CORDIS Archive : Esprit Project 21223

Esprit Project 21223 - PASS
PAY-ROLL ACCOUNTING AND SETTLEMENT SYSTEM

Business Sector: Business, legal and management consultancy. Software consultancy and supply. Data processing and related services

Application Area: EDP

Key Words: Pay-roll, accounting, software process assessment and improvement, measurement

Technologies / Methodologies / Tools: BOOTSTRAP, project planning, structured system planning

BUSINESS MOTIVATION AND OBJECTIVES

PASS (Pay-roll Accounting and Settlement System) is a new business project. Its business purpose is to develop a modular, platform independent, integrated networked software system satisfying functional requirements of EU standards in public accountancy and applicable for the Hungarian as well as for the international market. The system will provide direct service among Employers, Employees and Banks.

The objective of the PIE is to improve the control of the development process (QA Unit, structured system analysis, improved testing process, efficient project planning, ISO 9001 documentation). Increasing the maturity level to 3 (at least 2.5). In certain attributes level 4. Compliance with ISO 9001 requirements.

THE EXPERIMENT

The experiment consists in substantial improvements in:

Organisation (quality management, project management, training)
Methodology (quality manual, documented process, standardised testing methods, measurement)
Technology (Object Oriented Programming Module Library, configuration and change management, graphical planning tools)

EXPECTED IMPACT AND EXPERIENCE

MemoLuX Ltd is steadily growing and is managing larger and larger projects. While introducing best practices the company will effectively manage a higher number of projects in the future by reusing lessons learned. MemoLuX will benefit from having better control of the software development process, from the achievement of a quantitative view of the production process, from the higher credibility among Hungarian and EU customers through improved Bootstrap maturity profile and an increased level of compliance with ISO 9001.

ISCN runs a dissemination business line including an annual conference about process improvement, a WWW process improvement newsbox, as well as training's (a European training initiative called PICO - Process Improvement Combined approach), and the PIE results will be broadly disseminated through these means. Further ISCN establishes a set of metrics to be used in MemoLuX allowing to conclude the experience in quantitative terms. In addition ISCN is associated partner in an ESSI dissemination action EPIC which organises a number of Internet based video workshops connecting distributed local workshops together. One topic discussed is concerning banking and the Hungarian PIE PASS will be included in these workshops.

Contractor:          MEMOLUX Ltd.                   Mr
János Ivanyos        

                     Angol u. 27                                            

                     1449  Budapest                 tel:  +36 1 251 99 16   

                     Hungary                        fax: +36 1 251 99 36    


email: iva@MemoLuX.datanet.hu

Web: http://www.iscn.ie/projects/pass/index.html

Start date: 01/06/97                                Duration: 18 months