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1 INTRODUCTION
For this project, you will be required to put into practice the tasks associated with the Systems Analysis and Design module. You should work in GROUPS OF FOUR (4) for this project. It is essential that individual members of the group realize their responsibility to their peers and behave in a professional manner.

2 OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT

1. To identify the framework of activities associated with methodologies and describe how the techniques are used together to develop a system 2. To demonstrate, apply and document, to the appropriate standard, the key techniques of analysis and design for the chosen paradigm 3. To identify the key user interface issues required in a system design

3 DELIVERABLES
Group Assignment (70%)
Each team should: Analyze the existing system carefully as provided in the case study. In areas that lack information, the team may make logical assumptions which need to be documented in their reports. Identify the problems in the existing systems and propose a solution. Prepare a feasibility report. A schedule feasibility report and an operational feasibility report would suffice o The schedule feasibility report should contain: Workload matrix Gantt chart to be done using an appropriate project management tool o The operational feasibility should be discussed using PIECES framework Compare some appropriate / related methodologies and suggest a suitable one for developing the proposed system. Justify the selection Identify the breakdown of work associated with the chosen methodology which would be undertaken. (Note: the tasks should be limited to the analysis and design stage, i.e. not including the development / coding and stages thereafter). Suggest with justification and apply appropriate techniques of determining user requirements. Summarize the findings. Demonstrate and apply the key techniques of analysis for the chosen methodology based on the findings. Develop a prototype of the proposed solution using a proprietary database tool by designing the input, output and dialogue screen that matches with the logical design. Document each stage of the analysis and design to the appropriate standards.
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Present the solution

Individual Assignment (15%)

Each team member / individual should prepare a formal documentation of and present the physical design which was done by the individual with the appropriate explanation / description of the design with regards to the finalized logical design a critical evaluation of the assignment in terms of problems encountered and how they were overcome, lessons learnt, etc. according to appropriate standards

Individual Presentation (15%)

Each team member / individual should: Present his / her contribution of the solution for the Group Assignment Marks awarded here would depend on Project Knowledge / Professionalism and Contribution of the individual.

4 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Contribution
Students are reminded that this is designed to be a group effort. It is not therefore sensible for every group member to be involved in every activity, though overall findings should be discussed and agreed by the group as a whole. Each individual is required to attach to his / her report a signed peer-to-peer evaluation form (to be provided by the module lecturer). This form allows the individual to assess his / her peers contribution to the project as well as illustrates the contribution of each team member. It should be remembered that people who do not contribute to the exercise cannot reasonably expect to get any marks from it.

Minutes of meetings
Each group is to regularly submit the minutes of meetings to the module lecturer. The report should among other things contain details such as: date, start time, end time and venue of the meeting attendees / absentees with or without apology reporting of previous meetings / outcomes / findings details of discussion based on agenda / conclusions drawn action list for group members Hardcopies of the minutes of meeting need to be attached as appendices in the documentation. Any difficulties / problems faced during the duration of the project such as non cooperative members, etc, should be pointed out in the minutes.

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Documentation Standards
Project documentation should be complete The project documentation should be at least of average standard in terms of language, layout and flow The contents of the project documentation should be appropriately structured References should be accurate, relevant and up to date References should be done using Harvards Name Referencing Diagrams / tables / graphs which have been used in the documentation should be properly captioned

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5 MARKING CRITERIA
Distinction (75% and above)
This grade will be assigned to work where the documentation is complete and describes in detail, with little or no errors, the following components: introduction, feasibility study, selection of methodologies, selection and application of investigation techniques and analysis / logical design in accordance with excellent documentation standards. To obtain this grade, the candidates individual assignment should show all techniques of methodology applied with little or no errors. All deliverables of the individual component should be coherent with detailed description to explain the diagrams. Overall documentation standards for both the group project as well as the individual assignment should be of excellent quality. In order to obtain a grade at this level, individuals should be able to address all issues with regards to not only their own component of the module but also be those of the other group members. Individuals contribution to the project, at this level should be more than 75% and overall peer evaluation should indicate excellent standards.

Credit (65% 74%)

This grade will be assigned to work where the documentation is complete and describes briefly, with some errors, the following components: introduction, feasibility study, selection of methodologies, selection and application of investigation techniques and analysis / logical design in accordance with good documentation standards. To obtain this grade, the candidates individual assignment should show all techniques of methodology applied but some errors. All deliverables of the individual component should be coherent with detailed description to explain the diagrams. Overall documentation standards for both the group project as well as the individual assignment should be of excellent quality. In order to obtain a grade at this level, individuals should be able to address most issues with regards to not only their own component of the module but also be those of the other group members. Individuals contribution to the project, at this level should be more than 65% and overall peer evaluation should indicate excellent standards.

Pass (50% - 64%)

This grade will be assigned to work where, most of the basic requirements of the documentation listed above, such as introduction, feasibility reports, logical process models, data dictionary are of adequate standard which is evident in the hardcopy of the documentation. The physical design of the system in terms of the interactive screen design and report maps adequately against the logical design presented in the documentation. The documentation should be of adequate standard in terms of language, layout and flow. Some accurate, relevant and up-to-date referencing was visible. Group presentation of the team should have adequate visual aids with relevant information presented and adequate coordination among group members. Individuals should display an adequate level of professionalism and project knowledge. Peer-to-peer evaluation of individuals contribution should be adequate.

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Fail(Below 50%)
This grade will be assigned to work where, most of the basic requirements of the documentation listed above, such as introduction, feasibility reports, logical process models, data dictionary are of poor standard which is evident in the hardcopy of the documentation. The physical design of the system in terms of the interactive screen design and report shows little or no mapping / linking with the logical design presented in the documentation. The documentation is of poor standard in terms of language, layout and flow. Minimal or no referencing was done. Group presentation of the team has poor visual aids with irrelevant information presented and poor coordination among group members. Individuals display on the average a poor level of professionalism and project knowledge. Peer-to-peer evaluation of individuals contribution is poor.

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THE EZzy VIDEO RENTAL SYSTEM

EZzy Videos is a chain of 14 video stores scattered throughout a major metropolitan area (in your city). The chain started with a single store several years ago and has grown to its present size. The owner of the chain Eddie Stone, knows that to compete with the national chains will require a state-of-the-art movie rental system. You have been asked to develop the system requirements for the new system. Each store has a stock of movie and video games for rent. It is important to keep track of each movie title to know and to identify its category (classical, drama, comedy and so on), its rental type (new release, standard), movie rating, and other general information such as movie produces, release date, cost, and so forth. In addition to tracking each title, the business must track each individual copy to note its purchase date, its condition and its rental status. User function must be provided to maintain this inventory information Customers, the lifeblood of the business, are also tracked. EZzy Videos considers each family to be a customer, so special mailings and promotions are offered to each household. For any given customer, several people may be authorized to rent videos and games. The primary contact for each customer can also establish rental parameters for other members of the household. For example, if a parent wants to limit a childs rental authorization to only PG and PG-13 movies, the system will track that. Each time a movie is rented, the system must keep track of which copies of which movie and games are rented; the rental date and time and the return date and time and the household and person renting the movie. Each rental is considered to be open, until all of the movie and games have been returned. Customers pay for rentals when checking out videos at the store. Basic requirements : Design a system which does some processing when events such as these occur : a customer rents movies/games via the system. a back-end user updates necessary stock details a back-end user updates necessary rental status a back-end user providing/generating necessary reports to top-level personnels

The system should also produce information at some specific points in time for example, when it is : time to produce an end-of-day rental details time to produce end-of-week payments details time to produce weekly rental reports

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