Project Proposal
Study Center
College of Information Technology, Islamabad
SAFRI.PK
(BS Computer Science)
Submitted By
Ayesha Nazneen (AZ461393)
Muhammad Jamil Baig (AZ461303)
Supervisor
Sir. Furqan Ahmed Ghauri
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY, ISLAMABAD
Table of Contents
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Background
Problem Statement
Literature Review
Existing System
4.1
Current Routine Activities
4.2
Main Diagram of Existing System
4.3
Functional & Operational Behavior
4.4
Current Process Model
4.5
Disadvantage/Shortfalls
5. Proposed System
5.1
Objective of Proposed System
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Proposed Process Model
5.3
What new in Functional & Operational Behavior
5.4
Flow Diagram
5.5
Benefits of Proposed System
6. Methodology for Implementation of Project
7. Project Schedule Plan
8. Project Proposed Time Schedule
9. Development Tools Description
10. Conclusion
11. Other Important Information about Proposal Format
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1. Background
There are a number of hostels, guesthouses and residential houses within Pakistan but
booking these places has not been quite easy for peoples. Manual residential booking system
that is currently used has many limitations to the users. Some tenants end up staying in places
they do not prefer simply because they do not have full information about the available
hostels guesthouse and residential houses and the booking process requires their physical
presence. In some places, booking is done via phone without any commitment made which is
not aptly effective but online booking system seeks to remedy this citing its traits of
simplicity, accuracy and efficiency.
2. Problem Statement
The current residential booking system is manual as all the work is done by property dealers.
The bookings are done through property dealers by filling in forms manually which are
submitted to custodians therefore taking a lot of time to book a room, therefore the current
system is slow and insufficient. They face the problem of data accuracy and not being able
to collect the required data in time. Customer who want to stay in private hotels, guesthouse
and residential houses have to come physically and looking for places to rent and do booking.
Therefore, it is necessary to develop an automated online system that assigns the rooms and
houses automatically with user defined rules that track discrete details about of each client,
update status each time a booking is made, save clients information into database and
generate reports.
3. Literature Review
The process of booking residential houses, guesthouses and hostels is a frequent and
important activity in any residential area. However, the process becomes very tiresome and
time consuming when there is no proper and convenient system. To deal with this problem a
residential online booking system will be very necessary. Online booking system is accessed
on internet by using devices, which have internet connection at any time. Residential online
booking system is a convenient and an efficient way to deal with this problem. The
residential online system will enable people access details of hostels, guesthouses and
residential houses online and do the booking online. The system will have all the necessary
information about residential areas within different cities on one single website, which
accessible by anyone who wants to book.
4. Existing System
Over the years the residential booking system has been manual where clients do booking at the
Custodian office by bringing documents in manual files which are kept in the shelves. Whenever
a customer wants to book a room he/she fill a form manually and kept in files in the shelves.
There is no fee for booking so only the details of the customer are captured with assurance that
he/she will be able to show up within the check-in time and will pay an advance.
Private hostels, guesthouse and residential houses have been using manual file system to record
the details of customers who want to book. Most of these private places require customers to
make some booking payments which vary from one place to the other. Some customer prefer
staying in residential houses. For such customers, who want to stay in residential houses have to
move around and look for the apartments they would like to rent or find the property dealer
office. This is tiresome and it takes a lot of time to get the right place for renting.
Generally the current booking process in hostels, guesthouse and residential houses is still being
conducted when one shows up physically to these places. The practice is based on the criteria of
first come first served and this does not favor those that come from far places.
4.1
Current Routine Activities
 Customer needs to visit a property dealer office or explore the area
by self to find the room.
 Customer and Owner needs to sign the agreement..
4.2
Main Diagram of Existing System
The current system is using WATERFALL model.
4.3
Functional & Operational Behavior
Existing System Functional & Operational Behavior in Current Routine
Task Management
4.4
Current Process Model
What Current Process Model they used.
4.5
Disadvantage/Shortfalls
The current booking system is manual file based management system where clients’
records are kept in files. The system is faced with many limitations like prone to errors,
separation and isolation of data, duplication of data, time consuming and expensive. When data
is isolated in separate files, it is more difficult to access data that should be available. Whenever
a old customer wants to book a room, owner will creates new files for booking which have the
same details of the old customer, this leads to data duplication as a result data loses integrity,
wastage of space and time. Thomas reveals the following as some of the problems of manual
information systems:
1. Paper based systems are generally very bulky both to handle and to store.
2. Information manual techniques of processing information are more tedious, laborious, slow
and inefficient.
