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Taylor’s University and University of West England SCHOOL OF COMPUTING AND IT Assignment 2 ITS 60103 System Analysis and Design HAND OUT DATE: 19 th Oct 2015 HAND IN DATE: 23 rd Nov 2015 WEIGHTAGE: 20% Instructions to student: This is a Group Assignment. Complete this cover sheet and attach all your findings, reports and etc. Student declaration: I declare that: § I understand what is meant by plagiarism § The implication of plagiarism have been explained to me by our lecturer This assignment is our own work. Name (Student ID) Signature 1. PRISHTEE SEEWOOCHURN (Leader) [0324451] 2. NAZLYN AMELIA BT AHMAD NAZRI [0326036] 3. NISA ANGELINA [0323308] 4. HENG HIAN WEE [0321343]

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Taylor’s University and University of West England

SCHOOL OF COMPUTING AND IT Assignment 2

ITS 60103 System Analysis and Design

HAND OUT DATE: 19th Oct 2015 HAND IN DATE: 23rd Nov 2015 WEIGHTAGE: 20% Instructions to student: • This is a Group Assignment.

• Complete this cover sheet and attach all your findings, reports and etc.

Student declaration: I declare that: § I understand what is meant by plagiarism § The implication of plagiarism have been explained to me by our lecturer This assignment is our own work. Name (Student ID) Signature 1. PRISHTEE SEEWOOCHURN (Leader) [0324451] 2. NAZLYN AMELIA BT AHMAD NAZRI [0326036] 3. NISA ANGELINA [0323308] 4. HENG HIAN WEE [0321343]

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CONTENTS

Executive Summary ...........................................................................................................1

Part I: System Project .......................................................................................................3 Brief Explanation of System ...................................................................................................... 3 Business Functions ...................................................................................................................... 5 Organization Chart .................................................................................................................... 6

Part II: System Planning ...................................................................................................7 Library Mission Statement ........................................................................................................ 7

Part III: System Analysis ..................................................................................................8 Fact-Finding Techniques ........................................................................................................... 8

Survey ...................................................................................................................................... 8 Observation .............................................................................................................................. 8

Improvements ............................................................................................................................. 9 Data Flow Diagrams ................................................................................................................. 10

Current System: Context Diagram ......................................................................................... 10 Current System: Level 0 DFD ................................................................................................ 11 Current System: Level 1 DFD (Process 1) ............................................................................. 12 Current System: Level 1 DFD (Process 2) ............................................................................. 13 Current System: Level 1 DFD (Process 3) ............................................................................. 14 Proposed System: Context Diagram ...................................................................................... 15 Proposed System: Level 0 DFD ............................................................................................. 16 Proposed System: Level 1 DFD (Process 1) .......................................................................... 17 Proposed System: Level 1 DFD (Process 2) .......................................................................... 18 Proposed System: Level 1 DFD (Process 3) .......................................................................... 19

Part IV: System Design ...................................................................................................20 Entity-Relationship Diagram .................................................................................................. 20 Network Diagram ..................................................................................................................... 21 Costs and Benefits ..................................................................................................................... 22

Costs ....................................................................................................................................... 22 Benefits .................................................................................................................................. 22

Schedules on Gantt Chart ........................................................................................................ 24 Recommendations ..................................................................................................................... 25

Conclusion ........................................................................................................................26

References .........................................................................................................................27

List of Appendices ............................................................................................................28

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This report examines a current system that we have analyzed in detail, and a

recommendation of how the system can be implemented better in the future for the

convenience of the user. The system is no other than the Taylor's University Lakeside

Campus Library Borrowing System.

From our observation and experiences ourselves, we have noticed that the library is

always fully occupied by staff, lecturers and students. Majority of users in the library are

students, and the minority are usually the staff. Lecturers come by often to use the media,

and borrow books for personal and lecture use. On the other hand, students who drop by

would occupy its spaces for self and group studies.

