ABSTARCT
The topic of the study “Design and Implementation of a Software based Personal
Digital Assistance (PDA)” is the one I will be writing about in this project.
The world is in a state of flux and volume of activities awaiting an individual
to carry out has become tremendous and in some case complex.
The individual needs to keep and organize his daily, past and future
activities. This including keeping records of telephone numbers and addresses
of friends and business associate, wedding, contact and business opportunities,
list of debtors and creditors and other addresses including menu time table in
the home and other private matters that cannot be easily remembered. The
computer can be used to store these data organized in a way that a meaningful
information can be got from them quickly too.
ORGANIZATION
OF THE WORK.
This work is organized
in seven (7) chapters
CHAPTER
ONE: Highlight on aims and objectives nature of the project and general
work to be done what it will achieve and the importance derived from doing the
work.
CHAPTER
TWO: Describes and analysis the existing system, state the mode of
operation and identify the problems facing it and a solution to the inherent
problem.
CHAPTER
THREE: Describes the input and output analysis, the prospects and problems
of the existing system and justification of the new system.
CHAPTER
FOUR: Design of the new system, the thing in the present system and also
the new items or structure that needed to enhance the new or furthermore file
structure was designed with which can append records update records, delete
records and print output
CHAPTER
FIVE: Describes the programming phase and its objectives what the new
system must input so that it economize and reliantly performs its designated
task.
CHAPTER
SIX: Describes the documentation of the program.
CHAPTER
SEVEN: Describes the conclusion of this project.
REFERENCE: It is
where research were made.
TABLE OF CONTENT
CHAPTER ONE
1.0
Introduction
1.1 Background
of the study
1.2 Statement
of the problem
1.3 Aims
and objectives of the study
1.4 Significant
of the study
1.5 Scope
of the study
1.6 Limitation
of the study
1.7 Definition
of terms
CHAPTER TWO
2.0
Description and Analysis of the existing system
2.1 Fact
finding methods
2.1.1 Interview
method
2.2.2 Personal
observation
2.2.0 The
Analysis of the Existing System.
2.2.1 The
functionality of the existing system.
2.2.1.1 The
objective of the existing system
CHAPTER THREE
3.0 The
input prices analysis
3.1 The
output analysis
3.2 The
prospect / advantages of the existing system
3.3 The
problems / disadvantages of the existing system
3.4 The
justification for the new system.
CHAPTER FOUR
4.0 Design
of the new system
4.1 Output
Specification design
4.2 Input
Specification Design
CHAPTER FIVE
5.0 Implementation
5.1 Program
Design
5.2 Program
flow chart
5.3 Pseudo
code
5.4 Field
design
5.5 Master
file.
5.6 Transaction
file
5.7 Procedure
chart
5.8 System
flow chart
CHAPTER SIX
6.0 Documentation.
CHAPTER SEVEN
7.0 Conclusion.
CHAPTER
ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The
study “Design and Implementation of a Personal digital Assistance” (P.D.A) is
aimed at developing a software package that will provide the user with a good
environment to organizing the personal data and records for easy access and
retrieval of information that are in constraint use. Software is the general
name for all programs executable by computer system in order to produce the
desire result.
A program is defined as a list of logically arranged instruction that is
executable by the computer system in order to give the desired result.
Therefore software based personal organizer, in this study, refers to the
application of computer software in the storage, retrieval and organization of
personal data and information. There is no individual, no matter his/her level
of responsibility who has ever had the need to keep any sort of records be it
mere thought, facts and figures keeping records is like breathing. In human
perspectives breathing is good but there is something more than breathing that
is being alive.
In the early biblical days facts and figures were kept by making impressions on
sticks and stones. When an invitation to attend a meeting for instances is made
the inviter usually will give the invitee a stick or palm tree leaf which
serves as reminder to the invitee and which the invitee must return to the
inviter as the appointed date and time. The invitee will usually lace this
sticks or palm tree leaf at his door. This was not a serious problem because in
those days there were fewer or no invitations.
