Strata Plan Information (SPInfo) - Introduction
Overview. The
Strata Plan Information System aims to provide every possible
assistance to a Strata Management Company managing Strata Plans
according to the laws applicable in New South Wales. It can be
easily modified to accommodate differences in other States.
Capacity. The
package will provide acceptable response when managing thousands of
Strata Plans; each of which might have thousands of units. At the
time of writing, the application consists of a frontend and a
backend. The backend uses FirebirdSQL an extremely powerful
relational database engine, developed by the Open Source Software
community. FirebirdSQL is designed to be accessed by thousands of
people
at
the same time. Responsiveness is dependent on the power of the
computer upon which the FirebirdSQL backend resides; not the capacity
of the
database itself. FirebirdSQL is capable of holding many,
many millions of millions of bytes (Terabytes).
Features.
- Physically easy to
use. The package is made to be very easy for a person of
low computer skill level to use but is designed such that a person with
high skill levels can take advantage of these additional skills and
operate the system a lot faster, ie, by driving the program from the
keyboard
rather than using point and click with a mouse which can be up to 60%
slower in terms of overall clerical productivity.
- Easy to learn.
In SPInfo each form always has a menu displayed and so users know
exactly what each form is capable of doing. Additionally, where
space allows, there is both "Form Help", which tells the user the
purpose
of the form, and "Field Help", which tells the user the nature of input
that is valid for the field upon which the cursor is presently
resting. All forms behave in
the same manner. This makes learning SPInfo an easy task.
Experience from over 10 years of use of SPInfo in the
workplace,indicates that qualified Strata Managers require no formal
training to use
SPInfo.
- Conforms to the CAFE
Standard. All forms conform to the Common Application Front End
Standard (CAFE). This standard is designed to make forms easy to
use and easy to learn. To learn more about CAFE, click here.
