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The document describes the methodology used for the study which is descriptive-developmental research. It discusses the waterfall model process that will be used for developing the Point of Sales System including the phases of requirements, design, implementation, testing and maintenance. It also outlines the research instruments that will be used such as interviews, library research, internet research and observation as well as tools for data analysis like algorithms and flow charts.

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Chapter 3

The document describes the methodology used for the study which is descriptive-developmental research. It discusses the waterfall model process that will be used for developing the Point of Sales System including the phases of requirements, design, implementation, testing and maintenance. It also outlines the research instruments that will be used such as interviews, library research, internet research and observation as well as tools for data analysis like algorithms and flow charts.

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Chapter 3

Methodology

3.1 Research Design

The study employed descriptive-development research. The descriptive

developmental research describes data and characteristics about the populations

phenomenon being studied, descriptive research answers the questions that who, what

where, when, “why “and how. One such process that the proponents will be use in

Software Development is the “Waterfall Model”. Waterfall model will be use in the

development of the Point of Sales System Day2Day Trading. The selected methodology

incorporates systematic development techniques to the project.

Waterfall model is discipline approach; it requires each stage of the software

development to be documented. Besides that, the correctness of the product is checked on

each stage of the product building. This ensures only the correct product that fulfills the

users requirements are build during the whole development process.

Waterfall model is a sequential model where the development process goes

through a number of phases in a certain order. These phases are requirements phase,

design, testing and implementation phase.


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Requirements phase involves gathering a considerable amount of information. It

is very important to understand the customer requirements and expectations so that the

end product meets his specifications.

The proponents obtain information from the interview conducted with Mrs. Olivia

Castillo, the owner of the store. With this information that was elicited, the proponents

studied carefully the existing process of the company.

Design

Design focuses on high level design like, what programs are needed and how are

they going to interact, low-level design (how the individual programs are going to work),

interface design (what are the interfaces going to look like) and data design (what data

will be required). In this phase, the proponent focuses on the design of the program and

its function and to be a user friendly system.


Implementation

In this phase the designs are translated into code. Computer programs are written

using a conventional programming language or an application generator. Programming

tools like Compilers, Interpreters, and Debuggers are used to generate the code. Different

high level programming languages like C, C++, Pascal, and Java are used for coding.

With respect to the type of application, the right programming language is chosen.

Testing

In this phase the system is tested. Normally programs are written as a series of

individual modules, this subject to separate and detailed test. The system is then tested as

a whole. The separate modules are brought together and tested as a complete system. The

system is tested to ensure that interfaces between modules work (integration testing), the

system works on the intended platform and with the expected volume of data (volume

testing) and that the system does what the user requires.

Maintenance

Inevitably the system will need maintenance. Software will definitely undergo

change once it is delivered to the client. There are many reasons for the change. Change

could happen because of some unexpected input values into the system. In addition, the

changes in the system could directly affect the software operations. The software should

be developed to accommodate changes that could happen during the post implementation

period. In this phase, the proponent is continues conducting research and study to

continuously develop the system.


3.2 Research Instrument

Instrumentation and Data Collection

The proponents will use the following data gathering procedures in order to gather related

information in the development of Point of Sales System Day2Day Trading.

1. Interview

This is fact-finding techniques that are normally done face-to-face.

Undocumented information is collected through a series of interviews with the company.

The proponents asked the owner regarding the important requirements and processes

involved in inventory system of the company. The collected information’s were analyzed

in developing the system.

2. Library Research

This method in which the researchers gather the necessary information from the

different printed materials which involves consulting books and articles in the library that

helps the proponents in finding similar studies and thesis that will serves as a reference in

the development of the system.

3. Internet Research

The proponents used the resources from the internet in gathering relevant

information. This will serves as a basis in the development of the system.


4. Observation

The observation method involves human or mechanical observation of what

people actually do or what events take place during a buying consumption situation.

Information is collected by observing process at work.

Tools for Data Analysis

Algorithm

An algorithm shows the proper sequence of steps that should be followed in order to

obtain the required output.

Flow Chart

It is the graphical representation of the process that involved in the system. It has

predefined graphics that describes the process the data involved to achieved desired

output.

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