They need a plant information leaflet.

Testing

• Is needed

Problem 2: Jo needs a label for the plants

Form of output: a sticky label to stick to the plant pots

Information to be output:

• The Latin name of the plant
• Its eventual height and width
• Its flowering period
• The price
• Garden centre name and logo an a colourful border

The data needed to produce the output:

• The information is on the computer, sandy will collect a copy of it later. This is the latin name of the plant, its eventual height and width, its flowering period and the price

Desired outcomes and performance criteria:

• Price must be clear
• Latin name must be in italics
• I need to be able to make labels that flower that flower in a particular period
• Labels must have the garden centre name on them
• The Latin name, the price, its eventual height and width and the flowering period must be on the labels
• Labels must not be too big, must have a colourful border and logo on them
• Labels need to be about 5cm high and about 9cm wide

Testing:Needed

• Make labels for summer plants and check if I get the right ones

Problem 3: Working out the cost of the pond kit

Form of output: An excel worksheet

Information to be output:

• Minimum and maximum price
• Minimum and maximum size of pond

The data needed to produce the output

• Prices, sizes
• Length of pond liner = (2.5 x depth of pond) + length of pond
• Total cost = length x width x cost per square metre
• 4.40 per square metre
• Underliner = 90p a square metre
• 5 bunches of underwater plants every square metre

Desired outcomes and performance criteria

• Number of plant packs and bunches must be whole numbers (rounded up if needed)

• Must be easy to change the length, width  and depth
• Must measure to the nearest cm
• Must be able to answer questions like ‘I want a pond 2 metres by 3 metres and half a metre deep. How much will it cost?’ or ‘what size can I make my pond if I don’t want it to cost more than 150 quid’
• Must use the rules to work out the size of the pond liner(2.5*depth of pond) + length of pond
• Charge the pond liner per square meter (4.40 per square meter)
• Pond needs under liner this costs 90p per square meter

Testing: needed

Problem 4: Jo needs a web-site with a homepage and 4 other pages

Form of output: A web-site

Information to be output

• What’s for sale, the prices of plants and supplies
• Picture on each page
• 4 pages are Trees and Shrubs, herbaceous perennials, bedding and rockery plants, garden supplies.
• Home page must have name, address and number of the garden centre. Must also have a photo of the centre.

The data needed to produce the output

• Clipart to make hyperlinks and text hyperlinks.
• A web designing programme
• List of prices, different types of plant, garden equipment and information on how to grow them is on a disk.

Desired outcomes and performance criteria

• Website needs a home page and four other pages
• Home page links to the other four pages and these all link back to the home page
• Must be attractive
• A picture must be on each page, make sure it’s the right one
• Each page needs a heading, list of plant names must be on the right page and Latin name must be in italics
• Address and phone number must be on the home page with the name and garden centre photo

Testing: Is needed

Check if all the pages link to each other

Problem 5: They want to know what plants will be suitable for them

Form of output: A database

Information to be output:

• Plants height
• Plants width
• Plants light requirements

The data needed to produce the output:

• The data is on the file

Desired outcomes and performance criteria

• System must be easy to use
• List must have garden centres name, logo and the light that is needed. This must be on one a4 pages
• Must have column headings
• Must only print the fields: common name, max height, max width and flowering periods

Testing: Is needed