CHESTER – NATIONAL SMART CARD PROJECT EARLY STARTER

Smartran was engaged by Chester for the first implementation of the National Smart Card Project “starter kit” and rollout to a council run leisure centre. The work undertaken included technical project manager, solution design, data conversion, technical integration and testing. The “starter kit” included back office database, enrolment web-site, integration with existing leisure management system and data export to bureau smart card print personalisation and production. The planned timescales were achieved by adopting a flexible resilient design, overcoming programme issues and taking the initiative to resolve technical issues.

Once the new system was implemented, existing leisure centre members were converted to the new card and all new applicants went through a single enrolment for the new smart card and leisure membership. The back office database is designed to support multiple applications or services for each cardholder. Initially leisure, car park permit and marketing information can be captured for each card holder.