ABSTRACT
This project is aimed at developing a web application for student accommodation. It allows students to choose and book a room of their choice. Research was carried out through reviewing similar existing applications, observations, interviewing people who might want to use the application and project-related articles. The ideas obtained from reviewing other similar applications were used in building the application. Agile methodology was used to build the app. The project was implemented using the Visual Studio IDE. This project has gone smoothly and the major part of all its functionalities have been implemented.
Table of Contents
DECLARATIONIII
CERTIFICATIONIV
APPROVALV
DEDICATIONVI
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTVII
LIST OF TABLESVIII
LIST OF FIGURESIX
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONSX
ABSTRACTXI
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION1
1.1OVERVIEW1
1.2BACKGROUND AND MOTIVATION1
1.3STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM1
1.4AIM AND OBJECTIVES2
1.5SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PROJECT2
1.6PROJECT RISKS ASSESSMENT2
1.7 SCOPE/PROJECT ORGANIZATION5
CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW6
2.1 OVERVIEW6
2.2 ACCOMMODATION AND ITS ROLE FOR STUDENTS6
2.3 HISTORICAL OVERVIEW7
2.4 RELATED WORK8
2.4.1 Wracehall accommodation8
2.4.2 Baze University Hostel8
2.4.3 Uni-places8
2.5 SUMMARY9
CHAPTER 3: REQUIREMENTS, ANALYSIS AND DESIGN10
3.1OVERVIEW10
3.2PROPOSED MODEL10
3.3 METHODOLOGY10
3.4DATA GATHERING TECHNIQUES12
3.4.1 Interviews12
3.4.2 Observations12
3.5 REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATIONS12
3.5.1Functional Requirement12
3.5.2Non-Functional Requirement Specifications13
3.5.3 Hardware requirements13
3.5.4 Software requirements13
3.6 SYSTEM DESIGN14
3.6.1 Application Architecture14
3.6.2Use Case15
3.6.3Activity Diagrams19
3.6.4 Sequence Diagram20
3.6.5Dataflow Diagram21
3.6.6Entity-Relationship Diagram (ERD)22
3.6.7User Interface Design23
3.7 SUMMARY26
CHAPTER 4: IMPLEMENTATION28
4.1 INTRODUCTION28
4.2 SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION28
4.3 TESTING29
4.3.1 Test Plans30
4.3.2 Unit and integration testing32
4.3.3 Test Case Procedures33
4.3.4 Traceability Matrix35
4.3.5 Test Report Summary36
4.4 ERROR REPORTS36
4.4.1 How the errors were corrected38
4.4.2 Unresolved errors39
4.5 USER GUIDES39
4.6 SUMMARY39
CHAPTER 5: EVALUATION, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS40
5.1 INTRODUCTION40
5.2 EVALUATION OF THE SOFTWARE40
5.2.1 Objective viewpoint through testing40
5.2.2 Subjective viewpoint through an appraisal of what has been achieved40
5.2.3 Future Enhancements40
5.3CONCLUSION41
5.3.1 Project achievements41
5.3.2 Current situation regarding the project41
5.4RECOMMENDATIONS41
5.6SUMMARY41
REFERENCES43
APPENDICES45
APPENDIX A: WORK PLAN45
APPENDIX B: GANTT CHART47
APPENDIX C: PROCEEDINGS OF INTERVIEW48
APPENDIX D: OBSERVATIONS CONDUCTED49
APPENDIX E: USER GUIDE50
APPENDIX F: CODES52
