UHCL Fitness Center Database Application

October 26, 2006

This project builds a database application for storing and retrieving membership and usage information for UHCL fitness center. This is a continuation project of http://dcm.uhcl.edu/c6838su06gp3/, which has built a working application very quickly in the Summer. However, there are several issues. Some of them are listed below (there are other issues.)

• Some modules are not executing.
• The application is not working when executed remotely via mapping network drive.
• Documentation and user guide are not sufficient.

The purpose of this project is to deliver a working application with sufficient documentation and user guidelines so it can be maintained by the fitness center in the future.

Some important tasks are:

• Based on the existing application, perform requirement analysis to vigorously define required functionality and performance metrics for the system.
• Study the existing code and decide whether it is more beneficial to base the development on the existing code or redo the development from scratch. The current system use .NET/C#/Access. If the team selects to redo the development from scratch, it can select a new technology platform that is compatible with the computers in the fitness center.
• Design, implement and test the system.
• Ensure the the source code and the database is well documented so they can be maintained by a reasonable computer science student assistant by the fitness center at the end of the project.
• Produce a user guide that includes information about backup, administration and maintenance procedures.
• Install the system in two or more computers in the fitness center.
• For testing purpose, ensure that a reasonable number of real data is entered into the system.
• Train the fitness center staff on using the system.