Choose any one of the problems given in the appendix and perform its structured analysis (you will have use this problem for the rest of the course also as many of the programming assignments are based on this choice. So please choose wisely). Extract information needed for an automated application and, build its context diagram, a levels set of DFDs, balanced with the contextdiagram , and a data dictionary.

ABACUS PRINTING COMpanY This case describes a currently manual process. Your Orders are printed and hecome internal joh tickets which are used to schedule and monitor work progress. All orderfjob tickets go to the scheduler who sorts and prioriiizes them to develop a produc tion schedule. Each Monday, he gives the first person is to automate the order processing, scheduling, and customer service functions. Make sure you list any assumption you make during analysis and design in the work chain (there are three possible sequences of processing) the job tickets for completion that week. As the week prngresses, he adds to or changes the schedule by altering the order and adding new to the stack of each person beginning a work Abacus Printing Company is a $20-million busi- ticktet ness owned and operated by three longtime friends. chain. Each i They are automating their order prouessing for the firat lime. Abacus Printing is located in Atlanta Georgia and employs 20 people full-time ob goes through the same basic steps Step 1. Perform requested manufacturing (i.e., the engraving or printing work) accord ing to the job tickct instructions The owners are the sales force. The company is set up so that each owner sells for a differ ent, wholly-owned subsidiary (A Sub, B Sub, and C Sub) to separate commissions and expenses for tax purposes. Below is a description of the work Uo be automated Step 2. Verify quality of printed items and count output, that is. actual printed sheets of paper or envelopes. Write the actual count of items to be shipped on the job tickct Three clerks do order entry and customer service An order is given to one of the three elerks to be en tered into the order entry part of the system. Orders are batched by subsidiary for processing in the sys- tem. There is at least one batch per clerk per da'y When a batch is complete, orders are printed. After orders are printed, the system should maintain indi-The updating of the order with actual shipment vidual orders for processing (i.e., the integrity ofinformation may be done by either the shipping clerk the batch is no longer needed) Stcp 3. Update the orderfjob ticket with actual shipment information; print shipping papcrs and invoices which reflect actual shipments Step 4. Bundle, wrap, and ship the orde or by the same person who entered the order. The ABACUS PRINTING COMpanY This case describes a currently manual process. Your Orders are printed and hecome internal joh tickets which are used to schedule and monitor work progress. All orderfjob tickets go to the scheduler who sorts and prioriiizes them to develop a produc tion schedule. Each Monday, he gives the first person is to automate the order processing, scheduling, and customer service functions. Make sure you list any assumption you make during analysis and design in the work chain (there are three possible sequences of processing) the job tickets for completion that week. As the week prngresses, he adds to or changes the schedule by altering the order and adding new to the stack of each person beginning a work Abacus Printing Company is a $20-million busi- ticktet ness owned and operated by three longtime friends. chain. Each i They are automating their order prouessing for the firat lime. Abacus Printing is located in Atlanta Georgia and employs 20 people full-time ob goes through the same basic steps Step 1. Perform requested manufacturing (i.e., the engraving or printing work) accord ing to the job tickct instructions The owners are the sales force. The company is set up so that each owner sells for a differ ent, wholly-owned subsidiary (A Sub, B Sub, and C Sub) to separate commissions and expenses for tax purposes. Below is a description of the work Uo be automated Step 2. Verify quality of printed items and count output, that is. actual printed sheets of paper or envelopes. Write the actual count of items to be shipped on the job tickct Three clerks do order entry and customer service An order is given to one of the three elerks to be en tered into the order entry part of the system. Orders are batched by subsidiary for processing in the sys- tem. There is at least one batch per clerk per da'y When a batch is complete, orders are printed. After orders are printed, the system should maintain indi-The updating of the order with actual shipment vidual orders for processing (i.e., the integrity ofinformation may be done by either the shipping clerk the batch is no longer needed) Stcp 3. Update the orderfjob ticket with actual shipment information; print shipping papcrs and invoices which reflect actual shipments Step 4. Bundle, wrap, and ship the orde or by the same person who entered the order. The