MJL Informatique is a small consultancy run by Mark Lewis, initially database enthusiast, VBA Developer, Analyst Programmer, Business Analyst, Project Manager, Systems Manager, and finally Business Owner. Our main role is in modelling operational systems with a view to their improvement.
IT Services
Systems Design
I currently run my business on a self-designed and developed Access database . No real surprise there after years in Access development. But what is interesting is for once being both design side and user side; I often use the system for pre-change business modelling. The exercise is salutary in designing systems for Purchasing. Not only in understanding the …
Data Conversion
While we provide digitisation services of video and audio sources, we also specialize in the conversion and transfer of data from one medium to another. This means that if you provide us with data on any support such as zip disk, floppy disk, optical disc, USB key, SD card, hard drive, by mail or by transfer, …
Data Management
Data of course is inherent in any computer, whether it be managing the library of install files, drivers or installation disks, through to database backup versioning, converting a diary archive through five generations of software, or managing a data warehouse. As there are many aspects to data management from the small personal scale through to …
Project Management
I have encountered some of the difficulties and challenges in managing projects whether in the role of Project Manager, Developer, Analyst Programmer, Business Analyst or Business Owner. As much my career has been spent in Business Analysis, another buzzword for someone on the food chain of getting bespoke management systems into complex organisations, the current …
Development
Impossible to separate Development from Design. Hence I think the reason for business analysis in the first place, needing to understand both sides of the business technology equation. So as in the previous chapter I talked about design and development, here I talk about development and design. The development is always in the shadow of …
The separation between functions
In larger organisations, the boundaries between functions become more clearly defined. An entrepreneur however, has all of the roles, from toilet cleaner to managing director. In larger organisations, each person is more and more specialized. As specialization increases, so the person becomes a node in a web. People tend to withold information in companies to …
The changing download market
The market is changing, since recent actions by legislators to curb illegal download which will hopefully promote the development of legal download sites. Issues over the payment model and the established CD distribution network which employs many people, must be resolved however in conjunction with the transition to mainly download. But for music the transition …
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