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INCOURSE ASSIGNMENT INSIGHT CENTRE FOR EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT COUNSELLOR ALLOCATION SYSTEM
Prepared By A.N.Ahamed Nishadh (CB004081) S.D.Ilangakoon (CB004041) A.C.Tiffaniya Fernando (CB004165) Module Code & Title AAPP007-3-2 System Analysis and Design Cohort DF10A1ICT Date of Submission 10th January 2011 Instructor Ms. Nadeera Ahangama
Submitted in partial fulfillment for the degree of Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Computing
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Firstly we would like to thank our lecturer Ms.Nadeera Ahangama for all the help and guidance given to us while doing this assignment. Especially for bearing with us during lectures and always willing to help us out at difficult times. Also there are many individuals who have helped us in numerous ways directly and indirectly so that we were able to complete this assignment. We would also like to thank Mr.Fazmil Fyzer, Manager Programs at Insight Centre for Education Development for all the help provided to us in this project. APIIT Lanka for providing us with resources and the Tech Team at APIIT Lanka for their assistance at required times. And last but not least our friends, parents and the well-wishers without whose moral support and encouragement, we would not have been able to do a good job. Finally, if there are any shortcomings in this project, then we request to excuse us for all those and accept this documentation. Ahamed Nishadh Deshan Ilangakoon Tiffaniya Fernando
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
WORKLOAD MATRIX .............................................................................................. ii PROJECT GNATT CHART ....................................................................................... iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................................................................................ iv TABLE OF CONTENTS ..............................................................................................v TABLE OF FIGURES ................................................................................................ ix 1.0 INTRODUCTION TO THE PROJECT...............................................................1 2.0 INTRODUCTION TO THE COMPANY ...........................................................2 3.0 THE CURRENT SYSTEM..................................................................................3 2.1 HOW THE CURRENT SYSTEM WORKS ................................................... 3 2.2 PROBLEMS IN THE CURRENT SYSTEM.................................................. 3 4.0 SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE ........................................................5 5.0 FACT FINDING ..................................................................................................6 6.0 FEASIBILITY STUDY .......................................................................................7 6.1 TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY ......................................................................... 7 6.1.2 PRACTICALITY ...................................................................................... 7 6.1.2 TECHNOLOGY AVAILABILITY .......................................................... 8 6.1.3 TECHNICAL EXPERTISE OF THE TEAM........................................... 8 6.2 OPERATIONAL FEASIBILITY .................................................................... 8 6.3 ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY ........................................................................... 9 6.4 SCHEDULE FEASIBILITY ......................................................................... 13
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7.0 SYSTEM ANALYSIS .......................................................................................15 7.1 DATA FLOW DIAGRAMS ......................................................................... 15 7.1.1 CONTEXT LEVEL ................................................................................ 15 7.1.2 LEVEL 0 ................................................................................................. 16 7.1.3 LEVEL 1 PROCESS 1.0...................................................................... 17 7.1.4 LEVEL 1 PROCESS 2.0...................................................................... 18 7.2 ASSUMPTIONS ........................................................................................... 19 7.3 DATA DICTIONARY .................................................................................. 19 7.3.1 EXTERNAL ENTITIES ......................................................................... 19 7.3.2 DATA STORES...................................................................................... 20 7.3.3 DATAFLOW .......................................................................................... 20 8.0 SYSTEM DESIGN ............................................................................................23 8.1 TABLE STRUCTURES ................................................................................ 23 8.1.1 CLIENT TABLE .................................................................................... 23 8.1.2 CLIENT_RESULTS TABLE ................................................................. 23 8.1.3 COUNSELOR TABLE ........................................................................... 24 8.1.4 COUNSELOR_DATES TABLE ............................................................ 24 8.1.5 EXPERTISE TABLE.............................................................................. 24 8.1.6 MEETING TABLE ................................................................................. 24 8.2 RELATIONSHIP STRUCTURE .................................................................. 25 8.3 PROCESS SPECIFICATION ....................................................................... 26
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8.3.1 PROCESS 1.1 - CLIENT PROCESS ..................................................... 26 8.3.2 PROCESS 1.2 REQUIREMENT PROCESS ...................................... 26 8.3.3 PROCESS 2.1 CHECK COUNSELOR ............................................... 26 8.3.4 PROCESS 2.2 DATE CHECKING ..................................................... 27 8.3.5 PROCESS 2.3 MEETING ALLOCATION ........................................ 27 8.3.6 PROCESS 3.0 MEETING PROCESS ................................................. 28 9.0 SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT..............................................................................29 9.1 FORM DESIGNS .......................................................................................... 29 9.1.1 SWITCHBOARD DESIGN.................................................................... 29 9.1.2 Add New Application Form.................................................................... 30 9.1.3 SEARCH COUNSELOR FORM ........................................................... 31 9.1.4 AVAILABLE COUNSELOR FORM .................................................... 32 9.1.5 ADD NEW MEETING FORM .............................................................. 33 9.1.6 PRINT MEETING SHEET FORM ........................................................ 34 9.1.7 SEARCH MEETING FORM ................................................................. 35 9.1.8 ADD NEW COUNSELOR FORM ........................................................ 36 10.0 SYSTEM TESTING ........................................................................................37 10.1 TEST LOG .................................................................................................. 38 11.0 IMPLEMENTATION ......................................................................................40 BIBLIOGRAPHY .......................................................................................................41 APPENDIX .................................................................................................................42
