Individual reports
PHYSICAL DESIGN
SCREENSHOT OF THE HOMEPAGE OF WAITERS ON WHEELS.
Physical design is actually layout or designing homepage for the user and customer to interact with. Normally it is designed for the customer to easy to surf thru online. Basically this homepage layout was designed by our project manager and rest of us have their own part in as helping hands to the project manager. Our physical design is mainly done using a standard tool of designing homepage which is the Dreamweaver 8. This software is a useful and user friendly. This is because it is easy to create and design with all the standard tools.
Firstly the layout which is a yellow and white background is use to make the customers get this feel of western style of homepage. It is basically design to have an italic style of background. The header is design such way to give a better and easily understood by customer who surf our webpage. It contains the picture of a chef carrying food and delivered straight from the kitchen. The picture itself describes how our delivery system will be and guaranteed it is served hot. We also have our telephone hotline which is 1-707-
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707-707, where customer can also call and make their orders. We upgrade our system not only by online ordering but also via telephone order. Our header has the waiters on wheel with the logo of fork, plate and knife. On the top right of the page, we have an order list, which all your selected orders will be list down in the box plus it will also show you the amount of the food according to the order list. There is also a shopping cart which describe of how much food you have ordered so far. The header also has a slogan which describe about or service, our wheels your deal. We provide the delivery, you make your deal or orders and we give the express food delivery. There is a column with login and password for the registered customer. This is to ease regular customer to just order and wait for their food to deliver rather to enter customer‟s address, telephone number, credit card number and the main information that is collected from the customer for delivery purpose. For the new customer, they just have to click on the “register” and it will link to the customer registration page. Any problem or need some assistance, customer can click at the “help”.
On the left of the homepage, we have a column name navigator. Navigator is a column where u can find the link such as, Menu, How to guides, order terms, feedback, and contact us. This are the basic link found in all the other websites. In the centre, there is a latest news board, where you can get to know about the latest news of our updated database, such as new restaurant added. Below that we also have hot offer, which gives customer the new deals or discounts. Customer will love with the hot deals, which is quite useful for the customer to order. For example “order more than 10 items and get discount about 30%”.
We have discussed and come up with a finalized design. This homepage will be user friendly and easy to surf. We think the customer will love the page and will frequently visit our page.
Critical Evaluation
I am thankful to our lecturer; Ms. Palvin to gives me the assignment. This group work really teaches me on how a system is created. Firstly as I was divided into groups of four members, I was uncomfortable in the beginning because I don‟t really know about the other members. As our group work goes in progress, I get to know that my team members actually a very good person to work with. Each of us has a different approach to the project, different ideas, and moreover they really help me with my works. Working with them is like a pleasure to be with together.
In terms of problem, firstly I was not used with the methodologies techniques and how to compare it. I was completely confused of how to deal with this problem. Luckily with the help of my lecturer and also with the module slides and also books in library, I have learned how to make the comparison between methodologies and the right selection of methodologies.
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Secondly I have the problem of making findings such as questionnaires and interviews. As I am new to this place, I was shy to approach with the restaurant manager. So later on when my teammate gives me the boost to go and make interview, I finally managed to interview. The interview I carried out was not in Kuala Lumpur, but in Penang. My friend was manager in that place, so this makes me easy to get interview. After this I was not shy to ask question to anymore.
Thirdly, I had problems with the diagrams and pert charts. The diagrams give me headache in the beginning. It was complicated to actually draw. Thanks to Microsoft Visio 2007, it makes drawing easy. The description about the diagram is another tough situation I have encountered. The explanations of each diagram are different and some are inter related, such as Context diagram and Data flow diagram level 0 and level 1. It takes me 2 days to actually sit down and focused on how each diagrams works and what are the main points to use in the description. With the help of the library facilities such as System analysis and Design book and some module has describe about the diagrams, gives me a clear view of how each diagrams works. This makes me easier to explain each diagram and actually I managed to complete the description of each diagrams on time.
Finally I would like to express my thanks to the other members of my team which have helped me with my project. Rather being stressful with our assignment to finish on time, my team member was always looks relaxed but they worked hard day and night to finish the project. I then realized that rather being a sleeping partner in this team; I wanted to be an active member. So this teaches me how to be a hardworking by looking at others.
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Law Wern Siang
Physical design
Personally, I was given the task to design the registration webpage of the required system of Waiters on Wheels. The registration page would be loaded and shown on the customers screen when the „Register‟ hyperlink is selected and clicked upon from the main webpage.
The primary function of this page is to allow new customers to become a registered member of Waiters on Wheels. Every customer is required to sign in as a registered member if he or she has the intention to make an online order. If the customer is new and desires to register before making an order, this is the page where the customer would be directed.
Just as shown in the screenshot, the customer will be clearly shown important notices on the very top of the page. Some of the fonts were bolded to ensure it catches the attention of the page visitor and would actually take note of these notices. There notices on the top alongside the ones besides each text field acts as guides and examples for the customer as they fill in his or her particulars into each text field. The asterisk (*) symbol is placed beside each form item to highlight to the customer that those fields are compulsory and it must be filled by the customer in order to have an valid registration.
