On 1 February 1994, the results of the Financial Accounting investigation were presented to management in London and Holland (00346). This recommended an extension of the Multinational system to cover accounting functionality initially in Holland using Sun Accounts (00997). Gordan had accountants joining the team to define the business requirements (01047).
In April 1994, a team was formed to develop an integrated Multinational Financial Accounting system (00789). The team initially was led by Peter who had Kay and Ned working for him (00792).By June 1994, the Financial Accounting sub-system was proving to be so complex that a specification was required using a prototype mockup of the screens (00540). This specification was due to be produced by July 1994 (01108) with a view to producing a system by the end of the year (00555, 00536).
Peter got promotion within X in June 1994, so Gordan proposed to the Steering Committee that his role be filled by a consultant from the suppliers and someone seconded part-time from X Accounts in London (00086).
In August 1994, phase 1 (the installation of Sun Accounts) of the Financial Accounting sub-system was scheduled to be live by end November 1994 (00777) and phase 2 (the interface with the Multinational system) was scheduled for June 1995 (00778). During this period new Multinational screens were designed which were generally liked by X in Holland but Multinational Underwriting raised concerns (00804, 00911, 00731).1994 Oct-Dec
At end November 1994, Colin produced a new plan for the implementation of the Financial Accounting sub-system in Holland that showed Business Requirements complete end January 1995, technical design complete mid March 1995, main accounts development complete mid November 1995 and the enquiry screens complete February 1996 (00862). The aim was then implement the Financial Accounting sub-system in France in early 1996 and the UK in late 1996 (00956).
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