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Online Fleet Management System


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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction

1.1 Purpose

1.2 Scope

1.3 Definitions and Acronyms

1.4 References

2. Context Diagram

3. Document Overview

3.1 Project Overview

3.2 System Overview

3.3 System Architecture

3.4 Presentation

3.5 Quality Measures

4. Stakeholders

4.1 Project Team

4.2 Client

4.3 Users

5. System Overview

6. Technology

6.1 PHP vs. Java

6.2 MYSQL

6.3 CSS

7. Modules

7.1 Modules purpose and Functionalities

8. Use case Diagram


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8.1 Use case description

9. Sequence Diagram

10. Data Flow Diagrams

10.1Admin

10.2Login

10.3Register

10.4User login

11. System Architecture

11.1Multi Tyre Architecture

11.1.1 Client Tyre

11.1.2 Middle Tyre

11.1.3 Database layer

1. Introduction

1.1 Purpose

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This Software Design Description document provides the design description of


Online Fleet Management System in the form of object oriented analysis. This
analysis will comprise of use case, collaboration diagrams and prior to that the
context level diagram will show the working model of Online Fleet Management
System and the Data flow diagrams are included.

1.2 Scope

This document contains complete description of Online Fleet Management System in


the form of diagrammatic designs of object oriented analysis. The basic architecture
of the web site is done with the help of PHP and java scripts on a Dreamweaver
software development tool. The supervisor of the project would be an in charge of
this document to make any necessary changes related to the diagrammatic
description and the contents of the index.

1.3 Definitions and Acronyms

2. NAME DEFINITION

PM Project Manager

SPMP Software Project Management Plan

SRS Software Requirements Specification

SDD Software Design Description

ATMC Australian Technical Management


College

UD User Documentation

WBS Work Breakdown Structure

QAM Quality Assurance Manager

PHP Hypertext Pre-Processor

HTML Hypertext Mark-up Language

MYSQL Simplified Query Language

Admin Administrator

DBA Data Base Administrator

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic


Engineers

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TOM Theory of Mind

SUMS Student and Unit Management System

DFD Data Flow Diagram

1.4 References

Document Reference Description / Name


Software Design Description Version 1.1, Michael J. Reaves, Web Accessible
December 8-2003 / .doc Alumni Database
SRS Sample.doc TBBC, Testing TOM
SADD_v2.0.doc AWARA Technologies

2. Context Diagram:

The context diagram highlights several important characteristics of the system. It reflects
the people of the organization or the system, with which the system communicates and
these are known as External entities. The data that the system receives from the outside
world and that must be processed in some way. The data stored, is shared between the

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system and the external entities. These data stores are either created outside the system
and used by the system, or created by the system and used outside the system.

3. Document Overview

3.1 Project Overview:

This section is an overall look of the project. This section will explain the position of this
document in the entire project and all documents that refer to this document. The contents
of this section are brief as explanations are already explained in related documents.

3.2 System Overview:


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This section will explain about the overview of the final product and the basis of major
decisions.

3.3 System Architecture:

This section will explain the architectural specification of the solution. The specification will
include a comparison between technologies that will be used, structure of the technology,
how they will be used, logical steps on how the solution will work, and structure of the
database. This section will show the detail of the overall idea of how the system will work.

3.4 Presentation:

This section will explain about the user interface of the final product. The explanation will
include a draft look of the user interface for each page. The look will follow the idea that
makes up the user interface and how this presentation will suit the final product. The
presentation is more concentrated on how the user will interact with the system.

3.5 Quality Measures:

We have explained the quality of the final product in SRS. The standard quality of the
deliverables is already defined in the Quality attributes. Quality attributes explained the
quality of the final product and how the quality is measured in terms of usability,
maintainability and reliability.

4. Stakeholders

4.1 Project Team:

This document will be used as the reference for the final solution and the design of the
entire final deliverable. For more information about roles and responsibilities, please refer
to the SRS document of the website.

