Hnd Computing Project Specificational Form

HND COMPUTING PROJECT SPECIFICATIONAL FORM

PROJECT TITLE: ICT ORDERS PROPOSER: South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust From : Nicola Barnett Email: [email protected] Submit To: MANSHA NAWAZ Email : [email protected] SUBMISSION DATE: HARDWARE: PC SOFTWARE: Microsoft Access and Visual Basic KEYWORDS Database

Project Environment: This project will be based in the Pathology IT Department with James Cook University Hospital.

Objectives:

I intend to create a database which is to hold all of the ICT orders that are made by the IT department on behalf of all the laboratory areas with the Division of Pathology.

The main objective of this database is to hold details of all the orders made by the laboratories. This is to include the reason for the request, date the order was placed, details of the order and completion date if appropriate. Cost centres will be held on this database also to enable the user to audit the spending of each departmental area, thus aiding the managers to handle their budget.

I intend to create a database with a visual basic front end to hold all orders made by the division of pathology. The VB front end will be used for users to search for information on any orders they have placed, either completed or incomplete.

Analysis Stage: A full systems investigation will take place to determine what the system requirements are. A proposed model will be formulated, agreed and documented. Design Stage: Determine how the system requirements (analysis) are to be met and achieved. Produce a design specification to provide the information necessary to build the system. Implementation Stage: Determine the system functions to be implemented in the time scale remaining. Build the relevant systems functions by coding the tables, forms, queries & reports. Test individual components and the complete system by following a test plan. Produce and document relevant test plans and results. Maintenance Stage: Produce the maintenance documentation which covers User Guides, Operation strategy for changeover from old to new, maintenance (fine tuning/bug fixing/upgrade) and Future enhancements.

Academic Aim:

I aim to utilise my previously gained database building skills including Database Design, Advanced Database, Management Information Systems, Systems Analysis and Design also I will need to learn more about Visual Basic to be able to create a fully functioning and easy to use front end for the database.

I will gain new skills in researching information and project development. Resources & Constraints

I will have all the resources open to me in the area where I will be working on my project. IT equipment and software is already installed. Making the accessibility of the database easy enough for the user to access the information maybe a constraint depending on how computer literate the user is. Conforming to the UoT standards for coding & documentation.

Schedule:

This project should be completed within a 26 week period and the approximate schedule for this project will be Analysis (7 weeks), Design (7 weeks), Testing (3 weeks), Implementation (5 weeks) and the Documentation will be completed within the 26 week timescale.

Instructions: Email specification to project co-ordinator [email protected] Email specification as a MS Word document with the file name format ps.surname.initials.doc