Stand-alone SACCOS informaton management system case study :

Abstract

This research was aimed at improving the service delivery and management in a finance organization. This follows the challenges cited as facing growing Savings and Credit Organization in Northern Uganda. The main purpose of this study was to develop a stand-alone SACCO. An Information Management system that would efficiently solve the problems faced by small scale finance institutions. A stand-alone information system is that which functions autonomously without requiring eternal support from any other devices or the internet. The waterfall model of system development was used in this research process where each stage of the system development lifecycle is executed systematically and logically following each other. The design and implementation of the system based on the data collected by reviewing the literature put forward by previous researchers and from the field study that was conducted with the aid of questionnaires and scheduled interviews with both members and executive committee members of Arwotnyap Women’s SACCOS. The technologies used for implementing the system included Visual studio and c# for designing the user interfaces and the functionalities of the system, whereas Microsoft access was used in storing the organization’s data and information. The project research yielded a stand-alone SACCOS information management system that was able to efficiently allow entry, processing, storage and retrieval of data concerning registry, savings, loans of Arwotnyap Women’s SACCOS which was the research case study.