One of the library functions of the library are the lending services. Students, lecturers and

staff may come by to borrow books and resources. Other than that, the lending services

deals with those related to fines, lost and damaged items, and the personal library account

access.

Furthermore, the library provides delivery services for resources from other libraries, and

providers inter- and intra-library loan. This means that the library is connected to other

libraries for resource sharing when the item is not available in the Taylor's Library

Collection. Intra-Library Loan on the other hand provides delivery services for resource

lending within Taylor's libraries.

The library is also open up to suggestions and recommendations for items to purchase

when the resources available are not sufficient. There is also a Liaison Librarian for each

Faculty and Program in Taylor's University. These liaisons would be readily available to

help and answer any questions related to the respective subject area, information literacy

classes and collection development.

The Taylor's Library system itself can be broken down to a few subsystems. For example,

the borrowing system, the returning system, the Print-On-Demand (POD) system, and the

finance system. This report will focus more on the library's borrowing system.

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The team, consisting of the four of us, namely Prishtee Seewoochurn as the leader as well

as the other group members Nisa Angelina, Nazlyn Amelia Ahmad Nazri and Heng Hian

Wee, decided to name ourselves as 'Yackitory'. Having said so, we chose this name in

reference to a line in the recently released movie "Minions". We understand that this is a

very weird name, but to have the courage of choosing this name would be relatable to

how the courage system analysts would need in order to propose a new system and

implement them. Also, we also understand that system analysts are known as the 'agents

of change'; therefore, we want to make a change to the norm of how we students name

our groups for assignments by using a name that stands out well among the rest.

We have conducted a few surveys, and done a few open interviews to students, lecturers

and staffs to ask on their personal and discrete view about Taylor's Library borrowing

system. We had also gone around to investigate a few flaws or problems the library's

borrowing system currently has. We as a team, have dedicated our time, and had drawn

out each of our skills to figure out on how they can improve the current system to become

a better one.

This report will portray an in depth view of how the library is functioning, and how the

borrowing system is currently being used. This report will also propose an idea on how the

borrowing system can be utilized more effectively for all users.

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PART 1: SYSTEM PROJECT

Brief Explanation of Our System The Taylor's Library system consists of a few other subsystems, like the Borrowing

System, the Returning System, the Print-On-Demand (POD) System, and the Finance

System. All the subsystems depend on one another to work fully as a library system.

The environment of the Library System is strategic in terms of location. The Library is

situated at the second floor, Block C, where it is convenient for all users. Other than that,

the library has a total of four floors for sufficient use in terms of the placing of bookshelves

and study tables. It also faces the calming lake, and an awing view of the campus. The

library is usually open as from 8.00 a.m. to 9.00 p.m. from Mondays to Fridays, and from

9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. on Saturdays.

The subsystems work differently among one another; hence it will have different

characteristics. Bringing more focus to the borrowing system, it plays its role when the

borrower wants to borrow a book. The borrower would need to bring the book to the kiosk.

The kiosk will scan the borrower's ID before the book is placed for it to be scanned too. A

receipt would finally be printed for the user to keep. Hence, the inputs clearly stated are

the book and the borrower's ID, whereas the outputs are the receipt and the book.

There are a few components of the borrowing system such as the due date renewal,

finance department and fine collection. These components relate to one another in such

a way that the due date renewal is used when the borrower wishes to renew the due date

of the book borrowed. Meanwhile, the fine collection and finance department is related in

a way such that a fine has to be paid to the finance department when the borrower exceeds

the number of days given to possess the book.

The different resources available in the library system are as follows:

• Main collection

• Reference collection

• Reserve collection

• Graduate collection

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• Malaysian collection

• Teaching resources

• Audio visual/Multimedia

The lending services are mostly concerned with borrowing and returning items such as

CDs, DVDs and multimedia; the medias. The medias have a different borrowing duration.

