Assignment 3

MODULE NAME : Systems Analysis and Design

MODULE CODE : ITU07428

QUALIFICATION : NTA Level 7 - Higher Diploma in Information

Technology and Computer Science

SEMESTER : IV

INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT (10 MARKS)

Guidelines for the assignment

Read the following case study and attempt the questions at the end of it.

Web based Student Registration System (WSRS) at Tandala College of

Accountancy (TCA) is seeking to develop an online student enrolment system

(the System) whereby the students would be able to enrol themselves into

eligible modules at the beginning of each semester and pay their tuition fees

online. You have been hired as the Business Analyst for this project. Founded in

Arusha in 1991, TCA has experienced a remarkable growth in student numbers

in recent years and has opened new campuses in three other Tanzanian

towns/cities including Dodoma, Dar Es Salaam and Babati. TCA currently has

10,000 students across their four campuses with an estimated 5000 student in-

take in each academic year. This phenomenal growth in their student numbers

has necessitated the need for an online student enrolment system. Once

developed, this system will replace the manual enrolment process that is

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currently in place. The current manual enrolment process is labour intensive,

error-prone, and rather inefficient as it requires the Student Enrolment Officers

to manually enrol each student into the subjects upon the receipt of a study plan

from the students. The Deputy Rector (Academic, Research and Consultancy)

envisages an online student enrolment system which would allow students to

complete their enrolments and tuition fee payments before the end of registration

date. The System should not only enable Student Enrolment Officers of each

School to create, edit and remove courses/programmes offered by their

departments but also to create, edit and remove core modules and electives

offered in each course. The students should be able to access the system through

a device of their choice (e.g. desktop web browser, mobile phone or tablet app).

Most modules would have pre-requisites that must be satisfied before the

students are eligible to enrol in the modules. It would be the responsibility of the

Program Directors to provide and update the relevant course and subject

information including the descriptor, availability (i.e. whether a module or a

course is offered in a certain semester) and the prerequisites. The Timetabling

Officers may also create, edit and remove timetables for each available module

through the new System. Each campus will hold multiple classes for the same

module. A module is offered in the form of classes. Each campus may offer

multiple classes for the same module. Once logged into the System, students

should be able to view all the available modules, enrol in and drop subjects. The

System will detect timetable clashes and prevent students from enrolling into

modules that clash. The System should not let students to enrol in too many or

few modules unless they have an increased or reduced study load approved by

the Student Enrolment Officer. Once the enrolment has been completed the

system will generate a timetable customised to each individual student outlining

the class times and locations. The System will then prompt the students to pay

their tuition fees through a secure payment process. The System should be able

to send email reminders and SMS messages to students who have not completed

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the enrolment process by a designated deadline. It should also allow the Student

Enrolment Officers and Program Directors to generate customized reports (e.g. a

report showing a total number of students enrolled in a particular module or a

course).

Required

Answer the following questions:

1. Who are the stakeholders in this project? Please list at least four stakeholders.

2. Who are the Actors in this System? Please list at least four actors

3. Identify and list at least TEN (10) major functional requirements for the

System

4. Using your own experience with similar online student enrolment systems

and the information provided in the case study, identify and list FIVE (5)

non-functional requirements for the System. Explain and justify each non-

functional requirement

5. Using your own experience with similar online student enrolment systems

and the information provided in the case study, build a comprehensive set of

use case diagrams for the System using software of your choice.

6. Based on the use case diagrams you built in Question 5, develop and

document two elaborated use cases. For each of the two use cases, please

document the following: Use Case Name, ID, Priority, Actor, Description,

Trigger, Pre-condition, Normal Course, Alternative courses, Post-conditions

and Exceptions.

7. List and justify the kind of assumptions you will make in this case study.

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Note:

i. The total word count for the written assessment should be no

more than 2000 words.

ii. Please note that your answers must relate to the case study

provided

iii. Please provide all your answers in a MS word document. Please

note that you are NOT required to copy the questions over to

the MS Word document. Use the question number to indicate

which question your answer relates to.

iv. The recommended font size is 12 with 1.5 spacing. Referencing It

is essential that you use appropriate Harvard style for citing

and referencing your work.

v. Working with others or interaction among yourself is highly

recommended. However, the final work should be entirely

yours.

vi. Copying and pasting from internet is plagiarism. Any

comparison made or critique proposed MUST be in your own

opinion expressed in your own words.

vii. Assignment to be submitted on Moodle on or before 9th June

2022 at 05:00pm .