general details of the organisation's own entities and other entities such as suppliers and customers, but also to corporate housekeeping data regarding shareholders, subsidiaries, the managing board and representatives. Read less

The DocuSign integration allows e-signing of all contracts and schedules to be initiated in the Weagree Wizard. Receipts and e-signed contracts are automatically handled by and stored in Weagree. Read more

The DocuSign integration allows e-signing of all contracts and schedules to be initiated in the Weagree Wizard. Intermediate receipts (of opening, reading and signing) by either signatory are automatically handled by the Weagree Wizard. Returned e-signed contracts are automatically stored with the correct contract entry. Contract entries are marked 'pending e-signing' or 'e-signed'.

This plugin integration also supports other esignature solutions such as Adobe Sign and Evidos. Read less

Providing template feedback or discussing contracts via the questionnaire has been made easier and can be done per question or paragraph. The new Communications panel facilitates discussing commentary. Read more

Powerful contract know-how maintenance tooling. Providing feedback to template administrators or discussing the particularities of any contract with others via the questionnaire has been made easier. Next to each question and each paragraph in the realtime editor, there is a speech balloon icon. By clicking on it, the user opens a pop-up for submitting any comments. All users can provide feedback on the template and Q&A-questions. Feedback may include text proposals for the contract template. The admin can deploy the feedback or proposed text with only one click. No Post-Its keeping track of desired model contract improvements anymore!

Furthermore, the new Communications panel on the left side of the screen facilitates discussing commentary. All feedback items contain a direct link to the question or paragraph for quick and easy navigation. Read less

Individual contracts may be marked as confidential, rendering them invisible and inaccessible to all other users unless they have been specifically granted access or given superior authorisation. Read more

Individual contracts may be marked as confidential, rendering them invisible and inaccessible to all other users unless they have been specifically granted access by the contract's creator (or current 'owner') or if they have been given superior authorisation through Weagree's user management. Read less

For large, complex transactions, the admin can now create templates. Such project templates consist of multiple linked contract templates. Project-level questions determine which templates are actually included for the transaction. Read more

For large, complex transactions (projects), such as M&As or LMA credit facilities, the admin can now create complete templates. Such preconfigured projects - project templates - consist of multiple linked contract templates that would be needed or at least useful for that type of transaction. They may even incorporate other project templates. Upon initiating a transaction using a project template, the end-user is asked basic project-level questions to include (project) templates that are relevant and exclude any that are not.

All Q&A data fields in the project's contract templates can be linked to each other quickly and intuitively (if set up properly: fully automated, even) across the project template. The linking of Q&A data fields prevents (functionally) the same questions from being asked multiple times as the end-user completes the various questionnaires in the project.

For example, if the closing date of a financing transaction is postponed by a week, the end-user only needs to update this Q&A-question in one template to achieve the same effect in all linked contract templates. Read less

Imported contracts will automatically be converted into text (OCR). In the imported contract, various types of data are recognised and tagged, fully automatically. Read more

Imported contracts will automatically be converted into text (OCR). In the imported contract, various types of data are recognised and tagged, fully automatically. Types of retrievable contract data include: party names, locations, countries (including applicable law), amounts, currencies, and dates (e.g. effective date, repayment date, delivery, expiry date).

The values identified in the imported contract are linked to the eligible CLM fields (tooling will fully automatically identify the eligible CLM dates or amount-fields), and propose those to the end-user. Read less

Floating deadlines in the CLM will be adjusted automatically if either the referenced date or the related term changes. Any date shift will automatically apply to all connected CLM notifications, too. Read more

If a contract requires deadlines and contract milestones to be calculated by reference to another contract deadline (e.g. starting date), such floating deadline in the CLM will be adjusted automatically if either the referenced date or the related term changes. Any date shift will automatically apply to all CLM notifications connected to the floating deadline, too.