Constraints are all about the limitations of a system. Here, we can find a number of

constraints imposed by the library borrowing system:

• The loan entitlement is 10 items for the main collection for undergraduate and

postgraduate students.

• The loan entitlement is 1 item for reserve collection and media resources for

undergraduate and postgraduate students.

• The loan entitlement is 5 items for the graduate collection.

• The loan period for the main collection is 14 days for undergraduate students and

30 days for postgraduate students.

• The loan period for the reserve collection is 2 hours for undergraduate and

postgraduate students.

• The loan period for media resources is 4 hours in the library only for undergraduate

and postgraduate students.

• The loan period for the graduate collection is 30 days.

• In case of late renewal, the fine is RM1.00 per day for the main and graduate

collections, and, RM0.50 per hour for reserve collection and media resources.

• Full time academic staff can take 20 items from the main collection for 6 months,

10 items from teaching resources for 6 months, 5 items from the graduate

collection for 1 month, and 5 items from the media resources for 7 days.

• Part-time staff can take 4 items from the main collection for 3 months, 2 items from

teaching resources for 3 months, and 2 items from media resources for 7 days.

• Users are allowed to borrow items up to 15 minutes before the library closes.

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Business Functions A business function is a process or operation that is performed routinely to carry out a part

of the mission of an organization.

The following are the business functions of Taylor's University's Lakeside Campus Library:

Lending

Services

Reading List, Fines, Lost and Damaged Items, My Account Access

Document

Delivery

Services

To provide delivery services for resources from other libraries

Inter-Library

Loan

Resource sharing from other libraries for books not available in

Taylor's Library Collection

Intra-Library

Loan

To provide delivery services for lending of resources within Taylor's

Libraries

Feedback and

Suggestions

To provide feedback on the services and facilities

Request a

Purchase

To recommend an item for purchase

Contact your

Liaison

Librarians

For help on information in a subject area, information, literacy

classes and collection development

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Organization Chart An organization chart is a diagram that outlines the internal structure of a company. An

organizational chart is the most common visual depiction of how an organization is

structured. It outlines the roles, responsibilities and relationships between individuals

within an organization. An organizational chart can be used to depict the structure of an

organization as a whole, or broken down by department or unit.

The following is the organization chart of the library:

Chief Librarian

Lending Services & User Education

Lending Services

Document Delivery Services

Information Services & Collection Development

Intra-Library Loan

Inter-Library Loan

UCM & Information Literacy

Request a Purchase

Contact your Liaison Librarians

Graduate School & Postgraduate Programs

School of Architectre, Building & Design &

Taylor's Design School

Hospitality, Tourism & Culinary Arts Degree

Programmes

School of Computing and IT & School of Engineering

School of Medicine, School of Pharmacy & School of Biosciences

Taylor's Clinical School

School of Liberal Arts and Sciences & Taylor's Law

School

School of Communication & School of Education

Taylor's Business School(Degree Programmes)

Foundation Programmes

Feedback & Suggestions

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PART 2: SYSTEM PLANNING

Library Mission Statement The library's mission is to provide comprehensive resources and services in support of the

research, teaching and learning needs of the university community. To fulfill this mission,

the library commits to:

• understand the research, teaching, and learning needs of its users;

• build collections and create tools to support research, teaching and learning;

• provide access to and promote the discovery and use of local and external

information resources;

• ensure the preservation and long-lasting availability of library collections and

resources;

• create hospitable physical and virtual environments for study, teaching and

research;

• collaborate with other members of the university to enrich the research and

learning community;

• advance local, national, and international library and information initiatives; and

• develop, encourage, and sustain staff expertise, skill, and commitment and an

innovative spirit in its staff.

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PART 3: SYSTEM ANALYSIS

Fact-Finding Techniques Two types of fact-finding methods were used; they are:

1. Surveys

2. Observation

Survey

In order to gather information about the library borrowing system, we prepared a short

survey. 50 copies were made and distributed to people in proximity to the library. A fairly

good response was obtained and the results of the survey were then analyzed. A sample

of the survey along with its result are given in Appendix I and Appendix II respectively.

