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Video Store Project Case Study Description A video store sells and rents videos

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Question

Video Store Project

Case Study Description

A video store sells and rents videos to people. A person must be a store member to rent from that store. On other word, a person who has a membership card may rent from the store while anyone can buy a video.

Members can reserve videos for rent if all copies of it are currently rented. When a video is returned, the member will be called and the video held for up to 3 days, after which the reservation will be cancelled if unclaimed. Rental fees ($2 for 2 days) are paid at the time of rental. Late returns are fined (at $1/day), and fines must be paid before another video can be rented.

A limited stock of videos is kept for sale, but a member can order a video for purchase.

You are to build a system to support the operations of this business.

Three different parties will use this computer system: the store clerk, the customer, and the store manager.

The clerk will add new members and rent out and return videos on behalf of members, including collecting payment of fees. The clerk may warn members several times for late returns.

The customer can search for titles (by name) and can place reservations for titles. Members can subscribe themselves for new title notifications.

The manager can add new titles and video copies, and print out various reports and statistics.


1-Briefly describe the objective of the project?

2-Identify three main stakeholders?

3-List at least 6 main functions that the project provides?

4-Identify at least two conditions/constrains that the project scenario may has?

Explanation / Answer

Ans 1. The objective of the project is to build a system to support the operations of a video store. Some of the operations supported by this video store are: to sell videos, to rent out videos to members, to reserve videos for members etc.

Ans 2. Three main stakeholders are the store clerk, the customer, and the store manager.

Ans 3. Main functions of the project are:

a. Providing membership to customers

b. Allowing customers to buy videos

c. Allowing members to rent and return videos

d. Allowing members to reserve videos for rent if unavailable

e. Allowing customers to place order for purchase of videos

f. Calculation of late return fine

g. Send warning messages to members if they do not return the videos on time

h. Allowing Members to subscribe themselves for new title notifications

i. Allowing manager to add new titles and video copies, and print out various reports and statistics

j. Cancelling reservation if video not claimed in 3 days

Ans 4. One of the constraint defined in the project is that only members (having membership card) can rent videos from the store.

Another constraint or condition is that a reserved video has to be claimed in maximum 3 days. if a reserved video is not claimed in 3 days, reservation will be cancelled.