Software Engineering - Assignment Question January 2008

Dear Students,
This is the assignment Question.

Prepare and start planning.

Code : ISE 2311

Subject : Introduction to Software Engineering

Assignment : 1

Lecturer : Zainudin Johari

Date Release : 25 January 2008

Dead Line : 17 March 2008

Scenario :

You are a Systems Engineer for a Software House called “Systems Solutions Sdn. Bhd.”. Your company have been selected and trusted to build hospital information systems for a hospital which will be known as “Hospital Serdang International”. At the moment you have only 3 programmers and 1 senior program analyst. They are also currently involved in another project, which will be expected to complete in December 2005.

You are required to play a leading role in developing the system based on the latest state-of-the-art systems technology and therefore applying the most modern methodology for the treatment of patients.

The system is fully integrated, providing a user-friendly interface to perform all hospital functions covering medical/clinical, financial, treasury and administrative/ management modules. The information system is capable of producing all sorts of clinical reports, patient data, financial reports and treasury functions. Moreover, it also has the flexibility for developing and producing tailor-made reports on an as-and-when required basis.

The system you are about to undertake will be developed and implemented module by module. Please refer to the list below for the modules that have been planned.

Clinical Modules

• Patient Registration (*)
• Patient Scheduling (Appointments)
• Patient Financial Assessment
• Patient Order Entry
• Pharmacy
• Inpatient Admission & Discharge
• Medical Records

Financial Modules

• General Ledger (*)
• Budgeting
• Accounts Payable / Receivables
• Fixed Assets
• Payroll

Administrative Modules

• Human Resource Management (*)
• Marketing Management
• Inventory Management
• Library Management
• System Security

The Module with the indicative (*) means it is a core module that need to be developed first. Your mission is to complete only One of the Set of modules listed above. You may choose to develop Clinical Modules, Financial Modules or Administrative Modules. You are required to conduct an interview to recruit new staff to fulfill the company objectives in completing this project, which is considered top priority. The “HSI” project is estimated to cost RM 210 million and will take duration of 2 years to complete.

Your Task

1) Introduction – explain in your own words which module you have picked and your modus operandi to make this project work.

2) Create a write- up advertisement in the local paper for recruitment.

3) Draft an Interview Schedule

4) Prepare questions for the interview

5) Report on the Results and selections of new staff.

6) Create Systems Requirement Documentation for the Proposed HIS Project, which includes the types of Programming Language chosen for this project.

7) Create a Gantt chart for the Entire Project.

8) Conclusion

9) Referencing

Any special finding you have investigated worth mentioning should be added to give your report an extra edge. You are also encouraged to add in pictures of the relevant categories that you could acquire either from the Net or newspapers cuttings. You could also include the advantaged and disadvantages of each category where it is applicable.

All assignments should be submitted in a formal assignment format such as Introduction, Body, Conclusion, Appendix etc.

Group assignment. Minimum 2 members and maximum 3 members in each group.

All assignment work should be substantially your own

Working closely with someone else on a non-group assignment is considered cheating. Cheating or plagiarism will result in zero marks for the assignment, and may result in failing the subject or worse

Each assignment must have a signed statement declaring your ownership and the faculty date stamp received.

All assignments must be A4 papers and bound firmly in the Project Report Cover clearly stated proper identification.

Zainudin Johari