Upon successful completion of this module, you will have demonstrated:
• Demonstrate fluency in contemporary programming languages, development tools and
environments.
• Evaluate and demonstrate the theory and concepts of contemporary/industry standard
programming and design in the software development life cycle.
• Demonstrate awareness of industry standards of professional and ethical software
development, software carpentry and codemanship.
Milestone 1: Coursework –Online Appointment Scheduling web site – 100 Marks
Scenario
The Jobs is a leading consultation Centre in Colombo. They provide free consultation services to
job seekers who are planning to go abroad for jobs The Centre has a set of job consultants
specialized on country and the type of job on which the job seekers need advice. All the consultants
of the Centre are working on part time basis. The job seekers can make the appointments to the
consultants by making a phone call to the reception, email or by visiting the Centre. The Centre
needs to record and keep the following details.
✓ The consultants details including their available dates and times.
✓ The job seekers detail.
✓ The consultant – job seekers appointment details.
Currently all the records are stored manually in paper based systems. However since the number
of job seekers being consulted has been increased, the management has decided to have a Web
based system to give a better service to the job seekers. Most importantly the system must have
the facility to schedule appointment online as well as to produce “on demand “reports to
management for efficient and effective decision making.
• Provide a well-designed, user friendly system addressing the following features:
• System should have differential access rights to the system users.
• Interactive user friendly interfaces
• Clear implementation of the business flow via the system.
• Design & implement suitable sets of reports, which you think will add more value to the
entire business
• Use test driven development and include test classes to test your application
Students are free to make necessary assumption on system design & granting access permissions
other than mentioned within the scenario, but all suggestions must be well explained with the valid
reasons.
Students can add any functionality which will enhance the system and make the proposed solution
more comprehensive.
Use Harvard referencing to properly acknowledge all the external sources you use.
Your tasks
Tasks
a) Provide a requirement specification for the proposed system.(6 marks)
b) Provide the UML diagrams for the given problem with clear explanations on the design
decisions. Derive detailed Use Case diagram, Class diagram & a sequence diagram.
Whenever necessary document the relevant assumptions you made. (9 Marks)
c) There are many system design patterns available in system development. Critically
evaluate singleton, factory and abstract factory design patterns and apply the most suitable
design pattern for your system development.(15 Marks)
d) Develop an interactive set of interfaces to get the necessary user inputs. Make sure to
implement proper validation mechanisms in order to restrict invalid entries to the system.
Come up with suitable set of reports, which you will think add more value to your system
i. Your program must have a clear, three-tiered organization. That is the program should
have distinct and separate data access, business logic, and user interface layers.
ii. Your program should make use of a proper database to store information
(30 Marks)
e) Document the test plan and explain how you used test driven development in this scenario.
This includes test rationale, test plan, test data and proper application of the test plan (LO II)
(10 Marks.)
f) Create user and technical documentation for the developed solution.(10 Marks)
g) Critically evaluate your ethical considerations in developing the solution as well as justify
the tools and function you have used to achieve software carpentry and codemanship. (20
marks.)
Guidelines for the report format
Paper A4
Margins 1.5” left, 1” right, top and bottom
Page numbers – bottom, right
Line spacing 1.5
Font
Headings 14pt, Bold
Normal 12pt
Font face- Times New Roman
Referencing and in-text citation should be done strictly using Harvard Referencing System.