ICT50415: Diploma of IT Networking- Manual System to Record the Renting of Books- IT Assignment Help

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Task: Please read the scenario below and answer the following questions Your town local library is currently using a Manual System to record the renting of books as well as the purchase of new books from suppliers to be put into the library. The manual system is time consuming with clients having to queue up for a long time before they can finally rent a book, especially during school holidays and after school hours where a lot of students make use of the library facilities. Also, the library staffs have messy records of documents (e.g. which book is overdue, who rented which book, what are clients’ details etc). Very often, clients are requested to pay fine when they have returned their books on time or clients who have overdue books are not given a fine. Records of book details (such as book receipt when bought from suppliers) as well as details of library members are not properly maintained. Everything is written in a ‘Record Book’ in no particular order and tracing back information becomes a challenging task for staffs. You are the town’s local IT professional. The local mayor has requested you to convert the Manual Library System into a Computerized System because he has received feedback that a computer system will be more efficient to handle the library daily transactions. I. Information Gathering a) List down 3 different methods you can gather information about this business b) Give one advantage and one disadvantage for each of the 3 methods listed above. c) You have decided to interview the library staff. List down some questions that you will be asking them to help you with the new computerized system. Please note that your questions can be related to the manual system or to the new computerized system to be put in place. II. Problems Identification a) List down at least 5 problems the business is currently facing III. Systems Objectives a) What are the objectives of the new system? List them down in Bullet Points b) Who would you check that the systems objectives are correct? c) Why is it important to check that the objectives are correct? IV. Sign offs a) What do you understand by the term ‘sign offs’ b) Why is ‘sign offs’ essential when undertaking a new project c) Design a ‘sign off’ template that you would use for any new project undertaken