Business Management Software
1996-1998

BMS provided fast track software solutions for Human Resource and Financial Services. Typical clients included Centre-file, the leading payroll bureau in the UK; and ADP (Automatic Data Processing), the leading payroll bureau in the USA with over 400,000 customers. Business Management Software was bought by ADP.

 Analyst Developer

 Technical Author

Key Tasks

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Develop

Design, develop, and maintain company intranet.

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Investigate

Investigate, integrate and develop new Help technologies, notably HTML help and Microsoft’s Office Assistant.

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Author

Design, draft, edit, proofread and publish user guides and online Help.

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Communicate

Liaise with help, training, and documentation teams of key distributors.

Key Skills

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Technical Writing

Coding

Web Developement

Communication

Key Technologies

Access (Microsoft)

ASP

CSS

DHTML

FrontPage

HTML4

IIS

JavaScript

PageMaker

RoboHelp

SQL Server

VB6

VBA

VBScript

Visual InterDev

Reference

Classic ASP
VBScript
Visual InterDev

Takeaway

The Office Assistant

Fascinating to get chance to explore the potential of Microsoft’s Office Assistant, even though it never caught on.

Online Help

Hard to believe at the time, given network speeds and absence of broadband, that online help would become standard and replace the need for paper manuals, but it has.

Remote Location

The remote location of the company meant a lengthy commute for all, but it was a great location and a building of outstanding character.

Engagement

The company structure was flat and open and informal, which helped create a positive, engaged, collaborative attitude. Motivated.