Client Tracking Software

Know of any good, cheap Project/Client Management software? I'm trying to find something similar to 37 Signal's Basecamp software, but without having to pay by subscription. A one-time fee is ideal for me. Any ideas?

my emails are not being received. I puchased client management software and sent an email letter to all those in my yahoo address book, including myself,wife,and daughter. Some people received the email but a lot did not. Why? What can I do? I am using my yahoo for business and need to know that my emails are bing received.

client management software? hi! i know this question was asked a million times but i did a search and found nothing useful i searched google - here - etc and found nothing i need a client database program which does NOT work from the internet (could access the internet but not internet based) because im afraid if my internet for some reason gets cut the software wont be able to function so i need it to keep track of clients and their appointments i own a therapy studio so i want the database to also hold a list of my treatments so i could select my client then select my treatment and it would show me the times on the calendar where the time is available for that specific treatment (treatment time is set in the treatment for the software to recognize) i know im asking for a lot but i've seen an internet version of this somewhere and i cant find it now thanks

Help finding a Project Management Software? I have an access database that I want to convert to a web based interface. I already have an exchange server with OWA on it that I would like to use. Here is what I need for this software to be able to do: Client Management Job Management - Auto Assign Job Number and Auto-increment Be able to attach Scanned documents to Jobs Be able to link jobs to clients. Be able to prepare billing statements based on jobs. Be able to create records of received goods by serial number and attach them to both client and job. Employee Management Timesheet input Report creation (such as hours worked for submitting to payroll, client reports, stock reports, reconciliation reports for billing, etc) Auto Document Creation (I.E. as soon as a new case is created and information entered about client and job, specific reports should generate and then print for customer to sign) Thanks in advance for the ideas.

What is the best sales management software? Hello guys, I have a small shop with many items, a shopkeeper with one PC and I am looking for a software which can do the following: - Install it in my laptop as master, install client version in the shopkeeper's PC - Track sales volume, stock - Manage customers' info - Create reports etc. So I wanna ask which one is the best to choose now? Thank you very much!

Does anyone know of any good Real Estate software/program...? Im looking for something similar to Goldmine where you can manage all of your clients info without having to struggle with much paper work. Im looking for something more Real Estate related. Any Agents or Loan Officers out there that use any good/useful organization/client management software?

Where can i get a billing software (invoice ) with client data base management for free without expiring.?

What is the best contact management software for a small not for profit company ? I am looking to be able to provide my clients with a useful place to store many fields, including alumni and donors, but also to send e-newsletters that look great, easily. The more information that can be viewed by more than one user the better. I work as a public relations consultant in the US for Israeli businesses and organizations.

Can anyone recommend a good marketing and/or project management software program? Looking for software offering similar features to programs like Marketing Central and Marketing Pilot, i.e. project managment software that's specifically tailored to those in the marketing industry. Not outrageously expensive, must be suitable for small but growing marketing and PR consultant firm with clients primarily in the healthcare industry. Desired features would include digital access management, online proofing and approval capabilities and marketing results tracking. Web-based preferred, but would also like info on any non-web based programs. Please also provide specific details on your experience with the product you are discussing and/or recommending. Thanks!

What is a good inexpensive "contact management software" program? I'm trying to buy a simple to use, low cost contact management program that I can use in my home-based business to keep track of clients and document all activity and also be able to setup follow up reminders in a calender. Recommendations?

Is there anyone who can program a CRM (Customer Relationship Management) software for my business? ? It is an e-collaboration application whereby our staff will input information, which can be viewed and edited by our clients.This software requires to be integrated with the telecommunication platform. If interested, please contact me at sylvia.lim85@gmail.com. Rest assured, a handsome amount would be given to the software developers.

Office phone management software for a PC and Mac mixed network, any suggestions? I work in an office that uses a network of mac and pc computers, no server. They wish to use a software system to manage phone and client messages that will function across the network on both the macs and the pc's. Does such a software exist, and where might I find it?

What is the best software to use for an estate management company of privately owned homes? Hello! I am starting an estate management service in an upscale ocean-front part of the country. Would anyone happen to know a great software program that would keep track of clients and their needs, but without the extras in other property management programs, such as rents, units, leases, etc? In addition, any sage advice on this industry would be great! I am still trying to set pricing, services, etc., as the possibilities seem to be endless. Thanks so much!