For example, if a construction agreement stipulates that certain subprojects or materials are to be ordered 12 weeks before the start of construction works, the ultimate order date is immediately recalculated if either the starting date or the 12-week leadtime changes. Moreover, the newly calculcated date itself may be used for calculating a subsequent deadline, which in turn can serve as the starting date for another deadline, and so on and so on.

With Weagree performing the calculations for you, it is therefore possible to instantaneously correct any number of interdependent deadlines; and as Weagree's CLM notifications are directly tied to those newly calculated dates, timely reminders are always guaranteed no matter how frequently or how radically those dates might change. Read less

We have created a plugin for Evidos' e-signature solution. The entire e-signing flow can be initiated and monitored from within Weagree.

We have created a plugin for Evidos' e-signature solution. The entire e-signing flow can be initiated and monitored from within Weagree. Read less

Approval workflows can now be fully tailored to suit the customer's risk management and internal controls. Workflows can be defined globally and applied to a template or Q&A-question, allowing for very fast, easy and flexible implementation. Read more

In addition to subjecting individual users' contracts in general to approval, approval workflows can now be fully tailored to suit the customer's risk management and internal controls, bringing Weagree into the global top 20% of workflow tooling. Workflows can be defined globally and applied locally, to a template or Q&A-question, allowing for very fast, easy and flexible implementation.

Workflows can be triggered either by the template as a whole (i.e. when someone uses it to create a new contract) or by Q&A-answers (Q&A-driven workflows). It is possible to combine workflows at both levels. For example, a contract may always require someone to perform a general check and therefore need to trigger a template-level workflow, but only demand approval from a particular person depending on how certain questions are answered and therefore also need some Q&A-level workflows.

To enable the involvement of different approvers, workflows can consist of multiple approval units. Each unit consists of at least one designated approver and multiple units can be arranged within a single workflow. These can operate in parallel so that any number of people can review different parts of a contract simultaneously, or sequentially to create a succession of approvals by different people. As with template-level and Q&A-level workflows, parallel and sequential approvals may even be combined for even greater complexity and versatility.

This modular setup means that workflows are dynamic in their composition and operation (context and Q&A-driven). It is not necessary to create and maintain countless context-specific workflows. Defining approval units, arranging them in workflows and then applying those workflows to templates and Q&A-questions can be accomplished in mere minutes. A small set of workflows may suffice for all your actual approval needs, as they only define who must grant approval and in what order, not the conditions for being triggered. Those conditions and their context are determined entirely by how the workflows are applied in the template, making it easy to standardise and maintain the workflows on the one hand and to modify specific aspects thereof on a template-by-template (or question-by-question) basis on the other.

Finally, all stakeholders involved in the approval flow can discuss a request for approval (one-click access to the Q&A): ask the submitter for clarification, formulate conditions for approval, or explain rejection. Such communications are stored with the contract, but also reflected in automated e-mail notifications. The entire sequence of approvals and rejections for a given contract is also made clearly visible in Weagree. Every part of the complete approval process can therefore take place in Weagree, with full - and foolproof - registration of each step and communication. Read less

Optimisations of the end-user's questionnaire experience, to allow for more complex links between questions. Read more

Optimisations of the end-user's questionnaire experience, to allow for more complex links between questions. The answer to one question can determine which answer options are shown for another question. As it allows irrelevant answer options to be hidden, this helps to reduce the number of required questions and avoid redundancy. Particularly useful for exceptionally complex and large transactions. Read less

Encryption of all data and files, regardless of whether it relates to contract creation or contract repository.

Encryption of all data and files, regardless of whether it relates to contract creation or contract repository. Read less

CLM-managed contracts may contain particularities unforeseen in the contract sheet. For that purpose, we have introduced clause library blocks that can be added to managed contracts or contract sheets. Read more

CLM-managed contracts may contain particularities unforeseen in the admin-defined contract sheet. For that purpose (and for improved searchability of the CLM), we have introduced clause library blocks that can be added to individual CLM-managed contracts or contract sheets.

