Online Bilung System For Juba Urban Water Corporation

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION N

APPROVAL m

MR. cHEMUTAI GILBERT iii

DEDICATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1 BACKGROUND 1

1.2 Sc0PEOFTHEsTUDY 2

1 .3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY 2

1.3.1 General Objective 2

1,3.2 Specific Objective 2

1 .4 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM 2

1.5 STuDyQUE5T~ONS 3

1 .6 JUS11FICAEON OF THE STUDY 3

CHAPTER TWO 5

UTERATURE REVJE~J 5

2.1 INTRODUCTION

2.2 PROBLEM AREA

2.3 APPUcATION AREA 6

2.3.1 Advantages of Online Billing Systems 7

2.4 OTHER AREAS OF INTEREST 10

2.4.1 Databases 10

2.4.2 File Management System 12

2.4.3 Transaction Processing Systems 13

2.5 DATA COLLECTION TECHNIQUES 14

2.6 DEVELOpMENT METHODOLOGIES 15

2.8 Design Techniques and Tools 18

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2.9 Development Tools ~20

CHAPTER THREE 23

METHODOLOGy 23

3.1 INTRODUCTION 23

3.2 STUDY DESIGN 23

3.3 ORGANIZATIONAL UNITS TO BE STUDIED 23

3.4 STUDY POPULATION 23

3.5 SAMPLE SIZE 24

3.6 RESEARCH INSTRU!~jENTS 24

3.7 DATA COLLECTION AND PRESENTATION 24

3.8 METHODOLOGY FOR DEVELOPMENT 25

3.9 DESIGN TECHNIQUE AND DEVELOPMENT TOOLS 25

3.9.1 Operating System 25

3.9.2 Browser 25

3.9.3 Programming Language ond Tools 25

3.9.4 Database Management System 26

3.9.5 Application Server / Web Seiver 26

3.10 INFORMATION SYSTEM PLAN 27

3. 10. 1 Feasibility Analysis 27

3.10.2 System Requirements 29

3.10.3 Project Plan and Schedule 29

3.11 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY 30

3.12 CONCLUSION 30

CHAPTER FOUR 31

DATA ANALySIS AND PRESENTATION OF SYSTEM ANALysI5~ DESIGN AND

REQUIREMENTS DEFINITION 31

4.1 INTRODUCTION 31

4.2 FUNDAMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS 31

4.2.1 Login Flow Chad 31

4.2 INDEx PAGE (HOME PAGE) 32

4.3 OVERVIEw 33

4.3.1 Admin Overview 33

4.3.2 Client Overview 33

4.4 NEw INVOICE

4.5 SEARCH FOR INVOICES 35