Database Systems modules and course work
3ISY402: Database Systems COURSEWORK Question 1 ER Diagram The statements below describes the relationships in the ER Diagram, Customer and Holiday Booking A Customer may make zero or more Holiday Bookings. A Holiday Booking must have one and only one Customer. Payment and Holiday Booking A payment must be made for one and only one Holiday Booking. A Holiday Booking may contain zero or more Payments. Holiday Booking and Hotel A Hotel Booking may contain zero or more hotels. A Hotel may contain zero or more Holiday Bookings Airline and Scheduled Flight An Airline may schedule zero or more Scheduled Flights. A Scheduled Flight must be scheduled by one and only one Airline. Scheduled Flight and Airport A scheduled Flight must fly to one and only one Airport. An Airport must have one or more Scheduled Flights. Scheduled Flight and Airport A scheduled Flight must fly from one and only one Airport. An Airport must have one or more Scheduled Flights. Holiday Booking and Scheduled Flight A Holiday Booking may consist of zero or one Scheduled Flight. A Scheduled Flight may be a part of zero or more Holiday Bookings. Assumptions Holiday Booking and Scheduled Flight A Holiday Booking can exist without a scheduled Flight or may have just one Flight Scheduled; we have also assumed that a scheduled Flight may have zero or more Holiday Bookings. Scheduled
Creating a shopping website with Project management
(CP2116) Computer Science Group Project (instance 1) Contents page Discussion/ explanation of assumptions made techniques used ........................................................................................Page 5 Website Screen Designs......................................................................................................................................Page 6-8 Gantt chart for project required website specification ................................................................................................. Page 4 New website layout and features explained............................................................................................................ Page 14-16 supplies-4-salons screen design for new site............................................................................................................. Page 35-36 Website Erd Diagram ........................................................................................................................................ Page 3 Salon Diagram............................................................................................................................................... Page 32 Sequence Diagram.vsd................................................................................................................................... .. Page 27
BIM and Facility Management
Table of Contents Chapter 1 Facility Management 2 .1 Introduction 2 .2 What is Facility Management 2 .3 Responsibilities of the Facility manager 2 .4 Practical Facility Management 3 Chapter 2 CAFM 4 2.1 Introduction 4 2.2 What is CAFM 4 2.3 How to implement a CAFM 4 2.4 Modules of a CAFM 5 2.5 Information in the CAFM 5 2.6 Information enquiries 7 2.7 KPI's 8 2.8 Example of a CAFM programm 11 Conclusion 15 Bibliography 16 Chapter 1 Facility Management .1 Introduction To understand what CAFM (Computer aided Facility Management) is it's necessary to know what FM (Facility Management) is. This chapter will explain what FM is, what the responsibilities of a Facility Manager are and will show how a Facility Management department looks like inside a company. .2 What is Facility Management A definition provided by the IFMA (The International Facility Management Association) is: "A profession that encompasses multiple disciplines to ensure functionality of the built environment by integrating people, place, process and technology." 1 A definition from the Dutch professor Regterschot: "Facility management is integrated managing (planning and monitoring) realize of housing, the services and the resources, which must contribute to an effective, efficient, flexible and creative realization of the aims of an organization in changing surroundings."2 In both
CW2 Quality Function Deployment CW2
Quality Function Deployment (QFD) Vs. Requirements Analysis Introduction Organisations use development methods when developing a product or a service, to help them deliver the product/service efficiently and also to help them keep cost of production to a minimum. There are quite a few development methods depending on what the project is, these methods are available for companies to use to increase their productivity. The development methods I will be examining in this essay are Quality Function Deployment (QFD) and Requirements Analysis. Quality Function Deployment is a method used in production which is aimed at meeting the needs of the customer whilst maintaining quality throughout the production phase.Requirements Analysis is a method which is used in software development to understand what the customer's needs and expectations are from a proposed computer system. Requirements Analysis Requirements analysis, also called requirements engineering, is the process of determining user expectations for a new or modified product. These features, called requirements, must be quantifiable, relevant and detailed. Requirements analysis is an important aspect of project management. After user requirements are captured in the form of interviews, research, questionnaire and surveys, the requirements are analysed, modelled and are documented usually by a Requirements Analyst before
ERP adoption and implementation.
