Information Technology Internal Assessment

Name: Daniel Hayden

Institution: Bridgeport High School

Centre #: 100138

Territory: Jamaica

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 Table of Contents

Titles Pages

Problem definition…………………………………………………………………………….3

Schedule of Activities…………………………………………………………………………4

GANTT Chart…………………………………………………………………………………5

Fact-finding Process…………………………………………………………………………...6-7

Identification of Possible Solutions……………………………………………………………8

Evaluation of Possible Solutions………………………………………………………………9-10

Selection of Solution…………………………………………………………………………..11

Justification of Solution………………………………………………………………………..12

Appendix…………………………………………………………………………………….13-17

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 Problem Definition

At the community of Portsmouth, located in Portmore, St. Catherine, the people find it difficult

to get customers for the rental or selling of their houses. From our current knowledge we know

that there were 8 houses available for rent/sale that have not gain much traction over the past 4

months. It was hypothesized that the number of customers (potential buyers) will increase

exponentially if their houses are advertised on a website.

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 Schedule of Activities

Tasks Start Date End Date

Problem Definition 1/1/2020 2/1/2020
Defining problem scope and 2/1/2020 3/1/2020
constraints
Perform fact-finding 4/1/2020 9/1/2020
Analyze Organization Charts 4/1/2020 4/1/2020
Conduct Interview 5/1/2020 7/1/2020
Conduct survey 5/1/2020 9/1/2020
Evaluate Feasibility 10/1/2020 12/1/2020
Estimate Development Time 13/1/2020 13/1/2020
and Cost
Present Results 14/1/2020 14/1/2020

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 GANTT CHART

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Start Date End Date Duration Status
Step 1 Problem Definition 01-Jan 02-Jan 2 Day Completed

Step 2 Define project scope and constraints 02-Jan 03-Jan 2 Days Pending

Step 3 Perform fact-finding 04-Jan 09-Jan 6 Days Pending

Analyze organization charts 04-Jan 04-Jan 1 Day Pending

Conduct interviews 05-Jan 07-Jan 3 Days Pending

Conduct a Survey 05-Jan 09-Jan 5 Days Pending

Step 4 Evaluate Feasability 10-Jan 12-Jan 3 Days Pending

Step 5 Estimate Development Time and Cost 13-Jan 13-Jan 1 Day Pending

Step 6 Present Results 14-Jan 14-Jan 1 Day Pending

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 FACT FINDING PROCESS

The fact-finding process consist of the Interview with the residents of Portsmouth and

Questionnaires issued to the residents that are currently trying sell or rent house(s).

Questionnaire

The questionnaire consist of 4 questions, 3 closed ended and 1 opened ended. They were issued

to 12 house owners trying to rent or sell.

From the question ‘How do you advertise your house for rental or sale?’75% of the house

owners choose ‘by face-to-face interactions’, 17% of house owner choose ‘use of social media’

and 8% choose use of website. From the results obtained it can be said that there is a lack of

proper advertising.

From the question ‘Which of the Information Technology solutions do you think would best

improve your chances of getting potential buyers?’, 7(58%) of house owners choose ‘Design a

website with pictures and/or video of houses on sale or rental’ and 5(42%) choose ‘Design a

social media page with pictures and/or video of houses on sale or rental’.

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Interview

The interview was held with the residents of Portsmouth. About 60% of 300 housing lots were

included in the interview. It consisted of two main questions. The questions were open ended.

1)Are you selling or renting a house within the community?

1b) If yes, would you take part in a research for my Internal Assessment for Information
Technology?

3) Do you know anyone selling or renting a house within the community?

The questionnaires were handed to the eligible and willing residents obtained from the
interviews.

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 Identification of Possible Solutions

After using the various fact-finding technique in the effort to evaluate and correct the issue

identified, the following solutions were suggested:

1). Design a website with pictures and/or video of houses on sale or rental. This solution was

suggested because major of respondents thought the creation of a website would be the best

course of action. It would improve the overall presentation of the houses and create a central

location for buying, selling and rental of houses.

2). Design a social media page with pictures and/or video of houses on sale or rental. It was

thought that a social media page would be very useful because there is a lot of traffic(people) on

social media platforms which would make the chances of getting potential buyers very high.

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 Evaluation of Possible Solutions

Solution 1

Design a website with pictures and/or video of houses on sale or rental. To carry out this solution

the following are needed: Wix (website creator), HP-laptop, access to the internet, Training, and

Camera(Galaxy S7). Training to create a website would take approximately 1 week and the cost

for training would be free.

Requirements Cost($)
Wix Free
HP-laptop Free
Internet Access Free
Camera (for photos and videos) Free
Domain Name and Web Hosting 1400
Total Cost 1400

This website would be a profit website, those whom wish to advertise on the website would have

to pay a fee. It would take approximately 3 weeks to complete the creation of the website. As it

relates to the legality no laws would be broken.

Solution 2

Design a blog with uploaded notes, past papers and answer sheets. To carry out this solution the

following are needed: Wix (website creator), HP-laptop, access to the internet, Training,

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uploaded notes, past papers and answer sheets. Training to create a website would take

approximately 1 week and the cost for training would be free.

Requirements Cost($)
Social Media Platform (Instagram, Facebook, Free

etc.).
HP-laptop or mobile device Free
Internet Access Free
Camera (for photos and videos) Free
Total Cost Free

This would be a non-profit social media page. It would take approximately 2 weeks to complete

the creation of the social media page. The creation of the social media page would be legal.

Selection of Solution

We have decided to choose solution 1. Solution 1 was chosen because it can generate revenue, a

website page also gives a sense of professionalism as opposed to social media pages which are

known for creating of fake identities for scamming, and lastly solution 2 could not have been

used because of the requirements of this internal assessment.

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 Justification of Solution

Solution 1 was chosen seeing that it is has a higher successful and continuity rate than solution 2.

Solution 1 will benefit the students. According to the fact-finding process as the majority of

respondents are lacking in advertising and a market to display there house(s), this website will

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solve that problem excellently and the majority of respondents did choose the website as their

preferred solution.

Appendix

Questionnaire

1. What do you intend to do with your house?

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 Sell

Rent

2. Where is the house located (address of house being sold or rented)?

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3. How do you advertise your house for rental or sale?

Face-to-face interactions

Social media

Website

4. Which of the Information Technology solutions do you think would best improve your

chances of getting potential buyers?

A website with pictures and/or video of houses on sale or rental.

Design a social media page with pictures and/or video of houses on sale or rental.

Interview Questions

1)Are you selling or renting a house within the community?

1b) If yes, would you take part in a research for my Internal Assessment for Information
Technology?

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3) Do you know anyone selling or renting a house within the community?

Presentation of Data

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 Renting or Selling House

33% Rent
Sell

67%

Figure1. Shows the results of question ‘What do you intend to do with your house?’.

8(67%) of houseowners wanted to rent their house, 4(33%) wanted to sell their house.

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 House Owners' Current Way of Advertising
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Advertising Methods

Face-to-face interactions Social Media Website

Figure 2. Shows data collected from the question ‘How do you advertise your house for

rental or sale?’. ’75% of the house owners choose ‘by face-to-face interactions’, 17% of

house owner choose ‘use of social media’ and 8% choose use of website.

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 Website Or Social Media

42% Website
Social Media Page
58%

Figure 3. refers to data collected from the question ‘Which of the Information

Technology solutions do you think would best improve your chances of getting potential

buyers?’.

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