Thursday 6 February 2014

Analysis Of The Nigerian Financial Software Development

By Marcie Goodman


Financial software is a collection of applications that are used for recording all the activities that are taking [place within a business organization. The records are usually those that relate to the various transactions that occur during the various accounting periods. The applications are used for consolidating various incomes, expenditure and other funds that funds that are used for research and development. The Nigerian financial software development process takes care of various needs. The organizations that need to have the applications developed have to be assessed to establish their needs.

An accounting application has several features into which specific types of data is entered. These applications define what should be entered into the special tables and forms before the actual entry of data. The forms and tables in the applications represent the various accounts in an accounting world. Data of the same type is organized into the receivables, research and development expenditures and other general expenditures.

Organization based assessments ought to be carried out at the preliminary stages. The various tests conducted on the current systems help to establish what is lacking in the current accounting applications. Any duplication of data or redundancy of processes is established at this stage. The tests establish what needs to be changed in the current systems. Any upgrades or complete overhauls are also pinpointed at this stage.

The development paths for most applications are often very critical and occasionally risky. The most definitive paths take into consideration the urgent issues which the developers should take into consideration. Most of the problems are usually very large. These are broken down into a number of smaller bits which are then assessed in stages. The use of structural programming advances the break-down of a number of programming problems.

Once the structural programming elements have been identified, the programmers and the coding team start the process of putting the problem into perspective. Coding is done in various applications. The modern coding programs have automated some processes. The objects are defined and then the characteristics of various objects are built around these items. The bits are then linked to form the final project which is then tested for any bugs.

There are a number of constraints that the project managers have to deal with. These include the costs and time factors. A budget is drawn up at the onset of the process. Various costs are estimated. If the real costs exceed the estimates, the objectives may need to be re-stated. This may delay the delivery of projects too.

The implementation of projects needs to be approached with a lot of care to reduce the risk of failure. Most of the managers use the parallel implementation strategy. The old systems are run parallel with the new ones for a specified period of time. Once the managers have been assured that the systems meet the objectives, the old ones are eliminated.

The Nigerian financial software development is usually done in accordance with the international computing standards. The standardization process helps ensure that the standards of developing enterprise applications are observed. The process reduces the risks associated with substandard programs and consequently the risk of failure.




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