Hi Michael, If user demands any modification in existing program, such works consumes time to modify program. you should keep tracks of such user modifications. Thanks Manish -----Original Message----- From: Michael Kear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, May 11, 2000 2:24 PM Subject: Projects database - suggestions please? >I have a whole lot of people at my client's premises giving me things to >do - which is great because it means I'm not likely to run out of paid >work there for quite a while. But the volume of jobs is growing to be >unmanageable. And the client's employees are losing track of what >commitments as to completion date etc I've made. So I want to make a >little database application they can access to see what I'm working on and >where I'm up to with it, and therefore how long it's likely to take before >a new job they give me might be completed. > >I'm now specifying the database and functionality of this little app, and >I'd appreciate input from you much more experienced people as to what I >ought to have in this database (other than the obvious that is). I don't >want to make it huge and unweildy and unduly complex, but at the same time >I want to be sure to use it for as much as I can efficiently do. > >Here's what I have included in my spec up to now, and I'd appreciate any >suggestions as to what I might have forgotten .... > >Job details - Job ID, Job Name, Description of the work etc >Date requested and by whom, and who authorised the expense >Expected date for completion (to change as circumstances change) >Original date for completion (i.e. the original commitment) >Current status - where I'm up to and what I'm waiting for (if anything) >Estimated total hours to complete the job (and by implication the cost of >the job) > >After completion - > actual dates, times, costs compared with estimated to be entered. > >Have I left anything out that's important? > >It's not intended to link it directly with my accounting system which is a >simple standalone program. > >I'll make it available to others afterwards if you think it's worthwhile. > >Cheers, >Mike Kear >AFP Web Development >Windsor, NSW, Australia >http://www.afp.zip.com.au > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- >Archives: http://www.eGroups.com/list/cf-talk >To Unsubscribe visit http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Archives: http://www.eGroups.com/list/cf-talk To Unsubscribe visit http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body.

