The document is a software design proposal for an application called CONSowN that will provide quantity estimates for construction materials. It will be developed by Team REID 4 consisting of 4 members from the University of Sri Lanka. CONSowN will allow users to input construction plans and receive automated estimates of required materials and their prices to help with planning and prevent fraud. The proposal outlines the problem, solution, user scenarios, business viability, functional requirements, and prototype user interfaces.
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REID4-CONSown Proposal
1. SOFTWARE DESIGN PROPOSAL
Application Name
Team Name
REID 4
Team Members (Name & School)
Name Display
Name
University &
Faculty
Email
1 Hasitha Ediriweera Hasitha UCSC haeucsc@gmail.com
2 Isuru Madusanka Isuru UCSC madusankaij91@gmail.com
3 Samali Supathma Samali UCSC samalisupathma@gmail.com
4 Anuradha Kallora Anuradha UCSC pamitha99@gmail.com
2. SOFTWARE DESIGN PROPOSAL
Problem
Nowadays, building a house of your own has become one of the fundamental needs. But
money and resources are the problem. And there are times that they have to request for help
from professionals. But is there a guarantee that the estimations they make for the building
materials/ resources are 100% not fraud full or be sure whether they are not trying to cheat
on the investor? So isnt it will be tactically beneficial if the investor could know and be surely
aware of the outcome of his invest!!
Solution
CONSowN is the solution.
What is CONSowN ?
This is Microsoft windows 8 and mobile phone software for everyone who are willing to
construct anything. And that provides the user with information about the Quantity of
materials that needs to your construction. So you can have a brief idea about your building
and discourages fraud and corruption and wastage in construction.
So No More Fears
3. SOFTWARE DESIGN PROPOSAL
User Scenario
Scenario 1 : Mr Sunil is willing to build a new house but he is not sure whether the
money he has is enough or not. So by using this application he can get the quantities of
the each material he wants to use and the price estimate.
Scenario 2: Mr Pereira has a small construction firm. One of His clients wants to know
about exact sum of quantities of each material going to use in the Full construction
project. As he is a small scale businessman he is not affordable to hire a Professional to
make it done. So by using this application Mr Pereira can do that very easily.
Scenario 3: Mr Kithmini is a Quantity Surveyor. Estimating the Quantities of each
material will be used in the construction project according to the plan is a part of his
job. And this application will help to make his profession very easy.
Impact of Solution
Main purpose of this software is to provide an idea about Quantities of each material
according to the British standards so no need to doubt whether the construction workers
are not telling the truth.
This will be a great help for everyone who are not affordable to hire a Quantity surveyor.
Users can get value estimate so he can manage his material procurement more carefully.
As investors are conscious with the help of this application, no chance for fraud and
corruption.
The interface is clean and simple so even a first time user can successfully use this
application without any hesitation.
4. SOFTWARE DESIGN PROPOSAL
Discuss Business Viability of Application
We suppose to deliver a beta version of this application to verify whether an
implemented version would be much eligible.
We are planning a 7 days trial of our System to people who are willing to use this
application.
We have obtained this expertise knowledge from Qualified Quantity Surveyor. And they
have ensured this software as very useful for the construction field.
Profits from the trial will be used to grow the system to encompass all of Christchurch.
Later, it can be implemented in other cities.
The World Bank says close to three-quarters of the world's population, including much of the
developing world, now has access to a mobile phone.
In a new report entitled "Maximizing Mobile," the Washington-based development body says
the rapid proliferation of mobile communications and phone applications has significant
global consequences for agriculture, health, financial services, and government. So we
suppose that we will be successful in the target market.
5. SOFTWARE DESIGN PROPOSAL
Functional And Non-Functional Requirements
Functional Requirements
Function name - Display quantity of all materials and price
Function short description - Main purpose of this software is to provide an idea about
Quantities of each material according to the British standards so no need to doubt
whether the construction workers are not telling the truth.
Technology or technique - Visual C#
Input
Group of brick
Density of the
wall
All square
Output
All materials
for the walls
Price estimate
6. SOFTWARE DESIGN PROPOSAL
Non-Functional Requirement
1. Data Integrity Reliability
2. Easy to access
3. Portability
4. Accessibility
5. Can improve
6. Timeliness
7. Customer satisfaction
8. Attractive interface
9. Easy to interact with Interface
Technologies/Resources Used In The Application
Microsoft .Net 4.0
Microsoft Windows 8
Visual C#
Silverlight 5
Mobile Device