Abstract: A computerized system for dynamically generating an on-line questionnaire for collecting operational parameters of an employee benefit plan includes a component development module for developing application components with multiple attributes, a subset of which collectively effect the functionality of other components, a business rule parser for translating business rules into executable software code describing the effects of the components on each other, an application definition module for creating an on-line questionnaire definition relating to the operational parameters of the employee benefit plan using the components and a compiler for dynamically generating the questionnaire based on the components and the executable software code.