Like clause library components for questionnaires, CLM building blocks can be easily plugged into a managed contract by any authorised user. Besides simply adding more CLM fields for special cases, this can be employed to quickly retrieve additional details from a contract if circumstances demand. As with CLM contract sheets, it is possible to link CLM building blocks to one or more Weagree contract templates. When such a CLM building building block is then added to a managed contract based on the same template, any extra linked CLM field will be automatically filled in with answers from the original questionnaire.

Admins can also use CLM building blocks for standardisation. If different contract sheets must all provide for managing certain variables, it makes sense to collect those shared variables in a CLM building block and use that for all the contract sheets. This makes them easier to manage and maintain and improves uniformity. Read less

Advanced options to search and monitor pending contracts, and create overviews or reports. Users can define a search filter and convert it into a button. Dates are saved as relative points in time. Read more

Advanced options to search and monitor pending contracts, and create overviews or reports. Users can define a search filter and convert it into a predefined search button.

When saving the search settings as a button, where the search filter refers to a date in the past, it will be treated as a point in time relative to the current date - not as an absolute date. This also applies to a date range. Upon clicking the button, the search query's date (range) will be shifted to preserve this relation. For example, a button showing contracts older than two months, when clicked a year later, will display contracts older than two months at the time of clicking (instead of contracts older than 14 months, which would happen if the original date range were applied). Read less

Improved reporting capabilities, permitting a head of legal or general counsel to monitor the busyness of their team, individual workloads, and to generate (exportable) reports. Read more

Improved reporting capabilities, permitting a head of legal or general counsel to monitor the busyness of their team, individual workloads, and to generate (exportable) reports. The visibility of team members' CLM contracts is subject to preconfigured access authorisations. Read less

Weagree can interface with and send generated documents and metadata to Mendix.

Weagree can interface with and send generated documents and metadata to Mendix. Read less

For each CLM contract, the user can indicate whether action is required and if so, how urgently. This is highlighted on the CLM overview page by a coloured status indicator. Read more

For each contract in the contract lifecycle management (CLM), the end-user can indicate whether any action is required and if so, how urgent it is. The urgency is highlighted on the CLM overview page by a coloured status indicator: grey, green, orange or red. Read less

Added various optimisations for inserting and organising tables in contracts. Read more

Added various optimisations for inserting and organising tables in contracts (e.g. being to able either allow or disallow table rows breaking across the page or requiring adjoining tables to be kept together). Read less

Improvement of Weagree's DMS (for managing contract negotiation versions).

Improvement of Weagree's DMS (for managing contract negotiation versions). Read less

An answered Q&A can be exported as an Excel spreadsheet, multiplied and edited in that spreadsheet and then uploaded again to instantaneously add a large number of new contract entries. Read more

An answered Q&A can be exported as an Excel spreadsheet, multiplied and edited in that spreadsheet and then uploaded again to instantaneously add a large number of new contract entries. The export will include all questions and options, so that it's easy to create copies of the original Q&A in the spreadsheet - each representing a new contract entry - and edit those copies. Having updated the Q&A answers for the new contract entries, the spreadsheet can be imported into the project. All contracts within a project (transaction) can be batch generated. Read less

Users can consult the public commercial register for company details, and Weagree imports the data (address, registration number etc.).

Users can consult the public commercial register for company details, and Weagree imports the data (address, registration number etc.). Read less

It is now possible to automatically calculate a date based on parameters entered by the user (e.g. effective date plus contract duration). Read more

It is now possible to automatically calculate a date based on parameters entered by the user (e.g. effective date plus contract duration). The result of such a calculation can also be reused to calculate one or more other dates. The system can distinguish between regular calendar days and business days, taking into account holidays that may affect the date. Read less

Encrypted storage of all contracts, schedules and transaction-related files. Option to archive transaction-related files (including negotiation versions). Read more