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1.0 INDIVIDUAL REPORTS ............................................................................. 42 1.1 AHAMED NISHADH (CB004081) .......................................................... 42 1.2 DESHAN ILANGAKOON (CB004041) .................................................. 45 1.3 TIFFANIYA FERNANDO (CB004165) ................................................... 48 2.0 MEETING MINUTES .................................................................................. 50 2.1 1ST MEETING ........................................................................................... 50 2.2 2ND MEETING ........................................................................................... 52 2.3 3RD MEETING ........................................................................................... 54 2.4 4TH MEETING ........................................................................................... 56 2.5 5TH MEETING ........................................................................................... 58 3.0 INTERVIEW EXTRACT ............................................................................. 59 3.1 1ST INTERVIEW ....................................................................................... 59 3.2 2ND INTERVIEW ...................................................................................... 59 3.3 3RD INTERVIEW....................................................................................... 60 4.0 SAMPLE APPLICATION FORM ................................................................ 61 5.0 SAMPLE MEETING SHEET ....................................................................... 62
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TABLE OF FIGURES
Figure 1 - System Development Life Cycle ................................................................. 5 Figure 2 - PIECES Framework .................................................................................... 9 Figure 3 - Company Financial Details ....................................................................... 10 Figure 4 - Project Costs .............................................................................................. 11 Figure 5 - Payback Period Calculation ....................................................................... 11 Figure 6 - Net Present Value Calculation................................................................... 11 Figure 7 - ROI Calculation ......................................................................................... 12 Figure 8 - Schedule Feasibility Chart ......................................................................... 14 Figure 9 - External Entities Data Dictionary.............................................................. 19 Figure 10 - Data Stores Data Dictionary .................................................................... 20 Figure 11 - Dataflow Data Dictionary........................................................................ 22 Figure 12 - Client Table ............................................................................................. 23 Figure 13 - Client_Results Table ............................................................................... 24 Figure 14 - Counselor Table....................................................................................... 24 Figure 15 - Counselor_Dates Table ........................................................................... 24 Figure 16 - Expertise Table ........................................................................................ 24 Figure 17 - Meeting Table .......................................................................................... 25 Figure 18 - Relationship Structure ............................................................................. 25 Figure 19 - 1.1 Client Process .................................................................................... 26 Figure 20 - 1.2 Requirement Process ......................................................................... 26 Figure 21 - 2.1 Check Counselor ............................................................................... 27 Figure 22 - 2.2 Date Checking ................................................................................... 27 Figure 23 - 2.3 Meeting Allocation ............................................................................ 28 Figure 24 - 3.0 Meeting Process ................................................................................ 28 ix
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Figure 25 - Form Design | Switchboard ..................................................................... 29 Figure 26 - Form Design | Add New Application 1 ................................................... 30 Figure 27 - Form Design | Add New Application 2 ................................................... 30 Figure 28 - Form Design | Search Counselor 1 .......................................................... 31 Figure 29 - Form Design | View Counselors .............................................................. 32 Figure 30 - Form Design | Add New Meeting............................................................ 33 Figure 31 - Form Design | Print Meeting Sheet ......................................................... 34 Figure 32 - Form Design | Search Meeting 1 ............................................................. 35 Figure 33 - Form Design | Search Meeting 2 ............................................................. 35 Figure 34 - Form Design | Add New Counselor ........................................................ 36 Figure 35 - Test Log ................................................................................................... 39 Figure 36 - Application Form Sample........................................................................ 61 Figure 37 - Meeting Sheet Sample ............................................................................. 62
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2. Data Duplication the data entered may get duplicated due to simple human error to identify existing data. This may lead to the same data being stored more than once in the same location or in different locations. 3. Wastage of Resources resources such as storage may be wasted when all the paperwork is stored. Also more staff may be required to handle all the paper work while fewer staff can handle the same job in a computerized system. Also liquid resources such as money get wasted as investment has to be made for the security of the data, the storage etc. 4. Human Errors human errors may happen in a manual system during the process where a client may enter details which may accidentally not get processed etc. In an automated system this can be eliminated as the client details are entered once and can be retrieved at will to check. 5. Time Wastage Time wastage can occur. Where a job can be done within a minute in an automated system, it may take around 10-15 minutes on a manual system as all details have to be manually be entered or retrieved. 6. Tracking in the current system, the staff find it difficult to keep track of the proceedings and there is a lot of paperwork that is available and they usually get lost or forget about certain students when they are working on another student which they find it very frustrating.
