Reference no: EM132715899

Unit 30 Application Development - BTEC Higher National Diploma in Computing

Objective

This coursework is designed to demonstrate the broad understanding knowledge of the module, assessing and evaluating the strength and level of analysis of student, divided into four learning outcomes, the coursework should be submitted as one document in a report format.

Scenario:

A College in London wants you to develop a library management software with the use of a database at its backend. You can develop either a desktop application or web-based application.
Some additional information is.
• The books can be lent only to students, lectures, or any other internal members of the college.
• The library will contain books for only business, health care and computing departments.
• The library can lend maximum 5 books.
• The library will allow the books to be lend maximum up to 5 weeks, after that the borrowers will have to pay a fine of 0.50 p/ day.
• The library will charge the whole cost of the book, if it gets damaged or lost by the borrowers.

LO1: Produce a Software Design Document by analysing a business-related problem and deduce an appropriate solution including a set of initial requirements

In relation to the above Business requirement, identify its business-related problem by highlighting and preparing a well-defined problem definition statement. Describe the issues that need to be addressed along with possible solutions supported by a set of user and system requirements. Since every project is often related with many risks in achieving its success, therefore you need to identify the areas of risk related to the successful completion of your application. To start with the actual development, you need to analyse the business-related problem of the case study using

appropriate methods and produce a well-structured Software Design Document that defines a proposed solution and includes relevant details on requirements, system analysis, system design, coding, testing and implementation.

LO2: Use design and development methodologies with tools and techniques associated with the creation of a business application

As we know that the ultimate objective of software engineering is to produce good quality maintainable software within reasonable time frame and at an affordable cost, therefore you need to carry out research on the use of different software development tools and techniques/ methodologies and present with comparison on various software development tools and techniques. Once you have reviewed, you need to justify on the one which you have selected for the development of your application. It is important to get reviews on your business application plan in order to achieve the desired business objectives and therefore, you are required to create a formal presentation that effectively reviews your business application, problem definition statement, and proposed solution and development strategy.

As we know that the ultimate objective of software engineering is to produce good quality maintainable software within reasonable time frame and at an affordable cost, therefore you need to carry out research on the use of different software development tools and techniques/ methodologies and present with comparison on various software development tools and techniques. Once you have reviewed, you need to justify on the one which you have selected for the development of your application.

LO3: Work individually and as part of a team to plan and produce a functional business application with support documentation

You are now required to present this plan to your other colleagues by preparing a power-point presentation as part of a peer-review and document any feedback given by your peers. After getting the peer review from your colleagues, you are now required to develop a fully functional business application based on a specified business problem given in the case study above. You need to interpret your peer-review feedback and identify changes/ addition in your report, that you will make on you design or development, which was not previously considered by you. Make sure that your interpretation also covers with arguments on the potential improvements carried out by you to your system.

LO4 : Evaluate the performance of a business application against its Software Design Document and initial requirements

Once you have fully developed the required application, you are now to make critical review on the performance and development of your application. For this, you need to review the performance of your business application against the Problem Definition Statement and initial requirements. There are key factors that can negatively impact the performance of the software application, therefore you need to analyse the factors that influence the performance of your business application and use them to undertake a critical review of the design, development and testing stages of your application and conclude your review by reflectively discussing your previously identified risks. As a part of the final holistic evaluation of your project, you need to cover on the strengths and weaknesses of your business application and justify opportunities for improvement and further development.

Attachment:- Application Development.rar