Computer Service and Repair Management Software? Am Looking for a FREE Computer Service and Repair Management Software to manage my invoices, letters, and clients, i have a few but those are on spanish and my customers are most american and chinese, plese i dont have money to get a licenced software so ifits any on the market for free let me know

Can anyone recommend a Clinic-Client software? I'm currently working on a project in a university's school of health sciences. They have several disciplines involved in the project and they are Osteopathy, Chiropractic, Chinese Medicine and Psychology. The university assigns us to research an appropriate software that suits these disciplines. Does anyone know of any good software that runs this? For instance... like appointment system, patient management, asset control, accounting system, etc in a software. Their lists are extremely big and huge and we need a software that has a capacity capable of holding these four disciplines. Any input is greatly appreciated. Thanks. As I mentioned in the question, the disciplines are Osteopathy, Chiropractic, Chinese Medicine and Psychology.

How to do Source Configuration management on Windows Server for small software company? I own a small software company and I want to know how I can have a source configuration management (something like CVS Servers) for my Windows Server. We basically have a lot of php, asp etc files which we want to keep under safe version control system so that everyone who needs access to it can checkout and once the changes are made, they can checkin the code. We need a Windows based CVS server and client. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Business management software recommendation? Dear, I am looking for a business management software/program for a small-mid size business Software/Program that allows me to store personal informations of my clients for business use. One that can be installed onto a server and accessed by my employees through a network when they're dealing with the client.

Can anyone suggest a time management/time tracking software program that is user friendly? I prefer free but I am willing to pay for a really good program. I work online (accounting admin etc.) and I have to track my time (to the minute) on task to bill clients. I really need to work on my time management skills as well (procrastination and focus). ANY SUGGESTED PROGRAMS WOULD BE GREAT! I currently use TimeStamp which is free, simple and basically useless! Thanks in advance for your responses!

Which is best Hotel Management Software to Resell, for upto 150 room hotel / motel with reservation module? Hello, I am a computer hardware vendor with few hotel clients. Many of my clients are in need of some hotel software and often ask me to find one. Its a tedious process to research any software and install in the hotels, but in order to entertain my clients I have to do that. So I am looking for a hotel software which is good and easy to use. Besides that it might be better if I can get some commisions on reselling the software, so that my efforts gets paid off. Does any one has any idea about which is the best software for small and medium sized properties with a budget of 500-2000$. Please let me know your views. It can save me a lot of hours of research and may be some expert advice can help me make better choice. Thanks

Good management software for small business? I have just recently started a small business doing handyman jobs. All of my employees are independent contractors. I need some free software that I can use to manage my customers, employees, and clients. Does anybody know of anything? Thanks, Aaron

Appointment Management Software? I am in search of online software which allow my client to see my schedule and book his appointments discretely from other clients. Is there a such software?

As a Texas company, do I need to collect sales tax on software license fees I charge to clients in Texas? I f my company is in Texas and we sell online inventory management software to businesses via an online monthly subscription/license fee, would should my company collect sales tax from our clients in Texas, or in any other state? We do not ship a product as it is 100% online, our clients simply have access to our online software service which we customize for each client's business. Thank you My software is somewhat custom for every client which I think means that it would not be applicable to sales tax. It is very difficult to get a clear definition on what is taxable and what is not whhen it comes to custom software licensing

What software package should I use for providing my merchant clients with their account information online? I sell cafes coffee and need to provide them with their account information online. I don't quite need a full Customer relationship management software package (as I don't have a need for all the other tools), just a way where my clients can log into their account on my website and get account information. I don't want to code this myself, just looking for a FREE OR CHEAP solution to create accounts and then have a way for clients to access that information.

Wealth management software needs a catchy name. Any Ideas? It's a wealth management dashboard, where clients can see all their financial accounts (financial accounts, houses, debt, wills, etc.). It needs a catchy name, possibly an acronym.

What online project collaboration software do you recommend for managing client projects? I am looking for a hosted project collaboration tool to manage my client projects. Some of my requirements are: 1. It must be intuitive and easy to use. 2. It must have basic project management features like tasks and milestones with the ability to specify due dates. 3. I would like to be able to brand it so it looks like my company. 4. Integration with email would be great too since I know I probably won't be able to get some of my clients to use the tool. Any recommendations?

