Requirement Model for Water Billing Information System

The purpose of this study is to form a requirement model for Water Billing Information System (BILIS) for the Water Supply Branch (WSB) of Kedah Public Works Department (PWD). Due to recent arising issues and concerns faced by both consumers and WSB, it is inherent that such disputes are caused by...

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Main Author: Zainal Abidin, Shariff Ghazali
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Published: 2004
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spelling my-uum-etd.14752013-07-24T12:12:06Z Requirement Model for Water Billing Information System 2004 Zainal Abidin, Shariff Ghazali Faculty of Information Technology Faculty of Information Technology QA76 Computer software The purpose of this study is to form a requirement model for Water Billing Information System (BILIS) for the Water Supply Branch (WSB) of Kedah Public Works Department (PWD). Due to recent arising issues and concerns faced by both consumers and WSB, it is inherent that such disputes are caused by inability to understand consumers’ and users’ needs are, resulting in inadequate system implementation. Further investigation suggests that the problem lies in requirements specification being a harsh reality of the needs. Realizing this fact, a requirement model could assist in minimizing these issues, thus providing an effective payment and verification mechanism. The formation of a requirement model for BILIS was approached using a requirement analysis and capturing methodology that consist of four main phases, namely domain understanding, requirements capturing, classification, and validation. Requirements capturing and classification was done using Unified Modeling Language (UML) notations that includes use cases, activity diagrams, and class diagrams to depict a conceptual model, sequence diagrams to represent object behavior and interaction, and additional supplementary specifications. A tool called the Visual Paradigm for UML (VP-UML) was used for validating the syntax of the requirement model while a throw-away prototype with test scripts were used for validating the requirement as a whole. The requirement model provides a referencing point for the development of a water billing system, and can be extended for use in development of other utility billing system in meeting the needs of system users and consumers. This study was concluded by discussing the findings and constraints as well as limitations arising during the course of producing the model, in addition to recommended future study in this domain. 2004 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/1475/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/1475/1/ZAINAL_ABIDIN_B._SHARIFF_GHAZALI.pdf application/pdf eng validuser https://etd.uum.edu.my/1475/2/1.ZAINAL_ABIDIN_B._SHARIFF_GHAZALI.pdf application/pdf eng public masters masters Universiti Utara Malaysia
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Zainal Abidin, Shariff Ghazali
Requirement Model for Water Billing Information System
description The purpose of this study is to form a requirement model for Water Billing Information System (BILIS) for the Water Supply Branch (WSB) of Kedah Public Works Department (PWD). Due to recent arising issues and concerns faced by both consumers and WSB, it is inherent that such disputes are caused by inability to understand consumers’ and users’ needs are, resulting in inadequate system implementation. Further investigation suggests that the problem lies in requirements specification being a harsh reality of the needs. Realizing this fact, a requirement model could assist in minimizing these issues, thus providing an effective payment and verification mechanism. The formation of a requirement model for BILIS was approached using a requirement analysis and capturing methodology that consist of four main phases, namely domain understanding, requirements capturing, classification, and validation. Requirements capturing and classification was done using Unified Modeling Language (UML) notations that includes use cases, activity diagrams, and class diagrams to depict a conceptual model, sequence diagrams to represent object behavior and interaction, and additional supplementary specifications. A tool called the Visual Paradigm for UML (VP-UML) was used for validating the syntax of the requirement model while a throw-away prototype with test scripts were used for validating the requirement as a whole. The requirement model provides a referencing point for the development of a water billing system, and can be extended for use in development of other utility billing system in meeting the needs of system users and consumers. This study was concluded by discussing the findings and constraints as well as limitations arising during the course of producing the model, in addition to recommended future study in this domain.
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title_short Requirement Model for Water Billing Information System
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url https://etd.uum.edu.my/1475/1/ZAINAL_ABIDIN_B._SHARIFF_GHAZALI.pdf
https://etd.uum.edu.my/1475/2/1.ZAINAL_ABIDIN_B._SHARIFF_GHAZALI.pdf
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