Encrypted storage of all contracts, schedules and transaction-related files. Option to archive transaction-related files (including negotiation versions). Each contract entry has its own, dedicated contract repository which contains the generated contract (versions) and to which the user can upload additional files. Authorised users can access their colleagues' contract repositories. Read less

The admin can create custom types of automated e-mail notifications, for the contract approval workflow and contract management deadlines. Read more

The admin can create custom types of automated e-mail notifications, for the contract approval workflow and contract management deadlines. For example, tailored CLM notifications may range from alerts that a deadline is approaching (or has passed) to specific instructions for a particular type of project. Depending on which languages have been enabled on the Weagree Wizard, multiple translations may be provided for each notification. Read less

Customers can upload or define their own look & feel applying to all notifications sent by the Weagree Wizard.

Customers can upload or define their own look & feel applying to all notifications sent by the Weagree Wizard. Read less

Existing logging of user interactions has been extended to encompass all user activity anywhere in Weagree, to facilitate fulfilling GDPR (or other privacy law) requirements. Read more

Existing logging of user interactions has been extended to encompass all user activity anywhere in Weagree, to facilitate fulfilling GDPR (or other privacy law) requirements. The logging reinforces compliance and improves the auditability of CLM-managed contracts. Read less

The document generation engine has been replaced with an open-source solution. Generating any document is now substantially faster.

The document generation engine has been replaced with an open-source solution. Generating any document is now substantially faster. Read less

All colours and text markup in the Weagree Wizard can be customised to reflect your organisation's house style as closely as possible.

All colours and text markup in the Weagree Wizard can be customised to reflect your organisation's house style as closely as possible. Read less

Every end-user can invite a guest, either a colleague or someone from outside their own organisation (supplier, customer, partner or consultant), into a contract's questionnaire. Read more

Every end-user can invite a guest, either a colleague or someone from outside their own organisation (supplier, customer, partner or consultant), into a contract's questionnaire. A guest user invitation grants that individual access to a single contract's questionnaire for further review and negotiation. Guest users are not able to view other contracts or create any contracts themselves. For the time being, guest user accounts are free of charge. Read less

Word-documents can be automatically imported to create the contract-creation template, automatically divided into building blocks and clauses, with the option to adjust paragraph styles during import. Read more

Word-documents can be automatically imported to create the contract-creation template, automatically divided into building blocks and clauses corresponding to articles, sections and paragraphs in the contract, with the option to adjust paragraph styles during import.

The implementation time required for inserting a template has become 75 percent shorter than the time required for ContractExpress, and 66 percent for HotDocs. Note: later improvements have increased Weagree's landslide competitive advantage in template-insertion time. Read less

End-users can export their contracts' Q&A (options and) answers to an Excel sheet for review or editing. Read more

End-users can export their contracts' Q&A (options and) answers to an Excel sheet for review or editing. Optionally, this export may include all Q&A questions that were not asked during the questionnaire because of their conditionality. Read less

It is now possible to search through all contract entries for certain historical data (or data ranges) and create contract data reports. Read more

It is now possible to search through all contract entries for certain historical data (or data ranges) and create contract data reports. This is the first step towards complete contract management. Read less

If one or more existing contract entries are part of a larger transaction, encompassing different documents, it is now possible to convert them into a new project (a collection of connected questionnaires or linked Q&As). Read more

If one or more existing contract entries are part of a larger transaction, encompassing different documents, it is now possible to convert them into a new project (a collection of connected questionnaires or linked Q&As). They can also be directly imported into a prevously created project. Read less

Flexibility in syncing user groups and user-access rights upon single sign-on access (sync Weagree with ADFS or Azure)

Flexibility in syncing user groups and user-access rights upon single sign-on access (sync Weagree with ADFS or Azure) Read less

With just one click, the administrator can instantly reassign all of a user's contracts to someone else. Read more

With just one click, the administrator can instantly reassign all of a user's contracts to someone else, for example when that user is leaving the company or at least will no longer be using Weagree for the foreseeable future. Read less

The default approver setting can be overridden on a template-by-template basis, by assigning another user as that template's approver.

