Tutors / Consultants?

[orange]

Eric,

Regardless of whether the "application" is designed and developed in Boston/US/India or wherever, you will need a statement of requirements. And from experience, the more effort you put into ensuring the clarity and thoroughness of the requirements, the better. In addition, supplying test data and acceptance criteria will help you get a product more focused on your needs.

The analogy here is building a house. You don't tell the developer/builder ---build me a house. Better to start with some details, rooms, floors.... Even better is a blueprint.

Good luck with your project. I would like to hear back on the results.

[EricC]

I think that where this went off the rails was when the focus became the 'project' and not the heart of the original post. Searching out a local tutor. To use your housing analogy this was less about building a house and more about how a wall is built or a shower gets installed. Perhaps we can chalk this off to being naive. A month ago 1000's of student came back to school and I honestly thought some number of them might be members here who could benefit from teaching an old dog new tricks. I've been in this business 30 years so I am pretty comfortable writing an RFP had I just been looking for someone to build an application. This wasn't that.

Best

-E

[orange]

Eric,

There are a number of free youtube videos --- of various quality/thoroughness etc.
Since you're talking about "a wall" or "shower installation", I recommend the free youtube Steve Bishop Access series or
MS Access free topics by 599cd (Richard Rost). You can pick and choose and adjust your route as necessary.
There are also sample databases/examples and tutorials associated with online Access forums.

And there are courses at Community College..