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After taking all the information available to us we were able to conclude that the project was practically possible to accomplish give the constraints.
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well protected and therefore is liable to be changed by people who do not have proper authority to access this information. With proper security feature the new system will be able to easily overcome this problem. Economy The system operates currently by employing several workers to maintain and also to update the system. This method of operation can be very costly as the costs of these employees have also to be covered. Also the cost of time that will be wasted as this system runs at an extremely slow pace have to be taken into account. The proposed new system will greatly help to cut back on the companys costs as the system will help to reduce needed cost like labor and also to save back on the cost of time wasted. The current system does not allow too much control over the information for the system users. This problem will be caused again due to the lack of proper security for the system. This can be solved with the security features that we will enable in the new system. The prevailing system is highly inefficient. The system faces a major problem of time management and also resources like time are also heavily wasted. This can be easily overcome with the new system that we propose to install to replace the existing. The system will also be able to protect the data with a security feature that only allows people with the proper authority to access the information and to make changes to this information. The services that the current system provides are extremely minimal and thus the information in the system is also constricted. This would be a main area that we will be looking into when developing the new system. Figure 2 - PIECES Framework
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The company since it is a charitable organization does not have a high annual profit levels and their main source of income is derived from donations that the organization receives. An estimate of the company income and expenditure is given bellow as we were not granted access to their financial records: Description Annual Expenditure Income Net Profit Amount Rs. 1,235,000/= Rs. 1,450,000/= Rs. Figure 3 - Company Financial Details Given below are the estimated costs that will be incurred for the development and the installation of the new system: Cost Specification Direct Cost Hardware Cost Description Central Processing Unit Amount HP Pavilion p6100z Rs. 40,200/= series (Genuine Windows 7 Home basic with Service Pack 1 (32-bit) AMD Sempron(TM) LE1300 (2.3GHz, 512MB L2, up to 1600MT/s bus) 2GB DDR2-800MHz SDRAM (1 DIMM) 320GB 7200rpm SATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive Monitor HP 2009m 20 Diagonal Rs. 20,700/= HD Ready Widescreen LCD Monitor Logitech Internet 350 Rs. Vista Qualified USB Keyboard (Black) Logitech 3-button USB Rs. Optical Wheel MouseBlack (SBF-96) HP Officejet 6000 Printer Rs. 2.100/= 215,000/=
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the system development process. TOTAL Figure 4 - Project Costs Rs. 150,000/=
The projected estimates for this system during the course of its life are given bellow (the benefits are the money that will be saved due to the installation of the system): Cost Year Year 0 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Cost Rs. 150,000 Rs. 26,000 Rs. 28,000 Rs. 34,300 Rs. 45,000 Cumulative Cost Rs. 150,000 Rs. 176,000 Rs. 204,000 Rs. 238,300 Rs. 283,300 Benefit Rs. 10,000 Rs. 60,000 Rs. 80,000 Rs. 110,000 Rs. 130,000 Benefits Cumulative Benefits Rs. 10,000 Rs. 70,000 Rs. 150,000 Rs. 260,000 Rs. 390,000
Figure 5 - Payback Period Calculation According to the above information the payback period for the project can be calculated. The payback period is in this situation is 2 years and 5.8 moths. This method is not completely accurate as this method does take into account the depreciating value of money over time. To overcome this problem we have used the Net Present Value (NPV) to appropriate for the depreciation of the value of money over time. Given bellow is the NPV of the project: Cost Year NPV 10% 0 0.909 0.826 0.751 0.683 Cost Rs. 150,000 Rs. 26,000 Rs. 28,000 Rs. 34,300 Rs. 45,000 Cost Present value Rs. 150,000.00 Rs. 23,634.00 Rs. 23,128.00 Rs. 25,759.30 Rs. 30,735.00 Rs. 253,256.30 Benefit Rs. 10,000 Rs. 60,000 Rs. 80,000 Rs. 110,000 Rs. 130,000 Benefits Benefits Present Value Rs. 10,000 Rs. 54,540 Rs. 66,080 Rs. 82,610 Rs. 88,790 Rs. 302,020