Help me find software for office and document management? I need to find a software that tracks when a document is worked on (as well as what user worked on it) and that also has customizable fields. We have MANY paper lists to keep track of tasks and clients. We need an automated solution. Help please!

I am looking for sales territory mapping software? I am looking for sales territory mapping software? I just need to take a list of clients and import them into a program that will by address map them. So I can set up equal territories for my sales staff. I want to know a good program to buy or if there is anything out there free. I really do not need a complete contact management software program but if that is the only way I can get the mapping than so be it.

Which one of the following is a better backup management software? Yosemite Backup Basic Suite Yosemite Backup SBS Yosemite Backup Enhanced Pro Suite Yosemite Backup Remote Server Pack for 1 Client Yosemite Backup Remote Server Pack for 5 Clients Yosemite Backup Enterprise CommVault Galaxy Express File Server Edition CommVault Galaxy Express for Microsoft SBS Symantec Backup Exec v11d Quickstart Edition Suite Symantec Backup Exec v11d Small Business Server Suite Symantec Backup Exec v11d Server Suite Thanks for the help The reason for the upgrade in software is because my tape drive just went bad so I'm upgrading it. I have used CA's ArcServe 7.0 and am fairly happy with it. Not worried about ease of use as I can figure that out, I just want to see which is the best one and if anyone has had experience with them

Project Management Software? Hi, I need a project Management Software which must have the following features. 1. Work Distribution 2. Workers List 3. Clients List 4. Project Assigned by 5. Project Assigned to 6. Payments Management 7. Communication with the workers (via email and SMS) 8. Weekly and Monthly Work Graphs 9. Network/Web Based 10. Work flow/Capacity 11. Deadline 12. Clients Graph 13. Each Service Graph 14. Monthly Graph 15. Work Summary Daily and Monthly Each Worker 16. Time Management 17. Tasks Management Can anyone tell me what's the best project management software which support all the above features. Regards KR

Best contact management software? I started with ACT! Version 6. Have upgraded to the new versions and then back to 6 a the new versions are slow and have loads of problems. I also use Outlook for e mail client. Act 6 e- mail is not that good. I am wondering if there is another contact management program. My dream would be to have all the contact management functions of Act! speed, and a great e mail system. The one thing I really have always wanted and have not found is a way to turn all records in Act or a contact manager into a time sheet. Much of my activity is e mail based and would like to be able to assign these activities billing codes and send to quickbooks. Even if this is too much to ask would like to just find a great reliable contact manager! Thanks!

Job management software; something I can tag pdf/word documents with so I know where I am with each job.? At the moment I use Bridge CS3 to tag and color code pdf/word docs/spreadsheets with information related to where I am at with that job; for example red=complete green=in progress. orange=with client etc. I am guessing there is something better for me out there!? Please help.

Need Online Contact Management Software? We are a very small company ( 3 People ). We are looking for a program that can used online that will manage our clients. That way if someone goes online and makes a change to a client, the next person online will see the changes. We just need to manage the names, numbers, notes and maybe a couple custom fields. Anyone have any good advice that doesn't cost a fortune.

Recommendations for project management software? I'm looking for an easy-to-use project management tool, web based, less than $100/month, for up to 15 users. The main functionality I need is to have a visual representation of projects going on in our business - preferably being able to categorize projects to see everything going on for each type of project we work on. Or by each type of business unit, or each type of client, etc. I don't want to be bogged down entering details. I need a program where I can enter the basics and get an at-a-glace view of what's going on at any given time. Any ideas? Recommendations?

I plan to provide Portfolio Management Services in India. Require accounting package for client servicing? This software should be user friendly, enter transactions for debt, equity and derivatives. For sale / purchase, automatic allocation be done for various clients, compute gains (both short and long term), portfolio valuation, sectoral classification (preferred) and excel sheet friendly

Willing to share any client (patient) case management forms? Our non-profit provides mostly counseling-type services and need a more recent form for tracking progress and referrals,etc. All the software I have found is really expensive, we just want a simple form we could take the ideas from if needed. Thanks for taking the time!