The default approver setting can be overridden on a template-by-template basis, by assigning another user as that template's approver. Read less

Questions can now be created that allow users to upload images during the questionnaire, inserting them into the contract where required. Read more

Questions can now be created that allow users to upload images during the questionnaire, inserting them into the contract where required. Optionally, the admin can predefine the positioning and scaling of the images that will be uploaded by the end-user. Read less

Accelerator for template-insertion work. All Q&A-elements of a template can now be managed in one single dialogue box, making it possible to divide template insertion work between senior lawyers and juniors. Read more

Accelerator for template-insertion work. All Q&A-elements of a template can now be managed in one single dialogue box. This split-off of the Q&A-elements from the template makes it possible to divide template insertion work between senior lawyers (Q&A formulation) and juniors (building the template). The Q&A-elements include question, answer options, default answer, explanatory notes, text inserted in case of 'no user-answer', Q&A-visibility based on authorisation level. With one click, the clause itself can be modified. Read less

Entities in the party database designated as 'Own party' can be hidden from groups of users and may only be edited by users with higher authorisation levels. Read more

Entities in the party database designated as 'Own party' can be assigned to one or more user goups. This will hide them from users outside those user groups. Furthermore, only users with higher authorisation levels will be able to edit such entities. Read less

Lookup lists, used for managing long lists of Q&A-options or insertable text, can now be imported within seconds from Excel sheets.

Lookup lists, used for managing long lists of Q&A-options or insertable text, can now be imported within seconds from Excel sheets. Read less

We have made it possible to create cross-references with all possible formatting optionalities as also offered in Word. Read more

We have made it possible to create cross-references with all possible formatting optionalities as also offered in Word. Cross-references generated in Weagree are always accurate: if a clause is not included, or an extra clause is added, all cross-references are updated fully automatically. Read less

Per template, the admin may choose to aggregate all questions in all of a contract's annexes (or schedules or exhibits) on one page of the questionnaire, or split them 'annex-by-annex' into separate questionnaire pages. Read more

Per template, the admin may choose to aggregate all questions in all of a contract's annexes (or schedules or exhibits) on one page of the questionnaire, or split them 'annex-by-annex' into separate questionnaire pages. The former is practical when there are few questions, especially if they are spread out across a large number of annexes; the latter is practical when (some of) the annexes contain a considerable number of questions that would result in an overly long and confusing questionnaire page. By splitting them into separate pages for each annex with questions, the questionnaire as a whole becomes more digestible and the context of each question will be clearer. Read less

All user-entered values can be automatically formatted, using region-specific separators (period or comma) for numbers larger than three figures and for decimals, as well as truncation of decimals. Read more

All user-entered values can be automatically formatted, using jurisdiction-appropriate separators (period or comma) for numbers larger than three figures and for decimals, as well as truncation of decimals. The user can be forced to enter a correctly formatted value (input validation). This number formatting and validation improves consistency across contracts and facilitates API integrations with external applications. Read less

The text of a contract may be partly or wholly arranged into two or more columns. The admin can determine exactly where a columns section should begin and end, and configure its precise layout. Read more

The text of a contract may be partly or wholly arranged into two or more columns. The admin can determine exactly where a columns section should begin and end, and configure its precise layout: of how many columns it should consist, how much spacing there should be between any pair of columns and if the columns should be separated by a vertical line. Columns may also be used at any point in schedules and annexes, for example for general terms and conditions. Read less

Different translations for all links, buttons and explanatory texts in the Weagree Wizard's interface may be uploaded and managed. Read more

Different translations for all links, buttons and explanatory texts in the Weagree Wizard's interface may be uploaded and managed. The user can switch between any available translation with a single click (note that this will not affect the language of contracts or templates and their questions). Read less

Data integration with SAP. Permitting all sorts of data exchange with SAP.

