The goal of this assignment is to bring together the different topics from this
class into a single paper, focusing on the technology and programming aspects.
Your task is to create a design for an address book web application using all the
information you have learned so far. At the beginning of class you created the
requirements for an Address Book application. Using this as a guide create a
design proposal for a full scale web application that can be used anywhere. Your
The goal of this assignment is to bring together the different topics from this class into a single paper, focusing on the technology and programming aspects. Your task is to create a design for an address book web application using all the information you have learned so far.
At the beginning of class you created the requirements for an Address Book application. Using this as a guide create a design proposal for a full scale web application that can be used anywhere. Your design should include the following elements:
Requirements for your application from the point of view of the users of the application.
Design of the web pages they will interact with, i.e. what the user interface will look like.
What the server does, i.e. how the client (web browser) communicates with the server and how the server processes the requests.
How the data will be stored and how the server will communicate with the data store.
What technology you will use to generate your web pages - e.g. will they be entirely generated by the web server, static pages that use JavaScript to populate the data once loaded, or something entirely different.
Include a test plan if you think that is appropriate.
You should include images, diagrams and snippets of code where appropriate. You are welcome to reuse any of the previous work in this class provided it is appropriate to this content. Please remember that as with the other assignments you are designing a specific application. You are not writing about designing an application in general.
Background – adopts the funnel approach ✓ The backdrop of the research
area ✓ Initiate reader into your research project ✓ Begins with a general
overview ✓ Narrows down to the specific focus of research project ✓ Paves
way for a statement of the problem 1.2: Research Problem ✓ A clear concise
statement that spells out the problem to be investigated. ✓ No solutions are to
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1.1: Background – adopts the funnel approach
✓ The backdrop of the research area
✓ Initiate reader into your research project
✓ Begins with a general overview
✓ Narrows down to the specific focus of research project
✓ Paves way for a statement of the problem
1.2: Research Problem
✓ A clear concise statement that spells out the problem to be investigated.
✓ No solutions are to be proffered at this stage lest the researcher preempts results.
✓ No theories about the problem yet.
✓ A simple expression of what the problem is.
1.3: Research Objectives
✓ Focus on problem statement to generate objectives
✓ Objectives are evidence of focus/direction
✓ Objectives are meant to drive the research project
1.4: Research Questions
✓ Research questions flow from the research objectives in 1.3.
✓ Research questions are in essence research objectives turned into questions
E.g., Research objective: To ascertain the relationship between Public Sector Accounting skills and the speed of adoption of IPSAS based accrual
accounting in Central Government in Zimbabwe
Research Question: What is the relationship between public sector accounting skills and the speed of adoption of IPSAS based accrual accounting in Central Government in Zimbabwe?
✓ The number of research questions should correspond with the number of research objectives
1.5: Hypothesis or Proposition (Hypothesis is for quantitative research and proposition is for qualitative research)
✓ An intelligent educated guess about the possible answer to the problem
✓ A tentative solution or view of the researcher
✓ The hypothesis is subjected to rigorous testing in view of findings
✓ Variables measured must be testable
✓ Specific outcomes may confirm or refute a hypothesis
✓ Perception is thus modified accordingly
1.6: Rationale of the study
✓ Statement of importance and necessity of study
• The value of research results
• Value to the organisation under investigation
• Benefit of extended knowledge to academia
• Filling specific gaps in knowledge
• Self-worth and contentment of researcher
1.7: Scope of Research
✓ Delineation or demarcation of a research project
✓ Coverage of research field
✓ Define boundaries and you should stick to the boundary of the research.
1.8: Research Limitations
✓ What are the limitations and what measures did you take to ensure that the limitations did not affect the quality of the results?