Can installing ASP.NET 2.0 screw up existing software on a server? I am going in to upload a website to a Windows server that may not have ASP.NET 2.0 on it. The server currently holds a website and a proprietary software package that handles client management for a debt-collection firm. If I have to install ASP.NET 2.0 to get the new website working, could it interfere with existing software? Does the server keep the old framework as well, or is ASP.NET 2.0 backward compatible with the previous? If I didn't phrase everything correctly, bear with me. I am pretty new at the server stuff and was thrust into this by my boss - just trying to get this project done and minimize collateral damage :)

I am prsently learning SIEBEL CRM software, after getting trained in 3months, How much can I earn perannum min for a person who learns SIEBEL Customer relationship management software and getting in to the clients site working on customer projects for a span of 4-6 months. I would like to know the Job market offer on date.How much minimum salary per annum one can earn

What is a good GUI client for MySQL? I need a good GUI client for the MySQL database management system. I'm new to MySQL and don't know what should I use since there are many options. I would prefer free software. In your opinion, which GUI client should I use?

How is a static software product classified as a business asset? Company owns & markets an old software product. Was the first of its kind, fully home grown, no long term future. But will still sell decently for probably 3-5 years. Proprietary nature precludes re engineering, so is architecturally static. No true R&D possible, though can be improved in marginal ways, which clients like. So, exactly how would this product be classified as a business asset, from the perspective of management/accounting?

How can I find a job in Corporate Training in London, UK? Jobs that train clients how to use, IT software, management development courses, etc

Benefits of Learning CRM software ?? Hi, I am currently a university student (math major) and working part-time in brokerage firm. I mainly work as database admin ---updating clients information using CRM (customer relationship management) software. its not that well paying but I was just wondering is it worth sticking to this job ....would it help me later on ...once i graduate ?? Thanks

i was asked to write a billing software for a software company as my term project how do i get started? kinda like a client management

How to use a software for administration of a network? I need a network management tool to save the clients setting.like DeepFreeze.

what changes can i make to make my application to a web enabled or a smart client? assuming i have this scenerio. ABC is an establish insurance company. its operation is supported by an in–house insurance application (AgentMaid), which runs on the company’s local area network. AgentMaid is a two-tiered client/server application; its fat client software has a very user friendly interface with rich functionality. The IT department’s main responsibility is to maintain and support AgentMaid. This application has to be changed frequently in response to the rapid change of business need (such as policy and rate changes). Due to the two-tiered architecture, the code of fat clients is often changed; as a result, agents are required to upgrade their client software on their computers frequently. Agents are not IT savvy, so they are not always on top of this task, namely, upgrading their client software version. One of agents recently had a major problem running an older version of the client software; as a result, the potential customer could not get the proposal on time and turn to the competitor. More and more similar incidents occurred due to frequent change of client versions. Fat clients also cause a lot of network bandwidth problems, due to some poor design of application logics. Management decided to revamp the application, enabling agents to access AgentMaid using web browsers. As part of the IT department, your team is asked to look into current client-server architecture, and propose necessary architecture changes to make this application web enabled. The main requirement is to propose a solution which allows frequent change of business logics, without much impact on end users. In addition, your proposed changes should also cover non-functional requirements such as availability, performance, and extensibility.

Should my client pay me for time needed to learn software pkgs in order to evaluate & select one? I have a potential client who wants me to run the project to select a new contact management system, install it and train the staff. However, he does not want to pay me to learn about the various systems he is interested in so that I can make an appropriate recommendation. How do I handle this in the proposal? Who's right?

How can i do marketing for my software company, in order to get projects.? We are total e-Business Solutions company, specialising in Website Design and Development and IT Services as well as Corporate Intranet Design & Development. Our clients define our status. Our brilliant teams have created numerous unique Websites with great care and expertise. Besides Web Design & Development, we offer Content Management Systems, Corporate Intranet Design & Development, Extranets, eCommerce, Mass E-mailing and hundreds of other customised solutions.

