PlanOfAction

== Produce a detailed specification of what we have now ==
 * Rosemary to prepare a description of the current panel database
 * Rosemary to come up with suggestions for improvements!
  
== Work out what we need ==
 * see the DatabaseWishList
 * Where possible we should mock up screens.

== Arrange for consultants to advise us. ==

There doesn't seem to be anybody in Cambridge who looks suitable. These guys are from Bedford: http://www.colink.co.uk/index.asp

== Possible solutions ==

 * For most of our requirements Access is up to the job, it's well supported, cheap for us,  and lots of people know how to use it.
 * But, if we want more than a few people to have access to the database, we probably want at least part of it too run through a web-interface e.g.
  * for the front office to check which volunteers are with which testers
  * For testers to enter their own details
 * It would be best if the data itself was in SQL on the servers.
 


== Contract ==

 * Developers will need to sign up to MRC DP and security requirements.
 * System should be well documented and maintainable by people other than the designers.
 * We need instructions for how to modify the system