British Columbia Supreme Court
The superior trial court for the province of British Columbia.
Supreme Court Scheduling System (SCSS)
Scheduling Supreme Court cases throughout the province of British Columbia
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OpenRoad developed an amazing program that has greatly improved the way we operate. The web-based application provides immediate access to data for everyone in the province that have the authority to do so. The application is very easy and fun to use too!
Cindy Friesen
Manager, Trial Coordination — Supreme Court Judiciary
/// The Supreme Court in British Columbia sits in 29 locations throughout the province. Prior to SCSS, hearings for each location were managed independently via a manual system consisting of Word documents and paper diaries, as well as an older DOS based system in the higher volume locations of Vancouver and New Westminster. The goal of SCSS was to move to an integrated system, shared by all locations for scheduling hearings and assigning Judges and courtrooms.
OpenRoad worked closely with users to identify their needs, and create a system that closely matched the existing workflow of the Supreme Court. Close attention was paid to creating visual representations of the underlying data, to provide at-a-glance views of the current hearing workload, as well as intelligent searching mechanisms to suggest the best possible dates for new hearings.
Trial Co-ordinators now have instant access to information about all hearings currently in progress within B.C. Judges and their assistants can quickly see the cases to which they are assigned. SCSS has greatly improved the way in which cases are scheduled within the province.