In recent times, the volume of records keeping has greatly increased and man
has come up with several ways of accomplishing this and these include:
i. Journals
are kept to record events that have occurred.
ii. Diary
planners are employed to better co-ordinate ones movement and action.
iii. Address
books are kept to store pertinent reformation such as contact addresses and phone
numbers of friends, relatives, business associate and acquaintances ad
iv. Memo
pads for jotting down all purpose notes which are kept within easy reach.
All these could be grouped under one namely “DIARY”. The diary can be
annual, bi-annual or even perennial sparing five to ten years or more.
This form of diary is
called manual type. In the manual type input is made manually hence
correcting and updating of information is done by cancellation and rewriting,
standard output is by browsing through the pages of the book.
There is another form of organizer named electronic personal organizer.
It is an electronic device which look like a calculator which adds digital
members. It has a very small screen and an input keyboard. However
this type of organizer it not with out it’s short comings some loose all the
information stored in them the moment the system battery runs down these
electronic organizers the battery operated with low memory capacity.
Today the world is in a state of flux and experiencing quantitative revolution:
the primitive intuitive or questionable approach to problem solving, data
analysis, storage, retrieval and update are rapidly becoming out molded.
The volume of data and information required for storage and easy
retrieval has become very large and complex. More so in this ere of
e-mail and interface connections with their attendant volume of addresses and
business information contacts, there is modern quest for objectives bases for all
kinds of decision based on data storage and organization.
A more cursory glance at recent issues of professional and learned journals,
internet, or even newspaper and trade journals prove conclusively that there is
an increasing use of data, facts and figure. To substantiate business and
personal activities and then research conclusion.
Again collection of facts and figures are useful only when they can be stored
correctly, organized properly and retrieved quickly. This is another reason
why the researcher are embarking on the is very important study.
1.2 STATEMENT
OF THE PROBLEM
Historically, there has
existed major problems involved on date collection, storage, organization and
retrieval. As a result many people still embark on manual organizer of
collecting facts and figures. The problems identified or associated with
this manual means of data storage and retrieval could be classified as follows:
i. For
voluminous data, retrieval of information is difficult and tire some and can be
quite frustrating and time wasting;
ii. To
update information in manual organizer involves cancellation and alteration of
records thereby rendering the job untidy.
iii. Even
with the electronic organizer the limited memory space makes it possible for
valuable information to be eraser in order to store current information or
current information not stored at the expense of important information
previously stored which must not be erased; and manual organization are
subjected to unauthorized access and retrieval since one who lays hands on it
has access to it.
1.3 AIMS
AND OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
A personal organizer is
purely on information management system having features including accuracy
clarity and conciseness. The purpose of this study therefore is to
identify the problem encountered in the manual organizer using the above
qualities of good information system as criteria and to design and implement a
personal digital assistance (PDA) for effective. Data storage and
retrieval. In view of the problem identified in the manual organizer as
stated in 1.2 above, the aims and objectives of this study there fore is to
design a personal digital assistance (PDA) having specified features.
i. Fast
and easy retrieval of data and information
ii. Quick
updating of information; and
iii. Data
security and integrity checks.
1.4 SIGNIFICANT
OF THE STUDY
A personal digital
assistance (PDA) is purely an information management system (IMS) having many
features such as accuracy, clarity etc. the significance of the study
therefore is that it will provide possible solutions to the problems
encountered in the manual organizer. With the electronic personal digital
assistance (EPDA) one can save or rather store as many data as possible ranging
from names, addresses, important dates, schedules and so on, where the
retrieval is easy and without stress.
1.5 SCOPE
OF STUDY
According to sanders (1990)
Whatever you can imagine, conceive and believe in your heart you can
computerized. All aspect of personal digital can be computerized but due
to time and cost the scope of the personal digital include all data and
information that can be classified as:
i. Addresses:
phone numbers, fax numbers e-mail and internet addresses.
ii. Appointment
schedules: birthday, meeting and wedding etc.
iii. Simple
personal budgeting for personal income and expenditure accounts
iv. Important
personal events such as year of marriage, graduation etc. and password
protection for both identification and authentication.
Department | Computer Science |
Project ID Code | CMS0129 |
Chapters | 7 Chapters |
No of Pages | 56 pages |
Methodology | Null |
Reference | YES |
Format | Microsoft Word |
Price | ₦4000, $15 |
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