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The above table shows the Net Present Values that the new project will generate for the company. The table above shows the project generating a NVP of Rs. 48,763.70. This NPV of Rs. 48,763.70 can be said to be a fairly good NPV for a project of its nature. Another tool that was used to assess the Economic Feasibility of the new system was by checking the Return on Investment of the project. Given bellow is the ROI of the system that we will be developing using the formula given bellow:
Cost Year Year 0 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Cost Rs. 150,000 Rs. 26,000 Rs. 28,000 Rs. 34,300 Rs. 45,000 Cumulative Cost Rs. 150,000 Rs. 176,000 Rs. 204,000 Rs. 238,300 Rs. 283,300 Benefit
Benefits Cumulative Benefits Rs. 10,000 Rs. 70,000 Rs. 150,000 Rs. 260,000 Rs. 390,000
Rs. 10,000 Rs. 60,000 Rs. 80,000 Rs. 110,000 Rs. 130,000
This ROI of 37.66% can be said to be fairly good however require another ROI to compare against.
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Identifying the problems 25th October 2010 and the requirements of the - 27th November current system 2010 Interview client with
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Only the administrator has access to the system. Client fills the form on paper and submits it to the manager (sample of form can be seen in the appendix of this document). The manager enters the details into the system. Then creates the meeting and then prints the meeting sheet (sample of meeting sheet can be seen in the appendix of this document) and sends it to the Counselor and the Client. After the meeting, the counselor will fill out area given in the meeting sheet and submit it to the manager again who will retrieve the meeting and enter the feedback given by the counselor and then take any necessary action. If a client is to be set up with another meeting with a different counselor after the recommendations of the first counselor, then a new meeting record is created. All paper based documents are discarded after they have been entered into the system.
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Stores all the information such as Counselor Counselor counselor name and name, client File the available time and requirement date for the meeting.
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Name Meeting Details 1 Description After receiving the application from the client, date and time for the meeting sent to the client. Meeting details such as meeting date, time, place and the counselors name will be allocated. Meeting details such as meeting date, time, place and counselors name will be allocated and sent to counselor. After the client submits the Origin Date, time, Venue and counselor for the meeting. Meeting details are allocated and sent to meeting details. Meeting details are allocated and sent to the counselor. What type of
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READ Meeting Date from Date Checking Process UPDATE Meeting Details Data Store with Meeting Details DISPLAY Meeting Details to Client DISPLAY Meeting Details to Counsellor End Figure 23 - 2.3 Meeting Allocation
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Figure 28 - Form Design | Search Counselor 1 When the user clicks on the Add Counselor button on the figure 25, the system takes the user to the form shown above. And in this form the user can select the options which is stored in the system, it help to get the counselor for the meeting.
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Figure 29 - Form Design | View Counselors When the user selects the options on search counselor form and click on search tab, the user will be taken to Available Counselors Form shown above. Also by clicking the tabs given in the system as previous and next, the user can view all the counselors available in the selected combination. Once the user finalize the counselor user can click on the Select Counselor tab.
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Figure 30 - Form Design | Add New Meeting After the user select the counselor Add New Meeting Form will open by the system. And the system automatically gives the Application ID and the Counselor ID. But the user have to enter the Meeting ID, it should be 3 letters and 4 digit numbers.
