EXERCISE

Context Diagram & Logical DFD

Wadi Sofia School is a private school that offers an after-school care (after-care) programme.
Recently, the school is experiencing a significant increases in enrolment applications into the
programme.

Madam Suraya is the principal who records all administrative tasks related to after-care
applications and fees using MS Word and Excel. The process of billing starts as she receives
weekly reports from after-care teachers detailing students’ hours spent in the after-care
programme. Based on the hours spent reports from the teachers, Madam Suraya prepares monthly
bills to parents. When parents make payment, she records the payment’s details and issues receipts
to the parents. Every Friday, bank slip is prepared to deposit the payment received to the bank.
Madam Suraya also produces monthly payment reports and send them to Datin Jamilah, a member
of the school’s Board of Directors.

You, as an independent information technology (IT) consultant, specializing in developing IT

solutions for small business, have been contacted by Datin Jamilah, about the possibility of setting
up an information system to handle the after-care programme. The proposed system should be able
to track after-care billing and payments.

REQUIRED:
(a) Prepare a context diagram for the after-care billing and payment system for Wadi Sofia
School.
(b) Prepare a logical data flow diagram (DFD) level 0 for the after-care billing and payment
system for Wadi Sofia School.
(c) Explain ONE (1) reason of levelling the context diagram into DFD level 0.