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"We had a need for skilled
RPG analysis and programming skills allied with knowledge
and experience of modifying our AS/400-based ERP package. We
could not find this in a freelance RPG contractor.
We discussed our needs with Lakewood IT Solutions who
offered to make the modifications to our requirements. We
did not have the time nor management resources to follow the
standard approach of drawing up and agreeing the functional
specification with the software house. The solution we and
Lakewood arrived at was for their analyst programmer to work
full-time at our site. They worked within the framework of
our IS department, communicating closely with the users and
the project manager, and gained a rapid understanding of our
needs and the specific requirements for the modifications to
be made.
This has enabled rapid progress in our software
developments. Furthermore, where the programmer did not know
how to solve a particular problem , they consulted with
their colleagues at Lakewood and returned with a design
proposal which they were then capable of building using
their programming skills. We effectively had the skill of
the programmer and the brains of the Lakewood organisation
helping us".
Chris Alcock, IS Manager, Alanod Ltd. |