Mimosa Mine Online Diet Prescription Expert System.

Table of Contents

CHAPTER1

List Of Acronomy ................................................................................................................................... 4

List of Tables .......................................................................................................................................... 7

1.0INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................. 9

1.1BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY .................................................................................................. 9

1.2ORGANOGRAM ............................................................................................................................ 11

1.3MIMOSA BUSSINESS STATEMENTS ........................................................................................ 12

1.4STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM ............................................................................................... 12

1.5OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY ....................................................................................................... 13

1.6INSTRUMENTS .............................................................................................................................. 13

1.7JUSTIFICATION ............................................................................................................................ 14

1.8CONCLUSION ................................................................................................................................ 14

2.0 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 15

2.1 BUSINESS VALUE ....................................................................................................................... 15

2.1.1 Business needs and functionality ................................................................................................. 15

2.2 FEASIBILITY STUDY .................................................................................................................. 16

2.2.3 Hardware requisitions .................................................................................................................. 17

2.2.4 Economic Viability ...................................................................................................................... 18

2.2.5 Cost Benefit Exploration-analysis ............................................................................................... 18

2.3 RISK ANALYSIS ........................................................................................................................... 22

2.4 PROJECT WORK PLAN AND SCHEDULE ................................................................................ 23

2.5 CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................................... 24

3.0 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 25

3.1 INFORMATION GATHERING .................................................................................................... 25

3.2 ANALYSIS OF CURRENT SYSTEM .......................................................................................... 28

3.2 DATA ANALYSIS ......................................................................................................................... 29

3.3WEAKNESS OF THE CURRENT SYSTEM ................................................................................. 32

3.4EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVES ........................................................................................... 32

3.4.1 In house Development ................................................................................................................. 32

3.4.2 Outsourcing .................................................................................................................................. 33

3.5 REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS ..................................................................................................... 34

3.6 FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................................... 34

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3.7 CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................................... 38

4.0 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 39

4.1 SYSTEM DESIGN ......................................................................................................................... 39

4.2 FUNCTIONALITY OF THE NEW SYSTEM ............................................................................... 40

4.3 CONTEXT DIAGRAM .................................................................................................................. 40

4.4 DATAFLOW DIAGRAM .............................................................................................................. 42

4.5 SYSTEM ACHITECTURE DESIGN ............................................................................................ 44

4.6 THE PHYSICAL DESIGN ARCHITECTURE OF THE SYSTEM .............................................. 46

4.7DATABASE DESIGN ..................................................................................................................... 47

4.7.1 Database architecture ................................................................................................................... 49

4.7.2 Logical Design ............................................................................................................................. 49

4.7.3 Program Design ....................................................................................................................... 52

4.8 SYSTEM CLASS DIAGRAM ....................................................................................................... 52

4.8.2 Interface Design ........................................................................................................................... 56

4.8.3 Input design .................................................................................................................................. 56

4.8.4 Output design ............................................................................................................................... 59

4.9 CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................................... 60

5.0 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 61

5.1CODING .......................................................................................................................................... 61

5.2 TESTING ........................................................................................................................................ 62

5.2.1 Unit Testing ................................................................................................................................. 63

5.2.2 Module testing ............................................................................................................................. 64

5.2.3 Subsystem ................................................................................................................................ 65

5.2.4 System testing .......................................................................................................................... 65

5.2.5 Acceptance testing ................................................................................................................... 65

5.3 TEST STRATEGIES ...................................................................................................................... 66

5.3.1 Verification .............................................................................................................................. 66

5.3.2 Validation ................................................................................................................................. 66

5.4 INSTALLATION ........................................................................................................................... 69

5.4.1 User training ............................................................................................................................. 69

5.4.2 File conversion ......................................................................................................................... 69

5.4.3 Sub system changeover ............................................................................................................ 69

5.5 RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................................................................................ 71

5.6 MAINTENANCE ........................................................................................................................... 71

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5.6.1 Corrective maintenance............................................................................................................ 71

5.6.2 Preventive maintenance ........................................................................................................... 71

5.6.3 Adaptive maintenance .............................................................................................................. 72

5.7 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MAINTENANCE ......................................................................... 72

5.8 USER MANUAL ............................................................................................................................ 72

5.9 RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................................................................................ 72

Bibliography ......................................................................................................................................... 74

User Manual .................................................................................................................................... 75