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To produce an easy to use time recording application,
with rich reporting and data connectivity.
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Many organisations have little or no automation with
regard to recording the time spent by their employees
on various tasks. Some companies make use of
spreadsheets, others are still using paper.
Not only are manual systems prone to incorrect data entry,
but the effective use of the data items captured is limited
by the medium they are in, both for the basic time
accounting function and management level reporting
required for making business decisions.
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An application suitable for the recording and management
of time across an organisation must cope with many
scenarios that are common in modern businesses. Users
may be based in several disparate offices or even
permanently mobile anywhere in the world. The size and
needs of organisations varies greatly along with the
infrastructure in which the application must operate. It
was crucial to define an architecture for the application
that would provide the flexibility and scalability
required. We decided on a thin client web application
architecture that facilitates easy deployment across
intranets and the internet. The application follows the
three tier model allowing for maximum scalability.
net.Time was developed in ASP utilising the industry
standard Microsoft SQL Server database engine. For
seamless integration and connectivity, all data is
transferred as XML and rendered to the clients browser
using XSL style sheets. Advanced reporting and analysis is
provided by both SQL Server Reporting services and
Crystal Reports allowing a large number of customisable
reporting options. Using leading edge tools and
technologies we were able to rapidly develop and refine
the application and its supporting database.
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Applying our rigorous and structured software design
approach to web application development allowed us to
create a flexible, scalable and robust web application.
net.Time is intuitive and easy to use for all employees
whilst being a powerful management and analysis tool
for project managers and decision makers.
Our solution works out of the box but is flexible
enough to be configured to meet the needs of any
organisation. The use of industry standard tools and
components allows the effort dedicated to the
development of the tool to be focussed on the desired
functionality, rather than the infrastructure.
net.Time was awarded the Verified for Microsoft Windows
2003 Server accreditation.
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