* <http://www.erp5.com/P-CLOUDIA-Howto.ERP5.VM> - Virtual Machine for evaluation(You can use VirtualBox to run it).
* <http://www.osoe-project.org/web_page_module/3278> - How to install and use the ERP5 VM
* <http://www.osoe-project.org/lesson/osoe-Lecture.ERP.Configuration.Introduction> - Online Lectures including accounting.
* <http://www.erp5.com/documentation/user> - Other user documents.
* <http://www.osoe-project.org/lesson/osoe-Lecture.ERP.Configuration.Introduction/P-OSOE-Accounting.Mathematician/view> - Accounting for Mathematicians
## Technical
* Web application
* Python2
* Zope2
* MariaDB(MySQL)
## Preliminary evaluation
### Positive
- Flexible system based on a good architecture(Unified Business Model)
- Flexible system based on a good architecture([Unified Business Model](http://www.erp5.org/UnifiedBusinessModel))
- Highly configurable/customizable
- i18n/l10n support
- Rapid application development through the web(easy to do prototyping)
### Negative
- Community: The mailing lists are not very active, see <http://mail.tiolive.com/pipermail/erp5-users/>, <http://mail.tiolive.com/pipermail/erp5-dev/>
- Take time to study(important to understand its design(Unified Business Model))
- Take time to study(important to understand its design([Unified Business Model](http://www.erp5.org/UnifiedBusinessModel)))
- Installation is not simple
- Need to read source code and need some experience.
### Comments
Yusei Tahara(an ERP5 developer): I'm sure ERP5 can be customized into an international NPO accounting program. ERP5 is very flexible, customizable, strong i18n/l10n support. However it takes time to understand how to use/develop. Let me know if there are any questions.
## Evaluation
### Evaluation of [[Reporting|UseCases/GeneratingReports]] UseCases
- [[Bank Reconciliation Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#bank-reconcilation]]: Not exist, it would be needed to implement "bank reconciliation transaction" document.
- [[Chart of Accounts|UseCases/GeneratingReports#chart-of-accounts]]: Exist(go to account module)
- [[Cash Disbursements Journal|UseCases/GeneratingReports#cash-disbursements]]: Exists.(go to accounting module and filter by document type)
- [[Income Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#income-report]]: Use trial balance report.
- [[Expense Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#expense-report]]: Use trial balance report.
### Evaluation of [[Reporting|UseCases/GeneratingReports]] UseCases for Fund Accounting
Can each of these reports be generated, confined to a specific temporarily
restricted asset type?
ERP5's search function can easily filter result by any categories(asset type of account, etc).