Hi all!
My organization is reviewing whether or not our database software is
meeting our needs and I would like to ask you two questions...
We presently have three or four databases that are custom built by
contracted IT specialists in MS Access to meet long-term requirements.
These databases are usually only used by our administrative support
personnel within specific teams. We do experience challenges customizing
these databases to meet our constantly changing needs as not all of our
staff have the expertise to manipulate the originally configurations. <<I
understand that this is mostly training and IT issues requiring
attention>>
We also have somewhere between 50-100 databases at any point of time that
are built by administrative support personnel on an ad hoc basis to meet
specific and sometimes short-term requirements, such as for logistical
planning for conferences (mailing lists, accommodations, budgets, etc).
<<I also understand this is may be all or in some part a workload process
issue requiring efficiency analyses>>
OK ... finally ... the two questions ... :-)
1. Database infrastructure design. As we want to become a LO, I would then
think we would ideally want a database that could be accessed centrally
and easily manipulated to fit the changing needs of our organization. As
well as helping to reduce any redundant work processes, I see that this
infrastructure design would facilitate the sharing of information. For
example, Mary accesses database to plan for upcoming conference. She sees
a read-only table built by Jane for a well-run conference that she
coordinated last year. From Jane's table, Mary learns how she can make her
own planning process better as well as can copy/overwrite Jane's table,
which could save Mary time.
2. Software - If there is anyone out there with similar database
requirements, would you please share with me what software you use?
Thanks and have a great day!
Peggy
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