Ready

Today is target day. Apart from some help page work still to be done in TDX Analysis, we're ready. Now I want to get the stuff out to see more British companies using computer aided work measurement (CAWM) without being put off by initial and continuing costs.

CAWM is after all, a 1980s technology that frankly should be cheaper and very much more widely used now (heck - I bought a licence to use Tel-time way back in 1989). If more of our middle range companies used the techniques to lift the light on their costs and see the huge potential for improvement in their workplaces, then they might not be so willing to send our jobs to the Far East. I want everybody to use it and if the only way is to give it away then, fine.
If it saves at least some businesses from thinking that far eastern labour is the best option then, we’ve made a start.

Developing and programming the Analysis has been a massive task for one person - it has taken me from February this year to get to this point with a usable Analysis program (and still try to make a living). Actually I have been using it for months and you can define usability against diminishing bugs. Certainly I have been operating the main core of it on my own projects since April to good effect.

The web site was hard work, all my own work and took the last couple of weeks of just about all my spare time. It is not particularly modern looking but I hope it conveys a message. For web creativity, I defer to my son Ben, a particularly talented artist and interactive web designer. I have to thank him for the code to drive the download arrangements on my site.

In the event of any particular issues with the software please feel free to contact me – I still do project work (when people want me!) but I’ll respond quickly to queries and constructive suggestions.