4.2 Client:

As the project develops, the client will need to provide feedback and discuss their needs on
a more regular basis. It is essential the client co-operates as much as possible with the
project team in order to achieve a successful completion.

4.3 Users:

Users are the people who will use this system and mainly divided into admin, employees
and client level of the institution.

5. System overview
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Transport is an integral part of our social living. The modern society cannot run without transport

facilities. There are many companies who give transport services to the individual and corporate

clients. In the current system, the client first contacts with the transport company for getting

transport service. The company then books the vehicle for him on the requested date and time and

then sends the vehicle to his place at the time. The Online taxi booking system is the online service

which will automate the process of booking a taxi and will facilitate both the client and the company

with reduced time and efforts. First the company will register his vehicles and the vehicles to the

system. Then the client will request for booking a vehicle on his required date and time, providing all

necessary information. The fare will be calculated and client should confirm it. Then the employee

will serve the client on the specific date and time. Finally the client will have an opportunity to give a

feedback for the service he got. The company can check it and take appropriate action for the future

improvements.

This system will have 3 levels of login

Admin level usually perform the following tasks

1. Perform weekly roster of Employees.

2. Print reports annually, weekly, and daily.

3. Check feedbacks.

4. Send newsletters.

5. Manage user portfolio.

6. Changing the super password.

Employee level usually perform the following tasks

1. Check online bookings

2. Check their rosters.

3. Maintain daily logs.

4. Select availability.

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Client level usually perform the following tasks

1. Make a booking.
2. Check their booking status.
3. Calculate the fare.
4. Check the driver history.

The GUI based system will be built based on the PHP that is able to be executed in the IE 7
browser and additionally Firefox 2. The client will only see the html page but PHP scripting
will be used to interpret instructions dynamically.

The first interface will be the welcome screen where the user level has the ability to select a
level of login in the system. Additionally, a form for booking fleet will also be available for
potential clients. Once the login is selected, the user will be directed to a page that shows
the tables and sections that they have access to, based on their role. Admin is a special role
that is password protected and is for administrator use only. Additionally, links to the help in
registering new users will be provided in the admin page so that users can get registered
and view their records from the website.

6. Technology

6.1 PHP vs. JAVA:

PHP and Java can both be considered server-programming languages that can be the middle
processing point between the user interface and the database. Both languages are widely
used to create Internet application(s) and allow developers to create dynamic content that
interacts with databases. There are several advantages of using PHP over Java; thus we have
chosen PHP as the programming language to build the final product.

6.2 MYSQL:

MYSQL is a free relational database management system that is widely used by


organizations and individuals alike and is a subsidiary of Sun Microsystems. With this wide
use comes community support but also continual development on improving the software
and adding features. The MYSQL database will store the competition data from competitor
details to section details, results, and more. This data can be retrieved and updated as
required by various roles. Access control and other security can be implemented using
database tables for flagging access for the roles and their varying required access. MYSQL
provides the ability to backup this data to prevent data loss but also to import any other
data that may need to be loaded in at any stage.

6.3 CSS (Cascading Style Sheets):


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A language used to describe how a web pages document is formatted. CSS only focuses on
the presentation of a document written in a mark-up language commonly in HTML. CSS is
also used for XML page formatting. CSS consists of a pre-defined set of rules and the
specification is maintained by the W3C to create one standard.

7. Modules

The application has been divided into modules, to assist in development. Each module is
designed so that they can be written independently of other modules. They may however
be dependent on other modules to complete each modules own task.

 Admin

 Login

 Register

 Employee

 Client

 Roster

 Fleet Booking

 Feedback

 Edit / view contact details

7.1 Module purpose and functionalities:

 Admin: Admin is the main person by which every user will be employees and
clients activities will be controlled.

 Login: Login differs’ the types of login we have in our system namely admin,
employees and client. It’s very important that every registered user has to
select their designated login method to login into the website.

 Register: Registering the employees will be in the hands of admin. He will


give the employees a user name / id and password to proceed further to
create the details and further validations. On the other hand, the clients can
register themselves using the registration form.

