Chapter 2

DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY

This chapter presents the systems design methodology,
the studys scope and delimitation, data gathering
techniques, and the sources of data used in the study.
Systems Design Methodology
The researchers used the Waterfall methodology because
of its simplicity and it is easy to use. Through this
method, the researchers easily pinpointed the errors being
encountered in each phase, not allowing the system to go to
the next phase until the errors are eliminated.
Waterfall model is one of the most well-known model in
software development life cycle. It is not only simple to
understand, but it is also easy to use. Satalkar (2011)
stated that Waterfall life cycle is one of the oldest model
used in software development and its origin is in the
manufacturing and construction industry. Since formal
software development methods did not exist at that time,
this hardware oriented model was adapted for software
development as well.
There are defined phases in Waterfall life cycle and
the preceding phase must be completed before the next phase
starts. In this model, there is a sequential progression