I think the quickest way and easiest way would be to use Microsoft Excel because it has lots of features and is very easy to use. Also this is a very useful programme to use because school have at as well I have it at home so I will be able to do a lot of work at home and school.
The manager the game shop in kirkham wants the following to appear the spreadsheet:
- The spreadsheet should be in simple text that is easy to read.
- An area for the profit and items in stock to atomically worked out.
- Reviews of all the games in stock.
- The reviews should include pictures.
- The spreadsheet should have a section to tell you to sell cheap.
All of these can be done very easily in Microsoft Excel, Word and use from a program such as paint to customize the pictures. All so I may use internet explorer (web browser) to gather more information and pictures. I will also be using camera\scanner to get picture of the games.
Analyse
I have decided to use Microsoft Excel to solve the problem that the manager of the games shops in kirkham. This will allow me to solve all of the problems set in the identify section.
Other software and hardware that I will include:
Input
I will be collecting information from a number of sources. This includes:
Getting all the information the manager know about the games.
Reading magazines to get more information about the games.
Pictures of the games from the Internet, camera and scanner.
Processing
The thing I may have to do to my project…
- Front Size/Style of writhing (easy to read).
- Make a link form the spreadsheet to the review (word).
- Make the review easy to read and make it look as professional as possible.
- The digital pictures will need processing (Either by using paint shop pro to adjust the colours or the cropping tool in excel)
- Crop all images used to size needed
Output
The main output will be a spreadsheet with review in word. I will print out an example of the spreadsheet for the manager to check.
Backup/Security
Since the majority of the work will be done at school where the work will be saved on the school network. This means that the work will be backed up every night. During a lesson I will save my work regularly just in case the power fails or if there’s a problem with the computer.
Once the presentation has been installed, the computer that runs the program is locked away so that no one can alter the programme.
At the games shop I doubt the computers will all be linked up to a main server like at school. So to ensure the data is safe they will have to be regally backed up to cdrw/dvdrw or zip drive to ensure the data is safe.
