Assignment title: Information


You are required to answer the following questions for the Dazzling Costumes information system. Mark's business 'Dazzling Costumes' has been handling the hiring of clothing items (for example, dresses, costumes, masks and accessories) manually. The business has seen a recent growth with many more customers hiring clothing for special events and parties. It is becoming increasingly more difficult to maintain information manually. They need an information system to help them to run the business. The functionality stated here has been deliberately oversimplified and you should not attempt to analyze the stated processes for improvement. You must provide a solution based specifically on these simple requirements. You should ensure that you do not extend the scope beyond that specifically stated below. You will not gain extra marks for including extra functionally. Try to keep it simple; if needed you may make reasonable and appropriate assumptions, however these should be documented.Draw a context diagram data flow diagram for the system described above. The format should be similar to the context diagram in figure 5-13 of your textbook. Task 2 (20 marks) Draw the Level 0 DFD (Data Flow Diagram). All processes on this diagram should be functional primitives. The format should be similar to the context diagram in figure 5-16 of your textbook. Task 3 (20 marks) Draw an ERD (Entity Relationship Diagram) which represents the entities described in the case study, fully normalised to reflect all entities, relationships, cardinality and optionality. Ensure to follow the crow's feet notation to indicate cardinality. The format should be similar to the figure 9-21 of your textbook. Task 4 (10 marks) Create a 3NF design for the system described in the case study. Provide the entity attribute list in 3rd normal form to support the ERD in Task 3. Make sure that all primary and foreign keys are identified properly. It is not necessary to provide the earlier normalisation forms (1NF and 2NF) as these will not be marked Task 5 (20 marks) Draw a class diagram for the system described in the case study. The format should be similar to the class diagram in figure 6-30 of your textbook. Make sure to include all relevant attributes and methods for each class. Task 6 (10 marks) The Manager of Dazzling Costumes is most interested in your work. She has no knowledge of Systems Analysis and Design and has asked for a brief explanation of what you have done and what these mean to her. Briefly describe various system changeover methods. Suggest a changeover method for the system described in the case study and provide specific reasons to support your choice.