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 Employee: Employees are the person who will serve the clients. They will be
able to see the rosters and the bookings and serve the client.

 Client: The clients are the persons who will take the service of the system to
book a fleet online through the application. They can see the available cars
and book it according to it.

 Roster: Rosters are the employment term for the employees for a specific
week. The admin should add roster for the employees and the employees will
be able to see it.

 Fleet Booking: The bookings can be created by filling up the booking form by
the clients.

 Feedback: The clients can give a feedback about the quality of the service
after he get the service.

8. USE CASE DIAGRAM

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8.1 USE CASE DESCRIPTION: In a brief overview what the scenarios and actor will do
is given below in the description schema and every case has been clearly explained in
the Software Requirements Description Document based on the functional
requirements.

USE CASE NAME: Name of use Case.

SCENARIO: Scenario – if multiple use cases with different actors.

TRIGGERING EVENT: What starts this use case?

BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Describe the use case.

ACTORS: Who is involved?

STAKEHOLDERS: Who uses the information from the use case?

PRECONDITIONS: What has to be true beforehand?

POSTCONDITIONS What has to be done afterwards?

FLOW OF EVENTS: ACTOR SYSTEM

1. Flow of Events. 1.1. Flow of Events.

2. For the actor. 2.1. For the system.

EXCEPTION 2. If 2 is not true, use case ends


CONDITIONS:

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9. SEQUENCE DIAGRAM:

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10. DATA FLOW DIAGRAM:

The purpose of this product is to share information from a centralized server. The data will
only flow from the user to the centralized server, but the process can be categorized into
level of users.

10.1 Admin:

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10.2 Login:

10.3 Employee Register:

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10.4 Client Register:

11. SYSTEM DESIGN ARCHITECTURE:

This is an explicit listing of decisions made during a design process and the reason why those
decisions were made. This section will include the reasons behind why a design decision was
chosen and the justification for it as well as other alternatives considered in the tradeoffs
evaluation and the rationale that led to the decision. The below sections explain the
decision that influences the design:

11.1 Multi-tier Architecture:

Multi-tier architecture is a client-server based architecture where the application acts as a


middleware to provide the architecture between the user and the database. This means the
user interface, functional process logic, computer data storage and data access are
maintained as independent modules. The decision to use a multi-tiered architecture is
based on the capability to share data that can be accessed by a number of users. A multi-
tiered architecture is able to control and identify each user’s access. By knowing the user
access, the server will be able to respond correctly and maintain data integrity. To support
the multi-tiered decision, from a technological point of view, the architecture allows
different languages to be used such as PHP for the client side, Scripting on server processing
and SQL for database. It also means, to a degree, that different database servers and web
servers can be used without changing the user interface, or the user interface can be
changed without altering the database.

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Data Storage Tier

MySQL

Middle Tier

Server

Client Tier

User1
User2

The server we have used is WMAP server in which Apache engine will work along with PHP, MYSQL.

11.2 Client Tyre:

This layer allows the user to view, manipulate and update data to provide simple control of
the system. This layer represents all things that are visible to the user, including screen
layout and navigation. For our application the user will view the final product through a web
browser which means the user will view PHP rendered code. The PHP will be functioning in
conjunction with CSS for presentation purposes.

11.3 Middle Tyre:

The middle-tier, also known as middleware or business logic of the application, is the layer
that is mission critical to the business problems that will be solved. This component makes
up the middle tier that will be in the server to assist in resource sharing. For our application,
the middle-tier will be J Query environment. The scripting code will run on a Java application
server, where the code is embedded and rendered into PHP after processing according to
the business rules. The middle-tier will contain modules that will handle each function for
each specific task like validations.

11.4 Database Layer:

The Data-Storage layer will contain a database where all the data is stored. It can be
accessed and modified by the middle tier whose instruction comes in the form of input from
the client tier. For our application, the database layer will be in the form of a MySQL
database sitting on the server.
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