Design of Inventory Management System for Herat University Using Component-Based Methodology

The focus of CBSD is to assemble the previously-existing software components and to develop new and large software systems with new characteristics. It emphasizes on the use of Off the Shelf (OTS) components instead of building a system from the scratch. The first objective of this thesis is to discuss about the Component-Based Software Development (CBSD) as one of the advanced methodologies with the example of an inventory management system for Herat University, in Afghanistan. The second objective examines more closely whether CBSD can be a proper approach in Afghanistan, particularly in context of Herat University Inventory Management System (HU-IMS).This paper only focuses on selected phases such as requirement analysis and system design of HU-IMS life cycle. JavaBeans component model and user requirement analysis formulate to design the two separate components of HU-IMS (User Management and Resource Management).Both components are designed in a general way as they either can join as a part of a pre-functional system such as Higher Education Management Information System (HEMIS) or to be used for the purpose to develop new software systems. The results of the thesis confirm that considering CBSD when designing HU-IMS can be a proper approach in the Afghanistan scenario. However, the CBSD, particularly in Afghanistan context, has its own challenges and risks as all other approaches have. Since there are not many localized libraries and repositories available, the first challenge is to find and select the proper component which can be difficult and time-consuming; and the second is the adaptation and localization of the found component insomuch as most of the software developers are unfamiliar with the emerging concept.

FBS framework application based on user requirement analysis

Users’ requirements are key factor for optimizing the design of products. It could be classified into two groups: qualitative research work and quantitative research work. Wireless internet terminal equipment could be used as one example to further study the qualitative research work of requirements. FBS guided by users’ requirements was discussed. The users centered service designing process model was established through the analysis of users’ needs (Ra) in the function of design, use-pattern, delivery and transformation. Based on this work, the relation between users’ needs and requirements of the design was set up. The completely research work about transformation of users’ needs to design requirements was discussed in this study, and finally a wireless terminal equipment was used as a case study to verify this method.

User requirements for the snow and land ice services – CryoLand

CryoLand (2011–2015) is a project carried out within the 7th Framework of the European Commission aimed at developing downstream services for monitoring seasonal snow, glaciers and lake/river ice primarily based on satellite remote sensing. The services target private and public users from a wide variety of application areas, and aim to develop sustainable services after the project is completed. The project has performed a thorough user requirement survey in order to derive targeted requirements for the service and provide recommendations for the design and priorities of the service. In this paper we describe the methods used, the major findings in this user survey, and how we used the results to design and specify the CryoLand snow and land ice service. The user requirement analysis shows that a European operational snow and land ice service is required and that there exists developed cryosphere products that can meet the specific needs. The majority of the users were mainly interested not only in the snow services, but also the lake/river ice products and the glacier products were desired.