SCHOOL OF COMPUTING, INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING

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SD3043
Module code

ADVANCED INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Module title DEVELOPMENT

Mamta Choudhary
Module leader

Assignment title INDIVIDUAL WORK

50%
Weighting

1st March 2011

Handout date

5th May 2011

Submission date

Learning outcomes 1,3,6-8

assessed by this
assignment

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 Assignment
SD3043 –Advanced Information Systems Development

Instructions
This is an individual assignment carrying 50% of the total marks available for the
module.

Submit your assignment in hard and soft copies. Make sure name and ID is
written on the cover sheet.

Format of the report:

1. Font size: 14 point for title/heading, 12 point for contents and 8-9 point for
headers/footers
2. Font face: Arial
3. Line spacing: 1.5
4. Proper alignment of your paragraphs, and necessary page set-up.

Assignment Release Date : 1st March 2011

Date of Submission : 4th May 2011

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Deliverables
The deliverables consist of the following:

Before going to the Case Study, it will be good if you know the following.

A bank is an institution, usually a corporation, chartered by a state or federal

government, that provides financial service, particularly taking deposits and
extending credit.

Although the type of services offered by a bank depends upon the type of bank
and the country, services provided usually include:

o Taking deposits from the general public and issuing checking and savings
accounts
o Making loans to individuals and businesses
o Cashing cheques
o Facilitating money transactions such as wire transfers and cashiers
checks
o Issuing credit cards, ATM, and debit cards
o Storing valuables, particularly in a safe deposit box

Online banking

Online banking is growing in popularity, as it offers another level of convenience

for managing your finances. There are three ways to access an online banking
account (in order of increasing popularity):

o Through a personal finance software package,

o Through the bank's proprietary software,
o Through the bank's Internet web site (online banking).

Online banking (or Internet banking) can be very useful, especially for banking
outside bank hours (which tend to be very short) and banking from anywhere
where internet access is available. In most cases a web browser such as Internet

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Explorer or Mozilla Firefox is utilized. No special software or hardware is usually
needed.

Case Study

PNB Bank Limited is one of the leading banks of India. PNB Bank Limited has
a solid foundation of over 50 years in India, with a network of branches. The PNB
Bank Limited mission is to oversee a nationwide system of banking institutions,
and to assure that its branches are safe and sound, competitive and profitable,
and capable of serving in the best possible manner the banking needs of their
customers.

PNB Bank Limited is facing increased competition from other established

financial service providers and new foreign entrants. New technology and the
Internet are also enabling competitors to enter the market, which presents further
challenges to the bank.

To address these challenges, the bank is planning to conduct business over the
Internet. The concern of the bank is to develop new system away from traditional
banking methodologies and to provide easy and hassle free banking solution and
payment solution to its clients.

Market research and corporate values suggested PNB Bank Limited to focus on
the idea of online or internet banking. So the bank plans to develop an online
banking application with an idea to develop an application with cashier and
automated teller machine (ATM) functionality. Some of the features, which are
proposed for the proposed system are as:
o The cashier should be able to register new customers.
o The cashier should be able to create accounts for customers and accept
deposits.
o At the ATM, the customer should be able to withdraw money, query the
balance and change her secret personal identification number. (PIN).

o To access balances and transaction history

o To order new statement

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 Furthermore, it has been proposed that the new system should be able to
offer its customers with the convenience to manage and control their
banking and finances, and this is only possible through online or internet
banking. The application should be user friendly and secure. The services
provided by the application should have reliable and secure methods to
authenticate their customers. The level of authentication used by the online
banking system should be appropriate to the risks associated with those
products and services.

You have been hired as the project manager for this project. You have been
asked to manage this project. Now is the time to excel your talent and skill.
How you will proceed? Describe the key tasks that need to be performed.
Use the guidelines available in this document and you can add additional
factors if required.

Assignment Questions

1. Do you think it’s harder to manage an IT project or a traditional project?

Take an example of any industry in yours locality? Justify your response.
2. Which of the Software Development Life Cycle model is best suited for
online banking application project? Explain the SDLC model you have
chosen and why it is better suited than other possible models.
3. Suggest a technology for the implementation of the online banking
system.
a. Can you suggest more than one technology?

PLAGIARISM
Students should read carefully the notice on plagiarism placed on the student
notice board.
Any use of materials from other sources/persons should be clearly indicated and
references given in the text.
Students are also required to complete the form re: Plagiarism, which is available
from the Level 4 Service Counter.

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 MARKING CRITERIA

MODULE CODE : SD3043

MODULE TITLE : ADVANCED INFORMATION SYTEMS DEVELOPMENT

EXAM BAND : SEMESTER B

COURSEWORK – Marks Breakdown:

1. Analyse of IT project vs. Traditional project. [10 marks]

Example of any industry in yours locality. [5 marks]

2. Best suited Software Development Life Cycle model for online banking
application project. [5 marks]
Explain the SDLC model you have chosen and why it is better suited than
other possible models. [15 marks]

3. Suggest a technology for the implementation of the online banking

system. [15 marks]

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