Investigation

Contents
Investigation of Current System............................................................................................................2
Justification of Methods....................................................................................................................3
Interview...........................................................................................................................................4
Questions (Annotated)..................................................................................................................4
Responses (Include the actual interview transcript.).....................................................................4
Conclusions....................................................................................................................................4
Questionnaire....................................................................................................................................5
Questions (Annotated)..................................................................................................................5
Responses (Include the actual interview transcript.).....................................................................5
Conclusions....................................................................................................................................5
Observation.......................................................................................................................................6
Notes from Visit.............................................................................................................................6
Conclusions....................................................................................................................................6
Examination of Current Documentation............................................................................................7
Conclusions....................................................................................................................................7
Desk Based Research.............................................................................................................................8
Best Features.....................................................................................................................................8
Features to Include in Solution..........................................................................................................8
Stakeholders in Current System............................................................................................................9
Describe their involvement...............................................................................................................9
Describe their requirements..............................................................................................................9
Summary of Limitations of Current System.........................................................................................10
Specification........................................................................................................................................11
System Objectives............................................................................................................................11
User Requirements..........................................................................................................................11
Technical Justification..........................................................................................................................11

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Investigation of Current System

All investigation must have a focus on the areas of information in your project and particularly input,
process, output, storage, problems of current system, ideas for new system.

Who will you target with each method of fact finding?

Pros/cons of each approach?

Data Input –

How is it collected?

What data is collected?

Volume?

Validation?

How is data stored?

Data security?

Data Redundancy? (unnecessarily repeating data)

Data Integrity? (Correctness of data)

Data Processing

Searching for a customer / order / staff

Calculating an order total

Calculating stock

Calculating Totals for Management

Sorting

Outputs
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Justification of Methods
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Interview
Questions (Annotated)

Responses (Include the actual interview transcript.)

Conclusions
Conclusions linked to input/process/output/storage… always heading towards what you are going to
do with your system.
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Questionnaire
Questions (Annotated)

Responses (Include the actual interview transcript.)

Conclusions
Conclusions linked to input/process/output/storage… always heading towards what you are going to
do with your system.
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Observation
Notes from Visit

Conclusions
Conclusions linked to input/process/output/storage… always heading towards what you are going to
do with your system.
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Examination of Current Documentation

Include some evidence of the current documentation, try to categorise as Input / Process / Output

Input

Processing

Output

Conclusions
Conclusions linked to input/process/output/storage… always heading towards what you are going to
do with your system.

Reminder that your evidence must establish the problems with the current system!
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Desk Based Research

Identify some current examples of existing solutions to similar problems

Best Features
Include screenshots as part of evidence. Annotate as needed.

Features to Include in Solution

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Stakeholders in Current System

Describe their involvement

Describe their requirements

Example:
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Summary of Limitations of Current System

Fully Explained

e.g. Current System is paper based or part digital

- Security /Privacy
- Accuracy of Input Data
- Increased volume of data
- Lots of redundant (repeated data)
- Human Error (misread / miscalculate / slow / input errors etc…)
- Searching (inefficient) -what
- Sorting (inefficient) – what
- Generating Outputs
- System not user friendly
- Backups
- Increase demand for web based app. Mobile app.
- Encryption + digital payments.
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Specification

System Objectives
Broad statements about overall aims/goals

1. GUI / User friendly

2. Security – login
3. Access Levels
4. Validation of Input
5. Summary Data for Management
6. Create an order system to store information about customers, products,….
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User Requirements
More detailed/specific

Numbered. Functional and Non-Functional

1a. Add new customer

1b. Edit a customer’s details

1c. Delete a customer

1d. Search for a customer (Maybe specify how).

2a. Add new product

2b. Edit a product’s details

2c. Delete a product

2d. Search for a product (Maybe specify how).

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Technical Justification
Methods to be used for solution (Python / Tkinter / SQLite)