Implementation of a sales monitoring system for pathfnder travel network Ltd.

Abstract

A working demo version (prototype) of the to-be system allows the user to visualize the future system and enable the user to give constructive feedback on requirements gathering to the analyst. Thus I used a prototype-based requirement gathering technique in the analysis phase of my development at Pathfinder Travel Network Ltd. to get better requirement collection. Then several improvements of the prototype were made based on the user feedback in each of the iterations to freeze the user requirements. The person who interacted mostly with the prototype was Mr. S. M. Tarique. The formal meetings carried out with him worked as JAD (Joint Application Design) sessions. So, use of prototype and JAD helped the users to take "ownership" in the project by considering themselves a "stockholder" or owner of the final system. Lastly, the final system was implemented successfully based on the information gathered during the use of the prototype.