Australian Fashion Design (AFD) System Development: A Comprehensive Analysis of Methodologies and Design

ICT700 - SYSTEMS ANALYSTS - ASSESSMENT 2

Table of Contents
List of Figures.........................................................................................................................................2
List of Tables..........................................................................................................................................2
Introduction...........................................................................................................................................3
Task 1: Report........................................................................................................................................5
Task 2: Memo......................................................................................................................................11
Review the AFD case study and complete the following task with reference to the information in
the case study..................................................................................................................................11
TASK 3: Event Table.............................................................................................................................14
TASK 4: Domain Model Class Diagram.................................................................................................16
Task 5: Design Class Diagram...............................................................................................................18
Task 6: Use Case Diagram....................................................................................................................19
Task 7: Use Case Description...............................................................................................................21
Conclusion...........................................................................................................................................22
References...........................................................................................................................................23
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List of Figures
Figure 1 Agile Methodology...................................................................................................................6
Figure no. 2 Spiral Model.......................................................................................................................7
Figure 3 Iterative Model........................................................................................................................8
Figure 4 Incremental Model..................................................................................................................9
Figure 5 Domain Class Diagram...........................................................................................................17
Figure 6 Design Class Diagram.............................................................................................................18
Figure 7 Use case diagram...................................................................................................................20
List of Tables
Table 1 Event table..............................................................................................................................14
Table 2 Use case description...............................................................................................................21
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Introduction
Australian Fashion Design is a business company based in Brisbane. This report includes some
methodologies used in development of AFD systems. AFD focuses mainly on women's clothing and
sells women outlets with use of various sales representatives. It also does business of wedding
clothes for women with help of wedding representatives. The design offices of the AFD are situated
in Melbourne and Sydney. It is associated with two manufacturers in New Zealand and China that
provide them the furnished product and use service of postal services of delivery. There are various
retail stores opened according to no. of sales representatives. The product is transported to the
retail store regularly . These type of stores contain only one salesperson who work for AFD. No other
sales person working for another company supplies his product to the retail store. Sales area are
decided according to no. of retail stores in that area and no. of sales representative. The retail stores
are provided with the product with the recommended price. Also discount may be offered if product
is supplied in large quantity. Discounts are also decided on no. of new clients gained by the retail
stores. In case of wedding representative there are no retail stores available as the customer in case
of wedding representatives are not large clients, often he is a normal person. Therefore the AFD
does not keep a record of those people as they are not long-term clients. The discount offered here
is comparatively less due to less no. of volume of stocks of the product. These type of customer
have to follow the service of pay as you go because the company does not entertain any delay n
these cases. The company is just interested in the no. of products sold at the end of year. The sales
area in this case are designed according to column of products ordered in that particular area.
Talking about history of the company the company was started by Julia Spencer who started by
taking small orders within her reach. As the days passed the company was transformed in an
organization. Now the organization has both part time and full time employees. The organization has
decided to expand its business in field of men's clothing. Due to its some of features like manual
stock control, customer relationship systems and shelf accounting system the business has fasten its
growth. The off accounting system is used with email communication system. The order placed is
confirmed using email. Due to sales representatives(wedding and sales), the use of computer is little
low but the quality of service provided by the company is worth than anything. The salesperson are
provided with laptops and phones by the company which are helpful in tracking orders and delivery.
To handle issues related to the customer the customer relationship system is used. To handle
various problems of sales representatives some staff is provide which answer to their queries using
phone call. The stock control systems and the customer relationship systems used are to be modified
by Julia Spencer to compete with other organizations. These systems will be used with information
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systems which will help in providing best quality of service to the customer. The idea is to shift the
business on online mode which provides an easy to use interface and filter various products
according to choice of user. The report includes various options of adopting UCD approach with HCL
using CRM. Various methodologies are described which will be helpful in building a perfect AFD
system so as to provide better efficiency and accuracy. It also includes event table which helps in
supporting the business system and at last there are various diagrams which describe various
procedures of operating the business in organization.
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Task 1: Report
There are various techniques provided when it comes to business system making. To make a good
business system there should be a proper plan and methodology which can result in a proper
business system. The various methodologies available for making business systems are agile,
incremental, iterative, etc. All the methodology start with discussing the plan of development that
includes all the requirements of the system . All the requirements are discussed with various officials
and a team is formed for the third specific purpose. Each and every team member is specialized in
one format and gives his/her opinion in the team meeting/ After discussing the requirements of the
system various digammas are made so as to show the functionality of the system. Diagrams such as
use case diagrams, data flow diagrams model the functionality of the system so that the team can
know about the working of the system in rough manner. The different approaches used in system
making are shown below:
1. Agile Approach:
It is similar to incremental model. Agile system is designed in quite fast cycles with the
incremental order. This results in the release of incremental outputs. Each release is tested
in a brief manner so that the methodology could be checked for issues. This results in
improving quality of the system. This methodology uses progressive development and
adaptive planning approach for its working. Here are some advantages and disadvantages
regarding this methodology:
Agile approach Advantages:
 It is a continuous approach and thus provides and gain customer satisfaction.
 The models working are placed quite fast.
 It provides Continuous attention which is helpful in technical excellence.
 The requirements could be changed afterward quickly.
 Much helpful to the management team in features like purchasing and transaction
 It provides interface that is user-friendly to the users of the system.
Agile approach Disadvantages:
 Designing and documentation are not on a higher priority.
 If requirements are not clearly specified the project can be disqualified.
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