hello, i am working in a large firm having 2300+ employees currently they are thinking about developing new program for Payroll system where in we all the option as required. 1 firm has quoted to develop pay roll program in SQL with web page interface. Currently we are working on Oracle 6 which is pretty old and no one agree to made amendments in that. So we had quotations for above mentioned program in SQL so i was wondering that the quoted software is ok or hold great disadvantage as in demo i give it on 4.5/10 rating.
please guide me.
It is not the type of the database engine that is the problem but the skill of the people writing the application. There are many variants of SQL Why are you developing a new payroll system? There are existing programs that can easily handle tens of thousands of employees. The problem is giving the programmers all the specifications for the programs. It's the implementing of 'custom' features that takes forever to debug. An off the shelf package will work for over 90% of the employees.
there a limited number of input form entries. the system was developed back in 2004-05. with new Govt. rules we need to have extended entries in main employee info input form and we tried to contact different firm but all refuse to made amendment in existing Payroll system. new programmer are working in Microsoft SQL server 2005 as i judged from there demo. may its cheap thats why i have no idea. with that web interface our current payroll operator had refused as he is not comfortable with the new system. it seems much difficult as compare to old one that's a exe file and just clicks away.
If you have file layouts and source code then it should be modifiable. Many programmers don't like to work on someone else's code unless it is completely documented.
with that web interface our current payroll operator had refused as he is not comfortable with the new system. Perhaps bringing in a new employee that is comfortable with the new system will give the current payroll operator an incentive to learn the new system. There was an old adage that was embraced where I used to work: "Don't fix what isn't broken". I amended: "is a good way to get left behind..."
When your only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.
Web and Windows based interfaces look good but are not conducive to productivity, I knew an operator who could input into an old program faster than screen redraw. Using the keyboard only is an advantage ifr you know the program well.
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