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Figure 31 - Form Design | Print Meeting Sheet When the user goes back to the switch board design, and click on the Print Meeting Sheet tab, system appears as shown above and the user have to enter the meeting ID as entered before in the Add New Meeting form and select OK. Then the meeting Report will be opened with the details of the meeting searched for which can then be printed.
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Figure 32 - Form Design | Search Meeting 1 To search the meeting, the user has to give the Meeting ID and click on search.
Figure 33 - Form Design | Search Meeting 2 When the user enter the meeting ID as shown in figure 32 the system gives the above page, so that the user can edit his meeting details and there is an option available in the system to Save the details, user can click on that tab and save it.
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Figure 34 - Form Design | Add New Counselor This form helps to add a new counselor to the system. When the system handler fills the information and click on the save tab itll be saved in the system.
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11.0 IMPLEMENTATION
There are four ways in which the implementation can be carried out. They are Parallel Implementation, Pilot Implementation, Phased Implementation and Cutover Implementation. The method that we have selected is the Parallel Implementation method. The reason that we have selected this method is because the current method that the client is using is a manual system and therefore the transition will need to be slow. This is because the users will not be used to operating on a computerized system, therefore they will require training to get adjusted to the new system. The way that we will carry out the change is by slowly getting the users of the system to operate both the systems. This way the users will get used to the new computerized system that we have developed. This method will also double as a training session for the users of the system. The user will be trained in the functionalities of the system such as the way to operate the forms and the queries. Basic training on how to repair small problems will also be given to the user during this period of parallel implementation. The reason that we did not opt for a Pilot system is due to the company being so small and because it would be impractical to implement in this method. The choice not to take up a Phased Implementation method is because the system was too small to separate into segments and implement in separate segments. The cutover method was abandoned because the risks involved were quite significant. This is because if a single error occurs the entire system will be down. Therefore this choice was immediately discarded. (Ahangama, 2010)
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Fazmil, F. (2010), About Insight Center for Education Development. [Interview] 6th November 2010. Ahangama, N., 2010. Overview of SDLC - Part 1. Presentation. Asia Pacific Institute of Information Technology. Ahangama, N., 2010. System Analysis - Part 1. Presentation. Asia Pacific Institute of Information Technology.
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APPENDIX
1.0 INDIVIDUAL REPORTS 1.1 AHAMED NISHADH (CB004081)
What I did in the project: Project Introduction Company Introduction Current System System Development Life Cycle Fact Finding Interviewing Mr. Fazmil Fyzer Data Flow Diagrams Compiling the documentation The System o Tables o Forms o Macros for buttons o VB Codes for buttons. Project Introduction, Company Introduction and Current System I took over doing these areas because I had a previous experience in this organization as well as the existing system that was in use hence I was able to write on these topics easily with my experience and knowledge as well as from the information that I gathered in extra. Fact Finding and Interviewing Once again I took over these sections because I had previous experience in this system and also the Interviewee was known to me personally and the other group members insisted that I do the interview while they take down notes.
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This was rather an interesting section for me. I never had prior experience in making DFDs and making this was quite a work. With the guidance of the lecturer, I was able to complete the DFDs in time and also I used Microsoft Visio to make them which made my life easier. The system Making the system was quite a hectic task to do. With the help of others I was able to do it. I did most of the areas since I had prior experience in making systems in Access and also I was able to do the coding in Visual Basic. Compiling the document The hardest of all was this area. Since I had to collect the information from all members, add it to the system and then also to edit it, style it according to requirements, add the other necessary requirements such as captions, citations and making the alignments all were hectic. But with the experience I gained from compiling the documentations of other projects, I was able to handle this section without much hassle. Critical Evaluation By doing this project, I almost was exhausted. Even my prior experiences in making systems and documenting didnt help me out in this instance as those instances were done for case study situations. This being a real life situation, the system had to be carefully done with very few errors. It was easy working with my group members in this task as all 3 of us have had prior experience in making systems using Microsoft Access and also documenting it. All 3 of us had done ICT for our Advanced Levels and it was in there we gained our prior experiences.
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While doing this I did not have much of a negative experience except for the stress of finishing it on time which I was able to successfully overcome due to the timeliness of my other group members who submitted their work in due time by keeping to the deadlines. It should be noted that it was fun working with my group members in this project and also helping each other in the areas that we were not good at increased each others knowledge. Finally I would like to thank all my group members for their support and corporation given during this project.
