Clients - Government

Provided consultancy on, and evaluation of, methods by which a reporting capability could be provided for HMIP's IPCIS system, which tracks the application and granting of permissions to use, create and/or store hazardous pollutants.

A major nation-wide project to procure a software solution to support the capture, storage, analysis and presentation of all information relating to the management of water quality and resources to provide 8 regional data warehouses for the Environment Agency (then known as the National Rivers Authority). Responsible for the specification of business and user requirements, with particular responsibility for the graphical user interface (GUI) and Geographic Information System (GIS) aspects of the system, and production of a logical data model using IEW and Oracle Case.

Returned to implement the system once the supplier had been selected. Produced detailed user requirements for the system. Prepared documents on migration and interfacing of the system with data from historical and ongoing systems. Ran training and workshop sessions for users and IT personnel on how the system worked and how to map across data from existing systems to the new system. Lead a team of 16 users/developers producing specifications, designs, and applications to provide the user functionality required.

A File Tracking system development project to record the location and movement of Charity files. Developed in a client/server environment (PCs and SUN/UNIX servers) using Uniface and Sybase. Responsible for the latter stages of development, through to implementation. This included planning and performing system testing, overseeing the user acceptance testing, and supporting the training department in developing courses. Also prepared the testing strategy for the Work Planning and Control system, and helped with planning the testing phases for this project.