Observation

Another fact-finding method we used was observation. This technique was really useful

as we were able to have a detailed view of the different business processes of the library.

We could see how the users were required to possess their ID to enter the library, and

then how they go about through the borrowing process.

After choosing the book(s) of their choice, borrowers usually go to the counter machine

where their ID and the barcode of the books are scanned. Then, a receipt is issued. As

per our observation, we realized that the borrowers sometimes forget to collect their

transaction slip.

Another point to be considered is that multimedia items are not usually borrowed similarly

to how books are borrowed. Borrowers have to go to the Lending Services to borrow these

items manually.

In order to obtain more information regarding the payment of fines, we questioned people

around the university and we eventually learnt that in the usual case, when borrowers

exceed the due date limit, they are to be summoned by the finance department to settle

the outstanding payment. However, the finance department sometimes gives less

attention to this matter. This may cause confusion to the students, especially those who

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have just started their courses in Taylor's University regarding how they should handle

this issue, some leaving it unsettled for a very, very long time.

Improvements After analyzing the results obtained, we came up with the following ideas in order to

improve the current system:

1. Both books and multimedia items are to be borrowed at the computerized counter

machines implemented at the gates.

2. Transaction slips will be sent to borrowers online.

3. Payment of fines will also be carried out via online.

4. An alarm system will be installed at the gates, which are connected to the counter

machines in order to prevent any unauthorized access.

5. A video recording system will be set up to monitor the activities going on in the

library.

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Data Flow Diagrams Note: The Gane & Larson symbols were used in creating the context diagrams and data-

flow diagrams (DFDs).

Current System: Context Diagram

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Current System: Level 0 DFD

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Current System: Level 1 DFD (Process 1)

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Current System: Level 1 DFD (Process 2)

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Current System: Level 1 DFD (Process 3)

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Proposed System: Context Diagram

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Proposed System: Level 0 DFD

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Proposed System: Level 1 DFD (Process 1)

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Proposed System: Level 1 DFD (Process 2)

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Proposed System: Level 1 DFD (Process 3)

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PART 4: SYSTEM DESIGN

Entity-Relationship Diagram (ERD)

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Network Diagram

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Costs and Benefits Costs

In order to implement this new project, the economical and operational feasibilities should

be taken into consideration to ensure profit-making. Let us have a look at the costs to be

incurred first.

Basically, we will have four LCD monitors at the gates. Capital will also be required to

install modems and make provisions for wireless connection. Moreover, they will be

connected to an alarm system which will be triggered in the case where an unauthorized

person tries to obtain access.

Funds will also be required to install application servers, the database server and the

interface servers, all of which backups are included as well. Furthermore, card access

control will be introduced for the server room and a video camera will be installed as well.

Last but not least, maintenance cost is also to be considered. All of these are categorized

under tangible costs.

Benefits

After implementing the new system with the improvements mentioned before, a number

of benefits will be obtained, hence leading to profit-making. The benefits can be classified

as tangible and intangible benefits.

Tangible Benefits:

• Online payment of fines eliminates the need of the Finance Department. This

means that less money is needed to be given away as salaries.

• Since a soft-copy of the transaction details will be sent via online, the system will

save on paper, thus proving itself to be eco-friendlier.

• Eco-friendliness of the system is again shown through promoting e-books, which

requires less paper and printing.

Intangible Benefits:

• The new system provides a better way of keeping track of fines as reliance will be

on computers instead of people.

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• The new system also provides better and faster customer service (also considering

the larger number of computers at the gates).

The table below shows the Return on Investment (ROI) Analysis.