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Feasibility Study I was given the task creating the Feasibility Study as I had a fair knowledge in the commerce field. The topics under the Feasibility study that I covered are: Technical Feasibility: Under this topic I had to cover the areas of whether the project was practically feasible and whether we could carry it out properly. Operational Feasibility: In this section I evaluated the operational feasibility of the project by using the PIECES framework method. This helped me form a guide line for my feasibility study. Economic Feasibility: there were three tools that I used in the evaluation of the Economic Feasibility of the project. The tools that I employed are the Payback calculation the Return on Capital and the Net Present Value calculations. These tools were used to calculate the economic feasibility of the project.
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Schedule Feasibility: In this section what was done was to create a table with the work break down, the persons to whom the work had been assigned to and the time frame for the completion of the assigned work. Implementation This section was regarding as to how the system would be integrated into the company and the method used. The method we used to implement the system was the parallel implementation method. Process Specification For this area what I did was the writing about the processes that were there in the system that we were developing. I used the format that had been provided during a lecture by Ms Nadeera Ahangama. Data Structure Here what I have done is to specify what the format of the data is in the system. This was done in tabular format where the field name and the data type of each field in the system was written down. Data Testing In this segment the data was tested by entering values that were both correct, which the system would accept, and data that was incorrect, to access if the system would reject the incorrect data. The details of the results were logged for future reference if needed. Gantt Chart The Gant chart a useful tool in project management to keep the project going so that it would be able to meet deadlines was another essential part. This was done using the Microsoft Project 2010 tool.
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I volunteered to take on the task of maintaining the meeting minutes for the system that we had created. The minutes were written a day or two after the meeting and were passed off to be correct at the next meeting. Critical Evaluation I have gained a vast amount of experience form carrying out this project. I had prior to this done a project of similar nature however it was based on a case study and not on a real life situation as this project was based on. This project gave me a great amount of exposure to a real life situation and I greatly appreciated the opportunity. Working with the rest of my group was also a new experience as this was the first time in a group with all three members together and it was another novel experience. A draw back that I felt during the assignment was the fact that the company that we did the assignment for was not forthcoming with their financial reports as they were a privately run N.G.O. and this made it harder for me when it came to the creating of the Economic Feasibility, as I had to talk with the contact that we had inside the company to gather a rough estimate of the companys financial standings. However other than for the above mentioned problem, I did not during the course of the project have any problems with neither system nor the documentation. Neither did i have any problem with the group or the work that I was assigned to work with.
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System Form designs Analyzing system needs Data Flow Diagrams System Reports
Data Dictionaries After making the DFDs the data dictionary was made as well. I created the table to write the data dictionaries, so that it will be user friendly to read it. After writing the data dictionaries, it is shown to our lecturer and few errors were corrected. System Form Designs Forms Designs were done by me, I have explained the whole system and the way it works with clear screenshots of the system. It was done after the system was completely finished by our group. This document gives the clear idea and explanation about the system. Analyzing system needs All three types of DFDs were made; all the problems in our DFDs were later corrected by our lecturers.
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This was an interesting work for me. I already had experience in making DFDs in my AS level ICT projects. With the help from our lecturer and together with my group member Ahamed, We were able to complete the DFDs in time and also we used Microsoft Visio to draw it easier. Critical Evaluation As a member in a my team it also helped me in managing the work of the entire team and provided valuable experience on delegating work between members by identifying their strengths. This also helped me find out what exactly users requirements mean and what it takes to achieve these requirements. Our project aim mainly was to design a basic system for Insight in order to make the institute to register their clients to Insight. Computerizing the functions carried out would make things simpler to be performed whereas the firm is planning to make use of the MS Access database package. I have been a part of in making this system work out by creation of database, fact finding and conducting interviews, collecting source documents and creating the logical design of the system using data flow diagram along with the data dictionary. However it was a great experience for me although I have done ICT projects for ma Advanced Level, because to work as a group. I enjoyed doing the project and as well I learned so many things in System Analyzing and Designing.