ABSTRACT This report contributes to the understanding of ERP adoption, implementation and to avoid the possibilities of failing after implementation. It examines the readiness for change in implementing ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) technology, which continues to challenge and drive towards change in many organizations. However very often many organizations fail, partially because potential users resist the change. This report presents an extension to TAM (technology acceptance Model) and TFB (theory of planned Behaviour) and empirically examines it in an ERP implementation environment. The study also integrates literature on technology acceptance, readiness for change in implementing ERP technology, as the main prescription for reducing the resistance to change. The study evaluated the impact of the positive attitude toward behavior (readiness for change) enhanced by two variables: perceived personal competence, organizational commitment, and two process outcome variables (perceived usefulness (PU) and perceived ease of use (PEU)). A model to assess ERP readiness is developed based upon the premise that readiness for change is enhanced through the alignment of complementary factors occurring along following dimensions: technological usefulness, human competence, attitude, easiness of information, and managerial influence. (Ref 5) The quantitative research was
Information Systems
Introduction An organization needs to rely on a system that will help improve their efficiency, whether in production or services, and maximize their profits. It is an advantage for an organization to adopt an information system where it can be considered as an asset in improving efficiency, cost effective, waste eliminating, and can gain more profits. Information systems are the means by which people and organisations, utilising technologies, gather, process, store, use and disseminate information. This paper will suggest technologies for Aalsmeer Flower Auction to help them achieve competitive advantage in the flower industry. Present Situation Analysis Aalsmeer Flower Auction is located in the Netherlands and offers global growers, wholesalers and exporters in a central market place where flowers and plants are traded. The auction plays a mediation role, in that it brings together suppliers and buyers and so determine prices. Aalsmeer Flower Auction has the largest trade building in the entire world, but this is the only advantage when it comes to attracting customers. An information system will be useful and will also be another advantage when implemented in the organisation. Information systems can help companies extend their reach to faraway places, offer new products and services, reshape jobs and workflow and profoundly change the way the conduct business (Laudon,
E-Commerce Strategy
Report on HSBC's E-commerce Strategy and how their E-commerce Strategy helps in achieving their aims of objectives The world's local bank Faderera Adeniyi 2500660 Report submitted as a part of Assessment for Management Strategies for Information Technology Faculty of Business, Computing & Information Management London South Bank University Tutor: Mr Amare Desta Submission Date: 23rd November 2007 SUMMARY This report aims to evaluate the role that E-commerce plays in day to day business practices, E-commerce is a form of information technology and technology as we know, has been around for quite some time. What E-commerce strategies are used in their business activities. The E-Commerce/Online banking business activities, i.e. online services that HSBC offers its Personal banking clients. The research done should help in conducting an analysis on their IT/IS strategy using any strategic management tools and framework i.e. SWOT and VCA The organisation structure and culture of the HSBC and how E-commerce helps HSBC achieve its mission and aims. TABLE OF CONTENTS . INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................4 1.1 Background...........................................................................................................4 1.2 Purpose of the
dissertation proposal
Introduction Title: Aim: The aim of this project is to investigate what are the impacts of multimedia CD Packages for autistic children This project provides an insight to what autism is as well as analysing and evaluating multimedia Packages that are designed for autistic children. The assignment also provides an insight to what autism is as well as looking at the user interface designs of these multimedia packages to see in what manner the designers implement areas so that they best suit autistic children. Two importance areas of this project is come up with a possible solution my self in a form of a design of a product and appropriate literature. The main purpose for a multimedia package for autistic children is so that they are able to adapt and relate to a cyber environment in a way that that can help stimulates their learning capabilities. However; "The debate over the use of computer technology with children with autism is continuous and ranges from the very optimistic to the very cautious". [Plienis & Romanczyk 1985] Autistic children have difficulties in communicating with people and relating to them in a meaningful way. It has been recognised by professionals that autism is four times more common in boys than girls and knows no racial boundaries. A families earnings, their lifestyle or even how educated they are, has no effect on the chances of it
Software Piracy
SOFTWARE PIRACY: ATTITUDES TOWARDS SOFTWARE PIRACY Prepared for English 310 Prepared by July 13, 2005 CONTENTS Page Illustrations iv Abstract v Software Piracy: Attitudes toward Software Piracy 1 Purpose............................................................................................1 Scope..............................................................................................1 Methodology.....................................................................................1 What is Software Piracy? 1 Various Forms 2 Legal Issues 3 Student Awareness 4 Factors Toward Software Piracy 5 Advantages and Disadvantages 5 Motivating Factors 5 Corporate Scenario 6 Software Piracy: Affecting the Economy 7 Taking Profit from Companies 7 Taking Jobs from Employees 8 Giving a Sense of Doubt to Shareholders 9 Providing Little Rewards 9 Conclusion 9 Recommendation 10 References 11 Appendix A Attitudes toward Software Piracy Survey 13 ILLUSTRATIONS Page Figure 1 Student's Awareness of Software Piracy 4 Figure 2 Who Would Copy Their Employer's Software 7 Figure 3 Dollar Losses by Region 8 ABSTRACT Software piracy is a world-wide problem that is increasingly becoming more of a threat to businesses, economies, and shareholders. Although, student's awareness of its legal issues and punishment was positive, many individuals are unaware of the
Knowledge Management
Introduction There is no generally accepted definition of Knowledge Management, not in academia or applied on an organisational level. The many various conflicting definitions of Knowledge Management often deter organisations from undergoing Knowledge Management projects. There is definitely no one-fit all approach to Knowledge Management within organisations, it is important that organisations choose a Knowledge Management approach that supports their cultural environment. This framework should be comprehensive and concrete. The first part of this report reviews influential literature on the subject. The second part of the report will attempt to apply my understanding on the subject to answer a number of questions relevant to an organisation who might be interested in Knowledge Management. These include why knowledge management is important, the benefits of knowledge management and the challenges to knowledge management. Part 1 Literature Review of Knowledge Management There is an abundance of literature on the topic of Knowledge Management and what it entails. Within the literature there are numerous different definitions of Knowledge Management, many varying significantly. Instead of listing all the different views (this often leaves people more confused and overwhelmed) I have decided to investigate the two most influential texts regarding knowledge