Year Costs Cumulative Costs Benefits Cumulative Benefits

Year 0 RM 60,000.00 RM 60,000.00 RM 0.00 RM 0.00

Year 1 RM 17,000.00 RM 77,000.00 RM 31,000.00 RM 31,000.00

Year 2 RM 18,500.00 RM 95,500.00 RM 31,000.00 RM 62,000.00

Year 3 RM 19,200.00 RM 114,700.00 RM 34,000.00 RM 96,000.00

Year 4 RM 21,000.00 RM 135,700.00 RM 36,000.00 RM 132,000.00

Year 5 RM 22,000.00 RM 157,700.00 RM 39,000.00 RM 171,000.00

Year 6 RM 23,300.00 RM 181,000.00 RM 42,000.00 RM 213,000.00

The chart below shows that the project break-even point will be around Year 4.

RM0.00

RM50,000.00

RM100,000.00

RM150,000.00

RM200,000.00

RM250,000.00

Year0 Year1 Year2 Year3 Year4 Year5 Year6

CummulativeCosts CummulativeBenefits

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Schedules on Gantt Chart Note: A full view of the Gantt chart is available in Appendix III.

The figure above previews the Gantt chart throughout the duration of this project as viewed

in Microsoft Office Project Professional 2016.

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Recommendations

Some improvements that could be made into the system might be that we can notify user

of the due date into their phones. There will be an application specifically for this purpose

that is downloadable from the store. This application will be a mobile-go library portal that

will show all the items borrowed and their respective due dates. If there is a due date that

is approaching, users will be notified via this application.

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CONCLUSION

Throughout the duration of finishing this assignment, the four of us in our team have learnt

so much about how the Taylor's Library Borrowing System works, finding any problems

found within the system, as well as generating ideas to fix those problems and spruce up

the system, which we believe are marvelous ideas. It is not very common to find most

students in Taylor's University who would know a lot about the library's borrowing system,

let alone admit so regardless. Having said that, now that we have done a lot of research

regarding this system, we should be capable of knowing the library's borrowing system as

thoroughly as how much we have discovered.

In addition to that, we have also been able to learn how to work cooperatively and closely

with one another throughout the course. We have learnt invaluable management skills

while preparing everything that was needed to complete the assignment. We believe that

these management skills will prove to be useful to all of us in our future assignments and

in the working world. We hope that this will mean that we have a higher chance to obtain

the upper hand when that time comes.

We have also been able to utilize what we have learnt, including whatever that was taught

in our lecture and tutorial classes throughout the duration of this assignment. Thus, we

have a deeper understanding of certain theories, topics and real life situations. This

includes creating data flow diagrams, entity-relationship diagrams and Gantt charts, as

well as carrying out the Return on Investment (ROI) Analysis.

Not only that, we were able to sharpen whatever skills we possess. Opportunities were

spread evenly, not only to complete each part of the assignment we were designated to

complete, but also help each other whenever we spot mistakes in each other's work.

Opportunities as such will be able to make us more vigilant when dealing with problems

similar to those we have faced throughout the duration of this assignment. We are also

grateful to have our module lecturer, Ms Sukhminder Kaur, who would help us get back

on track should any of us get stuck with a certain problem or go astray with anything wrong.

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REFERENCES

Hoffer, J. A., George, J., Valacich, J. (2010). Modern Systems Analysis and Design.

Pearson Education (6th Edition).

Kendall, K. E., Kendall, J. E. (2010). Systems Analysis and Design. Pearson Education

(8th Education).

Shelley, G. B. (2010). Systems Analysis and Design (Shelley Cashman). Course

Technology.

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LIST OF APPENDICES

Appendix I: Survey Form

Appendix II: Results of Survey

Appendix III: Gantt Chart

Appendix IV: Mock-up Interface of Form

Appendix V: Minutes of Meetings

Appendix VI: Assessment Forms

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Survey We are students from Taylor's University's School of Computing and Information Technology

(SoCIT) and we are carrying out this survey to better understand the Taylor's Library

Borrowing System from different perspectives, as required by our assignment for the Systems

Analysis and Design (ITS 60103) module. Our aim is to further improve the system so as to

provide a better service to the users.