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Minutes The first topic on the agenda for the initial meeting for the System Analysis and Design brought up by Ahamed Nishadh who stated for the minutes that he had been able to locate a company that would allow us to develop a system for them. The company is and N.G.O. called Insight Center for Education Development. He also stated that the system that we would be developing for them would be a Councilor system since the existing system was inadequate and cumbersome. The next topic that was discussed was the interviews that would be held on with the client to acquire the information regarding what would be needed to be done by us in the development stages of the project. For this Ahamed said that he would go and set a date for the initial meeting with the client.
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The next matter that arose was the making of a Feasibility study. It was decided that Deshan should create the Feasibility Study for this assignment and present it at the next meeting so that the official go ahead for the project could be given. After this the next matter that was brought up was the recording and maintaining of the minutes of the meeting that is being held and those to come. Deshan volunteered to take on this task and said he would maintain all the records. A main concern raised by Deshan at this occasion was regarding the complexity and the level of work that would be needed to be done to develop the project, since if the project was too complex it would be impractical to take on the project and a new project would have to be selected. After this the meeting was adjourned until the interviews with the client were concluded.
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Sunday 28th November 2010 10.30 am 01.30 pm Ahamed Nishadhs residence, Wellawata Ahamed Nishadh Deshan Ilangakoon Tiffaniya Fernando
Agenda: Reading of previous meeting minutes Review of Feasibility Study Allocation of works System Design Planning
Minutes The meeting started with the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting by Deshan. After which Ahamed proposed the minutes to be in order and Tiffanya seconded this. The next point that was brought up was the Feasibility study that Deshan had taken on to do. Deshan read out the Feasibility study that he had completed and it was concluded by all present that the Councilor system should be accepted. The next main topic to be discussed was the how and what the system would look like. This being the data inputs the processors and the outputs of the new system. For this section Ahamed agreed to take on the Data Flow Diagrams and the Data Dictionaries would be handled by Tiffanya. Afterwards the way in which the system would operate was discussed. A rough sketch of the Data flow was drawn to act as a guide line when the final Data Flow diagrams would be drawn.
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After this the meeting was adjourned until the 7th of December 2010 where the actual designing of the project would start.
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Tuesday 7th December 2010 03.30 pm 05.00 pm APIIT, Union Place, 6th Floor Cafeteria Ahamed Nishadh Deshan Ilangakoon Tiffaniya Fernando
Agenda: Reading minutes of the previous meeting Work Review System Development System Development and Documentation
Minutes The meeting started with the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting by Deshan. After which it was proposed to be in order by Ahamed and seconded by Tiffaniya. The first matter that was brought up was a review of the work that had been allocated to be done at the previous meeting. The area that was mainly looked into was the section that Tiffaniya was assigned to work on which was the Data Dictionary area. Tiffaniya said that she had finished the Data Dictionaries. Ahamed after this said that the Data Flow Diagrams had also been completed and that he had shown them to Miss Nadeera and that apart from a few corrections she had agreed that they were fine and was overall proper. The next topic that was taken up for discussion was the design that would be done for the system. Topics such as the format and the form layout were discussed.
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After the design for the system was discussed the documentation and development part was brought up. It was agreed that this segment will be divided among the three members equally. After this the meeting was adjourned until the 27th of December 2010 by which time the system should be completed and ready for testing.
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Minutes The meeting was started with the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting minutes. These minutes were proposed to be in order by Ahamed and this was seconded by Tiffaniya. After this the system that had been developed over the past few weeks was evaluated by all the members and it was said to be in a satisfactory condition and since there were no changes to make to the system it was decided to move on to the next section. The next matter that was taken up was the format and the way in which the testing of the system would be carried out. The test format was designed. The way in which the system would be checked is by entering both correct information into the system and by entering incorrect data into the system and checking out how the system will react to this input of information. After this the initial testing commenced where the screenshots of the errors that appear when you enter wrong data into the system.
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After this the meeting was adjourned until the 8th of January 2011 where the group would meet up to compile all the documentation that had been done so far.
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Monday 27th December 2010 10.00 am 02.00 pm Ahamed Nishadhs residence, Wellawata Ahamed Nishadh Deshan Ilangakoon Tiffaniya Fernando
Minutes The minutes of the previous meeting were read and were said to be in order by Ahamed and was seconded by Tiffaniya. After this the main reason for the meeting was arrived upon. This is the compile all the document that has been created so far. All the members gave Ahamed the documents that were in their possession and then Ahamed compiled it into a single document. Finally Ahamed congratulated all the members for a great job and the final meeting was adjourned. . Lecturer
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