Organizer Issue Extra 8/1983

Table of contents

 

Problem child EDP project management.

Various examples show the consequences of botching problem analysis. Includes a checklist for system design.

Financial accounting on a dialog minicomputer: 10 checkpoints

A financial accounting program is usually the heart of a commercial data processing solution. Tick off what your desired program must be able to do.

Data and word processing: Mixed doubles?

Separating writing, arithmetic and drawing is unnatural, but the progress of technology now makes integration possible again.  

Calculating" word processing using the example of an insurance company

Word processing must also be able to perform calculations. Here is a solution with «building blocks» that the user can program themselves.

Transport management with IT support

A standard program for the transport industry that achieves a number of rationalization effects through extensive integration (principle of single data entry).

The operating system: link between computer and user. . .

You need to be familiar with your computer's operating system, otherwise you'll never get anywhere.

Customized IT maintenance

Experienced IT professionals know that it is not the hardware or the sophistication of the software that is decisive in the long run, but rather the support provided by the supplier. Includes a checklist and examples.

EDP offspring in the nursery

The gardener's office is made afloat with an EDP tableling and an adaptable standard program.  

Streamlining in small publishing: phototypesetting via microcomputer

From the author via diskette directly into the typesetting system: a trade journal is computerized. Company news