SECTION A: Tick as appropriate.

Question 1: Tell us who you are.

o Student

o Lecturer

o Administrative Staff

o Others, please specify: ______________________

Question 2: How often do you borrow books from the library?

o Every week

o Every two weeks

o Every month

o Others, please specify: _______________________

Question 3: How often do you borrow multimedia items (CDs, DVDs) from the library?

o Every week

o Every two weeks

o Every month

o Others, please specify: _______________________

Question 4: Do you think the library borrowing system has any drawbacks?

o Yes

o No

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SECTION B: Circle as appropriate.

Question 1: How useful is the library borrowing system to you?

NOT USEFUL EXTREMELY

AT ALL USEFUL

1 2 3 4 5

Question 2: How far would you recommend others to use the library borrowing system?

WOULD NOT STRONGLY

RECOMMEND RECOMMEND

1 2 3 4 5

SECTION C: Kindly give us your views.

Question 1: What are the problems that you find in Taylor's Library Borrowing System?

_________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________

Question 2: What would you suggest to improve Taylor's Library Borrowing System?

_________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________

THANK YOU

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Results of Survey

SECTION A

Question 1:

Question 2:

86%

10%

4%

0%

Student Lecturer Administrative Staff Others

8%

52%

36%

4%

Every week Every two weeks Every month Others: Rarely

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Question 3:

Question 4:

0% 6%24%

70%

Every week Every two weeks Every month Others: Rarely

20%

80%

Yes No

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SECTION B

Question 1:

Question 2:

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

1 2 3 4 5

Percentage Rating (%)

Percentage Rating (%)

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

1 2 3 4 5

Percentage Rating (%)

Percentage Rating (%)

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SECTION C

Question 1: For this part, the answers were mostly the same, all of which indicates that there are no major

problems in Taylor's Library Borrowing System. The most significant problem that we could

identify was that the alarm is often triggered without any valid reason when borrowers pass

through the gates to leave the library after borrowing books.

Question 2: A relatively poor response was obtained as far as this part is concerned. Most people left this

question unanswered.

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APPENDIX III

Gantt Chart

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Mock-up of Proposed System – Borrower's Form

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Minutes of MeetingDate: 26.10.15

Time: 13:00-14:00

Location: E-quarium

Attendees:1. Prishtee Seewoochurn

2. Henry Heng Hian Wee

3. Nazlyn Amelia Ahmad Nazri

4. Nisa Angelina

Agenda:

Task Time duration

Context Diagram-Current System 13:00-13:20

Identifying Problems in the current system 13:20-13:35

Delegating tasks 13:35-14:00

Task plan:

Name Task Allocated

Henry Heng Hian Wee Report Writing SkillsStructured Report

● report well structured, detailed, balanced, uses

impersonal language, good interpretation of terms

of reference, submitted on time

● research is comprehensive, relevant, variety of

sources acknowledged through references and

bibliography

● key issues discussed and explained with clarity,

objectivity, evidence of original thinking

● findings presented clearly and in own words,

recommendations/ conclusions show evidence of

critical thinking and analysis

● fluent writing, well expressed, extensive

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vocabulary, freedom from minor errors in spelling,

grammar and punctuation

Formatting Requirements

● The report needs to be constructed professionally.

● Students should follow the assessment format.

● You must use the cover page with all students'

Details.

● Font: Times New Roman 12, or ARIAL 11, 1.5

spaced

● Headings:

1st Heading font size 14

2nd Heading font size 13

3rd Heading font size 12

● Figures and Tables: All figures and Tables should

be reported in the body and should be named

appropriately

● References: All quotations, important points

should be referenced using standard referencing

methods. (Author name, year, Page number)

Nazlyn Amelia Ahmad Nazri Name your organization and team.

Executive summary (a paragraph summary).

