Course Work and Practical Assessment

This assignment is worth $100\%$ of the overall assessment for this module.

Learning outcomes covered

LO$1.$ Explain structured programming concepts

LO$2.$ Design a basic structured computer program

LO$3.$ Developed a modularized computer programme for a prepared design

LO$4.$ Compile software testing and documentation

Scenario

Nethra is one of the famous book shops in Kandy City, which provides a vast range of valuable books for schools, educational institutes as well as to daily customers. They use manual methods to run the entire business process from the cashier to the back office. Now it is a challenge to continue with costly time$-$consuming manual method with the rapidly increasing customer inquiries. Customers place bulky orders and requesting quotations quickly but manually processed quotations are not accurate more often.

To improve customer service and reduce costs while providing enhanced services to customers and employees, company management understood the need of automating the entire business process.

Initial state needs to automate book quotation preparation for orders which are placed by schools and other educational institutes.

Main requirements

$$ Manage Books $($view$,$ add, search$)$

$$ Manage orders $($View book orders, prepare quotations, add discounts$)$

$$ Print quotations with discount.

Other requirements are.

$$ User login$.$

$$ Logout.

$$ Exit

Create an error free, effective one with user friendly interfaces, appropriate messages, outputs and menu driven application using C$++$ programming language. Students can use appropriate data structures and text files to store information.

Carefully investigate the given scenario and provide the proposed solution.

Attach softcopy of error free program with your documentation.

Keep all the backups

Viva Evaluation TASKS

Task $01.$ Present system requirements specification and logical diagrams for core functions such as Add and Display book details, Prepare quotations according to given scenario. Use appropriate modularization to reduce the complexity of the design. $(25$ marks$)($LO$2)$

Task $02.$ Implement and submit a functional C$++$ program to meet the requirements given in the specification, by following the design created above. $(50$ marks$)($LO$3)$

a$)$ Evaluate the learner$$s ability to describe controlling structures used for the implementation with improved coding efficiency $($i$.$e$.,$ sequence structure, selection structure and repetition structure$).(15$ marks$)($LO$1)$

b$)$ Identify the use of modularization with effective data passing between developed modules during the implementation. $(15$ marks$)($LO$1)$

c$)$ Evaluate the use file handling techniques used for storage and backup requirements and use of appropriate arrays, structs$($records$)$ used. $(10$ marks$)($LO$3)$

d$)$ Provide appropriate guidelines to user, apply validations for user inputs and improve user$-$friendliness of the software. $(5$ marks$)($LO$3)$

e$)$ Assess the ease of navigation between modules, accuracy, creativity and completeness of the system. $(5$ marks$)($LO$3)$

Task $03.$ Prepare a test document including test plan, test cases and test results. Conduct user acceptance testing and provide feedback with sample questionnaires used. $(25$ marks$)($LO$4)$