What the business does and how it works to just give the examiner a rough idea. I will then have to design and produce a database for the business to use in their day to day work

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Joe Luther   11 He     Ict

GCSE I.C.T Coursework

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TABLE OF CONTENTS        

INTRODUCTION        

Outline of the Business that I will be basing my Project on.        

Questionnaire        

SPECIFICATION        

Input:        

Output:        

Processing:        

DESIGN FOR MY GCSE PROJECT        

VALIDATION AND VERIFICATION        

TABLES OF DATA        

Customers        

Staff        

Jobs        

HARDWARE        

Input Devices        

Output Devices        

Processing        

Software        


Introduction

        For my GCSE I.C.T coursework I have been asked to approach a business and find out about them.  Once this has been done I have to outline what the business does and how it works to just give the examiner a rough idea.  I will then have to design and produce a database for the business to use in their day to day work.  Once finished the completed piece will have to be tested and commented on, comparing it to how I planned it to be in my design.

        There are many different things that I will have to think about when designing and producing my database.  These are:

  • Will the project be easy to read and understand, enabling the examiner to mark it correctly.
  • What type of data will be stored in the database and how much of it there will be?
  • Whether different users should have access to all of the data or if they do should they be able to edit it.
  • Will my database be user friendly or will people have to be trained to be able to use it.
  • Will the database comply with the specifications set before the designing stage of the project.
  • How smoothly will the database run and is there a high chance of something going wrong.

Outline of the Business that I will be basing my Project on.

        The company that I have chosen to do for my I.C.T GCSE coursework is called ‘Philip Dadds Architect and Associates’.

Philip Dadds Architect and Associates

Chartered Architects & Interior Designers

PHILIP DADDS

BA. Arch, Dip. Arch(Hons)(Thames) RIBA

25 Harbour Street, Ramsgate

Kent CT11 8HA

Tel. 01843 585588

Fax. 01843 585588

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        This company is owned by my stepfather, Philip Dadds and is a company that designs the structures of buildings or the interior design.  They are a company that can design a building from scratch or can simply change a feature of an existing one e.g. convert an attic, or add a conservatory.  It also provides site surveys, concept and detailed designs, planning approval and building regulation.

        The company has been doing this for fifteen years now and started off from scratch.  Philip Dadds the owner used to be employed in the Medway area, which was his first job.  He decided to set up his own company in 1987 because he wanted to be his won boss and because he was given the opportunities by people to do so (offered him work).  At first Philip went into partnership with a man called Brian Paige.  Brian Paige is a surveyor and the two decided that their services would complement each other.  

This partnership continued until last year when both broke up and went their separate ways.  Now Philip works with his group of staff in their office in Ramsgate.

The way in which this company provides their service is by providing the necessary designs or building regulations that their clients need.  They do this by asking the clients what they want first in their introduction meeting, giving them a rough estimate of what it will cost and how long it will take for the job to be completed (design and construction).

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Then they take the specifications of the client and make a concept design.  This will show the client how the finished work will look.  If the client is then happy with that then the architects must go and survey the site to get a rough idea on what they have to work with.

After this they go back to the office and begin to design the given job.  Once the design has been created they will take the initial ideas back to the customer.  If the customer is satisfied with the way that the design looks then Philip will go ...

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