Some of the text fields such as the password, IC number, and telephone number were modified to allow only a certain amount of characters. The username and password field was limited mainly for the reason of convenience. If the particulars are too long, the customer is more prone to make mistakes when reinserting these particulars when logging in. From the company‟s point of view, it helps manage the customers‟ database better by referring to shorter more convenient username.
The password text field in particular was modified to show „hidden‟ characters for security purposes. It ensures that characters filled in by the customer could not be directly seen by other individuals. An extra
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password text field was also prepared for the customer to type in. The customer has to type same password in both the first and second field in order to have a valid registration. This is to prevent the case where the customer accidently created an account with a mistyped password. This problem could easily be avoided by having these two text fields where the customer has to confirm the entered password by entering it again in the second field. Once both characters entered matches, the customer will be able to submit a valid
registration together with the other customer‟s particulars.
The two buttons at the bottom of the page has its own functions. When the „Reset‟ button is clicked upon by the user, it clears all particulars and selection the user has filled in. This is again for the matter of
convenience of the customer. Last but not least, the „Submit‟ button sends all particulars that were filled in each text field to be stored in the website‟s customer database. Once the customer is shown the message that their registration is valid and complete, he or she can make orders online.
This registration webpage was designed and edited fully in HTML format using Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 software.
Evaluation of assignment
As a member of group 4, I can personally say I‟m satisfied with the overall progress, task distribution, and peer to peer communication of the entire course of this assignment. Not all was a smooth sail as we
progressively moved deeper into the project but it is fair to say that everything went well and the project was managed to be completed by the deadline given because of good planning, excellent management, and effective understanding between group members.
The project was managed well primarily because there was a definite layout of steps that guided us from the initial planning stage to the very end of compiling our project together. As mentioned in the previous report (see „Justification of selected Methodology‟), the SSADM methodology provided us with a basic foundation to build our project on. We followed precisely the modules of this methodology without overlooking any particular details. The feasibility studies was one of the most crucial elements as it allowed us to plan and determine the whole outline of our project and thus giving us another lead based upon the foundation of our selected methodology especially in terms of judging the time and workload needed to complete this
assignment successfully.
My main role in the group assignment as a user or tester of the group was to ensure the quality of our
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my duty to record and document the overall progress of the project as it is progressive being completed. In this way, the development of the project could be closely monitored to ensure it would be completed on time. However, my responsibility was not confined to this task alone. I was also assigned to assist choosing, justifying, and writing reports on available methodologies and investigation techniques.
A few minor problems did occur along the course of the entire project timeline. One of which was the synchronizing of files, findings, and reports of each individual member to one another. It was rather inconvenient to gather all these materials as there was the constant need to update and modify these materials to three other group members and vice versa. One solution that was proposed was the idea of synchronizing all updates on materials to one particular member particularly the project manager. The downside to the idea was that these materials then couldn‟t be viewed and analysed by other group
members. For the project manager to send these materials back with the updates would then be looping back to the same problem we were facing in the first place. It was time consuming and a hassle. However, an effective solution was eventually found with two simple but great innovation of technology. The first was by setting up a wireless ad hoc (computer-to-computer) network between the notebooks of each group member. Through this, synchronizing of material updates from each group member could be done almost
automatically if not instantly when a group meeting was held. The second solution that was implemented was by using Microsoft Office OneNote. This project management software that was used by all members allowed us to conveniently view, exchange, and update all reports in the most organized fashion.
Apart from attaining knowledge about the fundamentals of System Analysis and Design, there were certainly as few learning experiences that I have personally caught along the way. The one I consider the most crucial is the lesson of teamwork and communication. All members were complete strangers to one another and all from different backgrounds if not origins. Getting to know these new group members of mine that I will be working alongside side with for the next 3 months or so was the first step toward learning to adapt in a working environment which I will eventually be placed. I am truly honoured to be selected to work with these collages as they have proven to be excellent workmates. They have acted in the most professional of manner and yet managed to have a really sociable personality. Even though there were a few disagreements during discussions, they were all constructive disagreements as they provided us with various outlook of how a problem can be solved. This event occurred at the system requirement stage where lots of ideas were suggested by group members. In the end however, we made sure all parties would agree with the solutions that would be implemented. We had all practiced personal respect and have highly done so toward all group members.
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Other than that, I‟ve also gained experience in using a variety of latest software available for professional use. Among them are Microsoft OneNote, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Visio, Adobe Dreamweaver, and Adobe Photoshop. Most of this software are relatively new to me personally and have no experience in what so ever in using them. However, the requirement of preparing this assignment has driven me to learn to master the use of these applications. These softwares were used in producing the reports and designing the proposed physical design that I was assigned to complete.
In conclusion, this assignment indeed moulded me in terms of professionalism. The invaluable experiences I have gained through the course of this assignment has definitely taken me another step closer to prepare me to cope with the working environment that I would encounter in the near future.