Computer programming

Purpose and Goals
The software development phrase was the phase used to create the user interface of the systems. The purpose of this section was to create a database that is flexible and open-ended. Using the current forms and reports that the university currently uses, the database was constructed in a way that would be easily recognizable to the staff, as well as incorporating the more current features and reports used by the university today. The ultimate goal of this phase was to reduce the amount of time spent on filing and preparing forms and reports manually and have one system that will contain all this data that will allow ease of access for creating reports and printing out forms.

This phase lasted approximately seventy one days. It started on April 1, 2003 and was completed on July 8, 2003.
This stage of the software development phase depended on the interviews and meeting with the university staff. This information, such as gathering existing reports, interviewing th...