3. Labor productivity is low and the process is slower where large volumes of data need to be
dealt with.
The current system is disadvantageous to those that come from far places who have to travel
early enough to do the booking. And those who want private hostels and residential houses have
to walk around looking for better places to rent. This process is tiresome, time consuming and a
lot of expenses are incurred. Some customers fail to get the right places simply because they do
not have enough information about residential areas within.
5. Proposed System
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Objective of Proposed System
The need of online residential system is growing steadily every year so there is an urgent need to
automate the booking process to handle the data of this growing population. Online booking
system will help customers to avoid more expenses and remain competitive. To thrive,
organizations must increase the quality of services they deliver to clients while lowering their
operating costs, maintain privacy, and comply with regulatory compliance standards. The new
technological environment lowers operating costs by integrating computer applications using real
time information to reduce cycle times and to increase customer satisfaction. Besides, they
provide a means for management to respond to the increasing business needs in the more
effective and efficient ways. Customer can pay bill through online and if any issue will be raise
then customer can launch the dispute and 3rd party will resolve the dispute.
All organizations operations are ever changing. Management and information systems that
support them have to deal with that change and adapt to their operations, systems and
organizations themselves in order to survive and prosper. Therefore customers needs a
residential online booking system to solve this problem.
5.2
Proposed Process Model
We are proposed SPIRAL software process model of implementation of
SAFRI.PK online residential booking system of BS Computer Science.
The Spiral model is similar to the incremental model, with more emphasis placed on risk analysis. The
Spiral model has four phases: Planning, Risk Analysis, Engineering and Evaluation. A software product
repeatedly passes through these phases in iterations. The baseline spiral, starting in the planning phase,
requirements are gathered and risk is assessed. Each subsequent spirals builds on the baseline spiral.
5.3
Functional & Operational Behavior
Admin Interface
 Admin will verify the host property documents.
 Admin will verify the customer documents.
 Admin will resolve the dispute.
Host Interface
 Host can register.
 Host can enlist the property.
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Host will get notification when customer wants to book the room.
Host will receive the payment.
Host can launch the dispute.
Host can purchase the membership.
Host can chat with customers.
Host will get rating and reviews.
Customer Interface
 Customer can register.
 Customer can Search for room.
 Customer can book the room.
 Customer will get notifications.
 Customer will pay the bill.
 Customer can launch the dispute.
 Customer can chat with host.
 Customer will give rating and review.
5.4
Flow Diagram
Proposed Flow Diagram on analysis of Existing System Architecture.
5.5
Benefits of Proposed System
This Website will facilitate the host to enlist their rooms and customer can search and
make booking without visiting the place. This website will be great help, who wants to host or
rent the room.
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Web based system
No Data Reduncy
Customer don’t need to visit the place before booking
Customer can find the room easily in desired place
Save Resources
6. Methodology for Implementation of Project
Write about theoretical studies, experimental set up required, method of analysis
and expected outcome of project here.
7. Project Schedule Plan
Sample of work schedule is given below.
Collection of literature
Study of Literature
Analysis of Proposed Scheme
Preparation of Scheme/Model
Implementation of Scheme/Model
Analysis and Simulation
Result Formulation
Final Write-up & Thesis Submission
Two Weeks
Two Weeks
One Month
One Month
One Month
One Month
Two Weeks
Two Weeks
8. Project Proposed Time Schedule
Sample is given below.
Activity
Collection of
Literature
Study of Literature
Analysis of
Proposed Scheme
Preparation of
Schemes / Model
Implementation of
Schemes/Model
Analysis &
Simulation
Result Formulation
Final Write-up &
Thesis Submission
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Bootstrap
Javascript
J Query
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9. Development Tools Description
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10. Project Conclusion
This project SAFRI.PK is designed to facilitate the Customers and Host. Host can
enlist the room and Customer can easily find the room for desired place.
11. Other Important Information about Proposal Format
Font: Arial 14 for headings and Arial 12 for rest of text (except title page)
Line spacing: Double
Margins: 1 inch on all sides
Justify Paragraphs: Align text to both right and left margins
Paper Size: A4
Binding information: Single Side Printing and use punch file covers for hard
copies.