Part 1: System project:a) Briefly explain the system.

b) business functions that the system support

Organization Chart:

a) Create an organization chart of your company by using

Microsoft Word or a similar program, or you can draw it by

hand.

Part II - System Planning:1- Use the Internet to find an example of cooperate mission

statement.

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List at least three different mission statements.

Prishtee Seewoochurn Part III - System Analysis: 1- Choose any TWO types of Fact Finding method.

Examples if select Questionnaire Techniques, list

the Q & A.

2- Write a brief memo describing the results of your

visit and the result from the Fact Findings.

2- Part IV - System Design:

3- Network Plan:

a) Draw the Network Plan.

4-

5- Costs and benefits

a) List benefits - estimates of tangible and intangible

benefits

b) List costs of items

c) Comparison of costs versus benefits

Nisa Angelina 6- Part IV - System Design:

7- Draw a prototype of your new system.

Schedules on:

a) Gantt/PERT chart

Recommendations

a) That you will want to proceed to the next stages!

Henry Heng Hian Wee

Nazlyn Amelia Ahmad Nazri

Prishtee Seewoochurn

Part III - System Analysis: 3- Draw a context diagram, a diagram 0, and 1st

level diagram that represent the current &

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Nisa Angelina proposed system.

4- Draw ERD for the system

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Minutes of Meeting Date: 4.11.15

Time: 10:00-11:30

Location: E-quarium

Attendees:

1. Prishtee Seewoochurn

2. Henry Heng Hian Wee

3. Nazlyn Amelia Ahmad Nazri

4. Nisa Angelina

Agenda:

Task Time duration

Level 0 DFD-Current System 10:00-10:30

Level 1 DFD-Current System 10:30-11:30

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Minutes of Meeting Date: 13.11.15

Time: 16:30-17:30

Location: E-quarium

Attendees:

1. Prishtee Seewoochurn

2. Henry Heng Hian Wee

3. Nazlyn Amelia Ahmad Nazri

Absentee: Nisa Angelina (Reason – She was back to Indonesia due to the Semester Break.)

Agenda:

Task Time duration

Improvements on the Current System 16:30-17:30

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Taylor’s University and University of West England

ITS 60103 SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN

CASESTUDYANALYSIS

ASSESSMENTFORM

StudentName:PRISHTEESEEWOOCHURN

StudentID:0324451

Assessmentbreakdown:

Topic Breakdown AssessmentContextdiagramsforcurrentand

improvedsystems

Level0diagramsforcurrentand

improvedsystems

Level1diagramsforcurrentand

improvedsystems

ERD

Networkplan

CostsandBenefitsAnalysis

Fact-findingtechniques

Total

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Taylor’s University and University of West England

ITS 60103 SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN

CASESTUDYANALYSIS

ASSESSMENTFORMStudentName:HENGHIANWEEStudentID:0321343Assessmentbreakdown:Topic Breakdown AssessmentContextDiagrams Level0DataFlowDiagrams Level1DataFlowDiagrams Entity-RelationshipDiagram ReportCompilation PresentationSlides Total

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Taylor’s University and University of West England

ITS 60103 SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN

CASESTUDYANALYSIS

ASSESSMENTFORMStudentName:NAZLYNAMELIABINTIAHMADNAZRIStudentID:0326036Assessmentbreakdown:Topic Breakdown AssessmentExecutiveSummary SystemProject BusinessFunctions OrganizationChart MissionStatements Context,Level0,Level1Diagram Total

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Taylor’s University and University of West England

ITS 60103 SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN

CASESTUDYANALYSIS

ASSESSMENTFORMStudentName:NISAANGELINAStudentID:0323308Assessmentbreakdown:Topic Breakdown AssessmentPrototypeofnewsystem Recommendationonthenewprototypeofthesystem

DrawContextdiagramscurrentandproposedsystem

DrawDFDlevel0currentandproposedsystem

DrawDFDlevel1currentandproposedsystem

DrawERDofthesystem Ganttchart Total

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