Data integration with SAP. Permitting all sorts of data exchange with SAP. Read less

Weagree has a basic webservice for future API integrations, allowing it to safely interface and exchange data with external services.

Weagree has a basic webservice for future API integrations, allowing it to safely interface and exchange data with external services. Read less

Large lists (tables) with multiple columns of related data can be inserted in Weagree for automatically generating long dropdown menus for questionnaires and the insertion of text into contracts. Read more

Large lists (tables) with multiple columns of related data can be inserted in Weagree for automatically generating long dropdown menus for questionnaires and the insertion of text into contracts. Lookup lists are much more convenient than regular choice trees if many different answer options are required (for example when listing geographic locations or languages), or if any one option should result in different but predictable output depending on the context or the template (for example when either a currency's symbol, ISO code or full name  must be inserted). Cells in lookup lists may also contain tags that trigger follow-up Q&A-questions. Read less

Templates shown on the 'New contract' page are filtered on the basis of user groups and user-authorisation level. Next to any template may appear an information icon and a downloadable PDF that offer guidance to the user. Read more

Templates shown on the New contract page are filtered on the basis of user groups and user-authorisation level. Next to any template may appear, if added by an admin, (a) an information icon that guides the in selecting the appropriate contract creation template, and (b) a downloadable PDF that may contain background information on the contract, instructions on how to draft the contract, or other guidance. Read less

The entire Weagree user interface has been renewed, making it 'responsive' to tablets and smartphones. It will be automatically resized and rearranged depending on the device (or resolution). Read more

The entire Weagree user interface has been renewed, making it 'responsive' to tablets and smartphones. It will be automatically resized and rearranged depending on the device (or resolution) being used, with a swipe-in functionality activating when appropriate for the optimum user experience. Read less

Contract entries or individual end-users can be subjected to approval. In such cases, no document can be generated until approval has been granted. Read more

Contract entries or individual end-users can be subjected to approval. In such cases, no document can be generated until approval has been granted. The approval workflow functionality is included in the licence fees (approvers free of charge). Read less

Weagree can now send automated e-mail notifications, including from the customer's e-mail domain. Read more

Weagree can now send automated e-mail notifications, including from the customer's e-mail domain. These notifications can be triggered by specific events and their contents may be customised. Read less

The list of entity types (which may be freely edited) in the party database can be expanded with custom entity types and translations.

The list of entity types (which may be freely edited) in the party database can be expanded with custom entity types and translations. Read less

All across the Weagree Wizard, access to content and visibility of features are made dependent on a contracts-oriented and contracting-organisation-centered structure through user groups, authorisation levels and access rights. Read more

All across the Weagree Wizard, access to content and visibility of features are made dependent on a contracts-oriented and contracting-organisation-centered structure through user groups, authorisation levels and access rights. Templates (and by extension: contracts based on them) are assigned to user groups, just like the end-users, so any end-user will only be able to see and access templates (and contracts) assigned to the same user groups. Authorisation levels add additional flexibility and determine, in conjunction with specific access rights, which functionalities and privileges are available to a given end-user. Read less

In the course of 2007, we had a functioning prototype (MVP) ready. This was immediately followed by the development of seven required key functionalities. Read more

In the course of 2007, we had a functioning prototype (nowadays also known as MVP, or minimum viable product) ready. This was immediately followed by the development of seven required key functionalities:

* The 'underwater screen' (in 2007 merely a contract viewer, not an editable WYSIWYG screen).
* A basic clause library.
* Weagree's own interface (old-school HTML) and contracts-oriented UX interaction design.
* Support for international contracts (multi-lingual features).
* The concept of 'global questions' preventing (functionally) identical Q&A-questions from being asked twice.
* Technology preventing cross-reference from 'breaking'.
* Technology ensuring that definitions order alphabetically (and appear only if they are actually used in the contract). Read less