Collections Trust is committed to partnering with organizations to advance best practices in collections management. The SPECTRUM Partner Scheme licenses vendors to use SPECTRUM in their products, and only partners can claim SPECTRUM Compliance after testing shows their system supports SPECTRUM's information units and procedures. A survey found 75% of respondents identified SPECTRUM Compliance as their top priority when selecting a new collections management system.

2. Collections Trust is committed to delivering
real benefit to its partner organisations, and to
working in partnership to drive best practice in
Collections Management.
Collections Trust working in Partnership

3. The SPECTRUM Partners Scheme gives collections
management software vendors a licence for the
commercial use of SPECTRUM with their products.
Only SPECTRUM Partners are allowed to say they are
SPECTRUM Compliant after a formal verification
process.
SPECTRUM Partner Scheme

4. What is SPECTRUM Compliance?
• The formal process by which a SPECTRUM Partner’s
system is tested to check if it is able to represent the
SPECTRUM units of information so that it can support
the user through all 21 procedures of SPECTRUM.
• Compliance testing is completed online with follow up
discussions, recommendations and possibly changes to
a system before verification is achieved.

5. Why is SPECTRUM Compliance beneficial to
users?
• SPECTRUM Compliant software enables you to capture all of the
requirements of SPECTRUM within your Collections Management
System
• If you need a system that supports all of the SPECTRUM
Procedures, and represents the SPECTRUM units of information,
you know Compliant Partner systems can provide this
• Compliant Partners should be able to explain to you how they can
represent all of the units of information in the Primary Procedures
(and more)

6. Survey results
75%
12%
13%
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Feature identified as 1st priority when selecting a new
system – from a Collections Link survey 2011
SPECTRUM Compliance
Price
Functionality
Training
Interoperability

7. What does SPECTRUM Compliance mean
to the Partners?
• A lot of work!
• Over 400 SPECTRUM units of information to be considered
• Particular emphasis on the 8 Primary Procedures
• All 21 Procedures must be supported
• Access to SPECTRUM must be provided through help text or
a link
• May involve altering their system

8. • You may not need a Compliant system
• All SPECTRUM Partners are committed to working with
the standard whether Compliant or not
• Always discuss with your supplier what they offer as
standard and consider your needs now and in the future
• Use the SPECTRUM Community and the Choose a
CMS Software Survey for research
Things to consider...