Vista Business - can it really be this slow? We waited with baited breath for Vista to be installed at work - would speed up our clogged up system etc - now it seems worse than ever. Can it really be this slow? I am not imagining it - I time how long I wait for that damn blue circle to go round before the email I clicked on actually OPENS .... on average 15 SECONDS. Now in our business we're talking scheduling international meetings, emailing multiple zip documents, heavy word processing, running the accounts software, the doc management software, the client tracking software, the webmail, the proxy access for 5 or so colleagues, the .ppt presentations and the spreadsheets. And we're all getting seriously fed up with this long-awaited Vista Schmista. Are you in a fast moving business and suffering like us?

i need some type of software to track my clients weight loss. any ideas please? we do weight management and blood preassure checks i need something that will help me keep it all in order about 200 clients.

difficulty in installing software? difficulty in installing software? i am a system admin of my company which has windows server 2003 domain, i have to do all the network management and configuration settings. we have some desktop engineers to take care of client machines like installing software and formatting xp clients, we work with domain user accounts,the problem is that when the desktop engineers need to install software they require administrative permissions, is there any solution as to without giving them domain admin permissions they could install software on the client machines.

entity relationship diagram for my program? I cant figure out how to do it please help ... Desciption of my program ... A hotel management software. Stores client information of bookings and calculates amount payed (e.g. if customer stays 5 days in a double room say ..). Also each employee has its own individual file consisting of personal details. From this you have a table with "hours worked" where you add the number of hours worked to each customer and then with a formula you get net pay. so i guess the entities would be ... "employees" and "bookings" ? maybe? i need to make them one to many and i need a 3rd table to link them dont i ..?

strict uniformity of hardware and software? In what situations and/or types of companies should the strict uniformity of hardware and software for ALL client machines be strictly enforced? In which situations is it less important, or not at all important? Discuss this in terms of: • Type of company • Size of company (At a minimum, compare a small company of 5-15 professionals to a large company with many different levels and competencies.) • Staff functions • From IT vs. user vs. management points of view.

Software to put on a server, for web filtering. I want it to be proxy server, so clients can connect.. more in? I want to have a web filter.. I want it to be on a server. It would be a proxy content filtering that users will have to connect to when opening IE. Or is their something like a "BIG server management" pack where you have Users, Web Filtering, Restrictions, Shared Desktops, File Access and many more. Can anyone help me?

I'm making a live project on Online Library Management System using ASP.NET with C# and SQL Server 2005? I want to know system's minimum requirement in the following category: HARDWARE Processor:- Hard Disk:- RAM:- Monitor:- SOFTWARE (Server-Side) Operating System:- Front-End:- Back-End:- Server:- (Client-Side) Operating System:- Front-End:- Back-End:- Is there any other resource apart from aforementioned details which is to be taken care of to run my software?

How do i view and kick users connected to my Apple Airport Express Base station? Hi, I am sharing a house with someother people and my basestation for the shared internet is located in another room. Is there a software utility available (free) to view users on my network and kick them as some people are taking over the bandwidth. Thanks. Im running OSX Tiger 10.4.8 and ive tried the following with no success.. Airport Admin utility Airport Client Monitor Airport Management Utility

