Question: 3 Develop a context diagram and as many nested DFDs as you consider necessary to represent all the details of the training logistics system described
Develop a context diagram and as many nested DFDs as you
consider necessary to represent all the details of the training
logistics system described in the following narrative. If you
discover that the narrative is incomplete, make up reasonable explanations to complete the story. Supply these extra
explanations along with the diagrams.
Training, Inc., conducts training seminars in major
US cities. For each seminar, the Logistics department
must make arrangements for the meeting facilities, the
training consultants travel, and the shipment of any
seminar materials. For each scheduled seminar, the
Bookings department notifies the logistics coordinator of the type of seminar, the dates and city location,
and the name of the consultant who will conduct the
training. To arrange for meeting facilities, the logistics
coordinator gathers information on possible meeting
sites in the scheduled city. The meeting site location
decision is made based on date availability, cost, type
of meeting space available, and convenience of the
location. Once the site decision is made, the coordinator speaks with the sales manager of the meeting facility to reserve the meeting rooms plan the seating
arrangements and reserve any necessary audiovisual
equipment. The coordinator estimates the number
and size of meeting rooms, the type of seating arrangements, and the audiovisual equipment needed for each
seminar from the information kept in a logistics database on each type of seminar offered and the number
of anticipated registrants for a particular booking. After
negotiations are conducted by the logistics coordinator
and the sales manager of the meeting facility, the sales
manager creates a contract agreement specifying the
negotiated arrangements and sends two copies of it to
the logistics coordinator. The coordinator reviews the
agreement and approves it if no changes are needed.
One copy of the agreement is filed and the other copy
is sent back to the sales manager. If changes are needed,
the agreement copies are changed and returned to the
sales manager for approval. This approval process continues until both parties have approved the agreement.
The coordinator must also contact the training consultant to make travel arrangements. First, the coordinator
reviews the consultants travel information in the logistics database and researches flight schedules. Then
the consultant is contacted to discuss possible travel
arrangements; subsequently, the coordinator books a
flight for the consultant with a travel agency. Once the
consultants travel arrangements have been completed,
a written confirmation and itinerary are sent to the consultant. Two weeks before the date of the seminar, the
coordinator determines what, if any, seminar materials
eg transparencies, training guides, pamphlets, etc.
need to be sent to the meeting facility. Each type of
seminar has a specific set of materials assigned to it For
some materials, the coordinator must know how many
participants have registered for the seminar in order to
determine how many to send. A request for materials is
sent to the MaterialsHandling department, where the
materials are gathered, boxed, and sent to the meeting address listed on the request. Once the requested
materials have been shipped, a notification is sent to
the logistics coordinator
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