Greetings!
I have 15+ years experience with MS Access. Some databases I developed are in use even now, despite ones were designed many years ago using MS Access 2000.
My approach is:
- data structure must be correct, expandable (any further improvements/functionality should affect on necessity to rebuild existing parts of the database) and reliable
- UI should be native, user-friedly, time saving
So, speaking about your project:
1) Structure of the tables must be tuned a little bit to become normalised (in particular Family name should be kept in a single place, all other table should refer to) - I could do it easily
2) To design a really native and useful UI we'll need some chat regarding purpose and way of using the database. I.e. since I know daily routines of the user(s), then I'm able to offer the best way of doing it using the database.
3) Assuming that you'll need several more days to choose the executor, we still fit into the deadline April 29, as far as 2 weeks I mentioned to perform the job include multi step providing of intermediate results, work on bugs detected, tuning accordingly to your impressions etc.
So, proposed milestone#1 is regarding our common agreement that (1) and (2) is well specified and ready to be implemented, and milestone#2 - implementation itself.
Also, you'd get:
- free support for bugs found (if any)
- my readiness for any future improvements you'll wish
Please feel free to contact me.
Regards,
Sergey