I have three questions... ?.... I have three questions, please answer them with explanation. Q-1) You are a network administrator for Uk. The network consists of a single Active Directory domain named Uk.com. Your company acquires a company named Usa. The USA network consists of a single Active-Directory domain named USA.com. A server named Server32 is a network-management application server in the USA.com domain. Server32 accesses all of the desktop client computers to perform automated software upgrades and hardware inventory. The network-management software on Server32 references desktop computers by unqualified host names, which are resolved to client name.USA.com by using a DNS server. You join Server32 to your domain to become server32.Uk.com. The Server32 IP address is 10.10.10.90. You are gradually migrating all USA.com desktop client computers to your domain to become clientname.Uk.com. You do not have access to the USA.com DNS server. When Server32 attempts to apply an update to the client computers, the network-management software returns many alerts that say that desktop client computers cannot be found. You want to allow the network-management software on Server32 to resolve unqualified client computer host names in USA.com or Uk.com, and you want to use minimum amount of administrative effort. What should you do? A.) On the DNS Server for Uk.com, add a zone for USA.com. Create a host ( A) record for server32.USA.com that points to 10.10.10.90. B.) On Server32 in System Properties, type USA.com in the Primary DNS suffix of this computer field in the DNS suffix and NetBIOS Computer. C.) On Server32, configure a Hosts file that contains the name and IP address of every notebook computer. D.) On Server32, in Advanced TCP/IP Settings, add USA.com and Uk.com to the Append these DNS suffixes (in order) setting. Q-2) You are the network administrator for your company. The network consists of a single Active Directory domain name abc.com. The domain Dns Servers are configured as shown in the following table. Server Name - IP Addresses - Server Operating System - Server Role - Server1 - 10.10.1.222 - Windows Server 2003 - Domain Controller Server2 - 10.10.1.126 - Windows 2000 Server - Member Server Server3 - 10.10.1.241 - Windows Server 2003 - Dpmain Controller Server4 - 10.10.1.192 - UNIX - Not applicable Server5 - 10.10.1.245 - Windows Server 2003 - Domain Controller DNS Role Server1- Standard Primary Server2 - Standard Secondary Server3 - Standard Secondary Server4 - Standard Secondary Server5 - Standard Secondary You uninstall Dns from Server2 and reconfigure Server2 as a file server. Then you reconfigure Server4 as a caching-only server. Next, you reconfigure the domain controllers to use Active Directory-Integrated DNS zones. You need to eliminate unnecessary zone transfer activity on the network. There are Server2, Server3, Server4 & Server5 IP addresses in the notify box which is on the Zone transfer tab. What should you change in the notify dialog box, Write the IP address or addresses which should be included. Answer) Write the answer here with the explanation... Q-3) You are the network administrator for Web hosting company. All servers run Windows Server 2003. All client computers run Windows Xp Professional. Your company is assigned the following IP Address ranges by ISP. 131.107.10.0 through 131.107.10.255 131.107.11.0 through 131.107.11.255 The company’s data center contains 400 Windows Server 2003 computers and consists of two subnets named Subnet A and Subnet B. Subnet A contains 200 Servers and uses the 131.107.10.0 network address. Subnet B also contains 200 Servers and uses the 131.107.11.0 network address. All server IP addresses are assigned by DHCP. All computers in the data center have valid Internet-accessible IP addresses. As a result of a corporate acquisition, 200 additional servers will be added to your company’s data center within one month. The new servers will be placed on the network segment that maps to subnet A. The existing router does not have the capacity for additional subnet, and the budget does not allow the purchase of a new router. You will need to add the additional servers to the existing subnet A. The ISP assigns you the additional IP Address range 131.107.12.0 through 131.107.12.255. You need to change the IP addressing scheme to accommodate all required servers in Subnet A and Subnet B. You are authorized to make any necessary changes. Which IP Addresses should be assigned to each subnet? To answer, select the appropriate IP address or addresses …. 1.) 131.107.10.0 / 23. 2.) 131.107.11.0 / 23. 3.) 131.107.12.0 / 23. 4.) 131.107.10.0 / 24. 5.) 131.107.11.0 / 24. 6.) 131.107.12.0 / 24. 400 Computers - Subnet A ...IP Address .... ? 200 Computers - Subnet B ...IP Address .... ?

Where can I find Intrnet based programmers? I would like to offer clients online (web based) software, such as time-keeping, project management, inventory control..etc. How do I purchase such a software to be able to use it for profir? Or any ideas/leads on companies that develop such software for a reasonable price?

what is the best software to help with inventory management for a business? my buddy owns a smokeshop. He is looking for software to help keep track of his inventory, the simpler and more easy to use the software is the better because hes not very computer saavy. He's looking for software that can take care of most inventory solutions. He is not dealing with client profiles or shipping, just straight vending of cigarrettes. Any help on this would be appreciated. Price is not an obstacle. Thanks for your response, but we are looking for a computer program mainly. he has a desktop at work and wants to use it to manage the cigarette carton types he sells.

difficulty in installing software? difficulty in installing software? i am a system admin of my company which has windows server 2003 domain, i have to do all the network management and configuration settings. we have some desktop engineers to take care of client machines like installing software and formatting xp clients, we work with domain user accounts,the problem is that when the desktop engineers need to install software they require administrative permissions, is there any solution as to without giving them domain admin permissions they could install software on the client machines.

language for small software? I am writing a software for the small hair salon that does some basic daily operations: client tracking, appointment setting, management report, and so on. Which languages (.NET, C++, Java) do you think is suitable for my needs? How do I store the client info? do I need to integrate with database like access? Note: this software will be running on XP Thanks

