I finally got all my KPI onto one visual management board in Access. This is completion of an old project where I had KPI all over the place in Excel and in Access, with a very complicated production mechanism between…
Category: information systems
Using Kanbanote to implement the Eisenhower method
Use kanbanote to implement the Eisenhower method and focus on what is urgent and important. Use Evernote as a library And you may use Evernote to organise all your stuff, whether it be as a technical library or a list…
The information system used to manage objectives
A company may use its information system to store objectives and performance. It must determine how to manages personnel performance. The objectives of vertical management Sales need to sell a certain quantity of certain price Purchasing needs to buy a…
Data Processing Services
Our experience in data processing from multiple streams into a single corporate database for use by purchasing, procurement and marketing. I came to data conversion between 2000 to 2004 where I was integratingmultiple streams of corporate data and into a…
Informal information systems
Information systems in the broader sense include the informal verbal systems, the coffee-machine and water-cooler discussions. People normally think of the internal management ordering, payment, resource management systems. A good example is an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) which deals with…
The French Social Security system
This UML sequence diagram maps the observed financial relationships between patients, doctors, pharmacies, social security and medical insurance professionals in the delivery of patient care in France. Patients visit doctors who administer care and advice and prescribe medication or further…
UML analysis of a Transport System
The following UML analysis came from a project to build a database around the activities of a transport association. The organisation transports people in financial difficulty, in return to work situations, with social problems or mobility impaired workers on low…
Service Site Model
This is a UML model of the relationships between potential customers and service providers. The idea is to register both requirements and services provided. This model is part of an overall approach to projects, which is “try and model and…
Requirements Analysis
From 1992 to 2004 we were involved in IT information systems projects in large companies, with significant budgets. Since then, we have taken on the challenge of small business. We have learnt the lessons of capital start-up requirements and the…