Was this a problem during Collins submarine software delivery ? A/Such a simple thing, but it's far more complex than it appears on the surface. Having spent many years in the code mines I have a first hand view of the nightmare that software devleopment has become. Key issues. They biggest problem is management. Frequently people manage software projects that are utterly clueless about the technology. They will order nonsensical things like allowing users to modify the primary key, Time spent in meetings. Once the specs are hammered out many developers are good to go. Programming is almost an art form and when you are in the groove the last thing you want to do is step away from it, go sit down at some waste of time meeting which often has nothing to do with the project or if it does is just rehashing what you are doing. If you get ANYTHING productive out of a meeting it's something that could have been done in a non-real time fashion such as a forum, in email or offlines on IM. The old adage of tape the specs to the top of the pizza box and slide it under the door really is true for the majority of programmers. The less they are disturbed the better they work. Often programmers find their most productive time outside office hours. So pointy haired bossed unable to evaluate employees in any other way than seeing their smiling face promptly at 8am really don't understand programming. It is not raw hours but productive hours. Coders are like other creative endeavors. Some days they are in a hot groove and that groove follows no schedule, respects no authority and is quite fragile. Bother a programmer to death and you wipe out their ability to code that day. Not just meetings but saddling them with jr coders, PR jobs, useless documentation completely unrelated to the project or that isn't necessary to the code completion. Programmers are often trapped in pits of red tape. The DB refusing crucial changes just to demonstrate it is THEIR DB not the developers. The inability to get the hardware for testing software or to build test DBs since all too often the DBA is too "busy: to set up a test environment. Worthless specs is a frequent problem in software development. Some people should not ever even think about glancing at specs much less writing them. Far too often people who write specs are not programmers and have no clue about technology. They will spec out the impossible and miss easy to add features. The ignorance of those writing specs can be astounding sometimes. It is often clear that the spec writer never once talked to the client or more often they talked to the manager who has never done the job that the software is being designed to be used by. Far too often I will write code true to specs then when the client sees it they freak. Then after meeting with the end client I discover I wasted almost every minute of the time I spent writing that code as it was spec'd so poorly. Frequently when you move from a legacy system you just export the bugs from one software system to another since those bugs are logic flaws caused by poor specs and or system design and very tight requirements were followed. If you ask for something and get it, then why complain? I had to leave the code mines before I strangled a pointy haired boss. I loved coding, loved the design and specs but the stupidity of the administration I had to deal with company after company the total lack of technical understanding by CIOs, project managers and the politics that were all too often embedded into projects drove me nuts. I actually had somebody tell me they could not give me crucial data because their boss didn;'t like my boss. I've lived far too many Dilbert moments and could take it no more. Q was/Is software development a manyheaded monster ? Incidents from earlier legacy systems keep reappearing.?

What is good cleaning business management software? I have been searching for a long time for a software, under $100, that can help me manage my clients, pricing, scheduling, billing, appointments, etc. Just basic stuff to organize I am a small (micro), homebased business that cleans yards and rental properties. Im not looking for quick books.

Is this why Collins submarine software was supposedly difficult to integrate ? <<This is life in the code mines, and it should explain why your lucky to get decent documenation much less any form or record keeping. Wake up and trudge off to the code mines. If it's early in the release cycle you probably had sleep unless you spent all night playing video games or trying to make one of your own private coding projects work. Get in and attend a meeting or two or three. Sometimes entire days are wasted in meetings, usually meetings that have zero impact on what you are doing or even worse will produce conflicts in what exactly is desired thus putting your code on halt. If you actually get to your desk, then there are a host of emails, most minutia about insurance changes, office supplies, a few joke emails, stupid rules changes. Finally you get to see the important emails. If your early in the cylce they are mostly spec changes and additions. Mid cycle they are massive changes usually, code exchanged with other programmers, requests going back and forth to the DBA(s)/project managers/end client and such. Often you waste an hour or more a day stuck inbetween the project manager, end client rep and upper management wrangling over whether to add a feature or not. In more than on instance I've been able to just write a feature in ignoring the time wasting debate about whether it was cost effective or not to add it in far less time than it'd taken to answer the flurry of emails about it. Late in the dev cycle if it's not a cricital bug you ignore pretty much all emails, memos and sometimes even critical hygene. Then when you get to code, if your lucky your writing from scratch. Problem is all these project managers with time on thier hands, no technical knowledge whatsoever have 20 different systems and coding standards they want you to adhere too. Experienced programmers ignore them as they know thier Project manager wouldn't know if you did or didn't do it their way and almost all are a complete waste of time with no value added to the project at all. Still you have to listen, nod your head like you care and pretend to impliment it. All time eating devices. If your unlucky your trying to figure out somebody elses code. Documentation is never up to date if it exists at all. Some coders use vars with no rational naming convention, others use 20 char var names that are impossible to type acurately so you have to waste time cutting and pasting and developing means to cope with thier overly verbose and just as meaningless naming conventions. Anything over 12 is probably as confusing as a 3 char var name. Typos are inevitable if you don't cut and paste and cutting and pasting slows you down tremendously. So you write your code knowing that at the last minute people are going to admit they lied to you about what they wanted. They will want features added, will want things changed even though you did it exactly how they said they wanted it done. There will be things that nobody thought of until you reach that point. If you use M$ products there will be bugs not in your code you have to work around. There will be other issues to solve. All of which while dodging Pointy haired bosses who's main function seem to be in slowing your work down and making it harder. In all cases you are asked to do work that should take four times as long as your expected to do it in. This is aggravated by all the time wasting meetings, emails, memos and boss talk. Then you have to deal with your own bugs, logic errors and conflicts in development and production environments. So your code changes dramatically toward the end with a huge portion of it written scrambling at the last minute in a sleep deprived haze. Documentation is omitted or not changed to match what has changed. You start focusing primarily on essential elements, skip minor bugs that you can pretend you didn't know about until testers find them to concentrate on major bugs and feature creep. Then comes the release which always finds a slew of bugs nobody knew about and you start into the bug fix cycle which is usually really heavy for big bugs then slows down but instead of being able to concentrate on cleaning up your code your given new software to write and expected to magically generate time to fix old bugs inbetween time wasting meetings, memos and other office stupidity. Even finding basic supplies becomes an adventure many times as things you desperately need are always in short supply but what you don't need in large supply. So what you suggest is just yet another layer of red tape that means less coding time. Less time spent working on the actual software and bug fixes. It will not be well recieved by coders nor will it suceed unless you provide an environment where coders spend more time coding than doing documentation and company tasks.>> To Jack, To Two 11|| To Serenity Thanks.

Has anyone done - Foundation Degree in Software Development? First Year and Second Year in Uni will be : Year 1 Introduction to Client Server Architecture; Introduction to Computer Systems; Object Orientated Programming and Design; User Centred Design and Testing; Data Structures and Algorithms; Computation and Problem Solving; Professional Studies; Employability Year 2 Software Project Organisation and Management; Group Project; System Level Programming; Database Systems; Networks and Distributed Computing; Software Specification, Test and Maintenance Is the course any good and what are the jobs I can get once I finish my honours degree ? Also is this course hard ?

GPO + Software install: Doesn't work. Need help for my network technologies class? No one in class can get the software install to automatically load on the client pc. I'll try to sum it up the best I can. Have a class that we are working with Windows Server 2003. Have a Domain setup on our host pc. Have a second pc that is a client and can logon the domain. It can access the public folder that we setup. (We also put the test program Windows Defender MSI in there). We installed GPMC and are using Group Policy Manager (we also tried a similiar method in AD Users and Comps). So, we name our policy Push1 and we mapped it as \\server\folder\file.msi as per Microsoft's instructions (not browse). We double checked the members of/rights area and the clientxp (our test login name) has that. Both under the computer management and user management we tried setting up these GPO Software installs. Weird thing is that if we restart the server, it auto installs on there. I double checked and it shows it as comp/user management for our domain not the local pc Any ideas?Can add info

How much should I charge to train my former company's employees on the application I built? I built a custom content management application for my last company to manage their website and help file. I trained my replacement before I left, but he turned out to be worthless, and left. Now no one at the company knows how the thing works, and then want me to come train them as an independent contractor. I'm willing to do it, and could use the extra cash, but I'm not sure how much to charge. Any ideas? I was thinking that I should charge at least $125/hour, plus the travel expenses. That was the rate that my former employer charged their clients for training on our software. And after all, I have no competition, right? Does this seem high? low? Anyone have any experience with this kind of situation? 1. I liked working there, but I got hired by Yahoo, which is of course much better. 2. It'll probably be 6-8 hours of training, plus 4 hours of setup, so 10-12 hours of work total. They'll pay for any followups separately, but I don't expect any. 3. Travel expenses will be $0.35/mile (they're in San Diego, I'm in LA), and a standard rate for food and lodging. (If they select 8 hours of training, it'll be over 2 days, so one night at a hotel.)