Design and Implementation of a Digital Diary

DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ELECTRONIC DIARY SYSTEM

ABSTRACT

This project work centers on the Design and implementation of an electronic diary system. A diary can be used for various purposes. One books personal or confidential appointments, schedules for meetings, discussions and other information in their diary. One may not want someone to see our confidential information. Examples are occupational health appointment, a formal review, a disciplinary meeting, rehabilitation or safeguarding meeting etc. so access to information by people has to be maintained and monitored. When it comes to security issues, if the calendar or diary was not protected, anybody will have access to information in the diary and they can even edit or delete important information, that’s why the need for a diary protect by a login information and password is considered. This electronic diary system will enable a complete electronic process of making schedules, recording tasks and appointments securely. Unlike the traditional paper diary, this system is completely based on web technology, and thus it has the advantage of platform independence. The adopted methodology in this electronic diary system is the Structured System Analysis and Design methodology (SSADM). It adopts a waterfall model of software were each phase has to be completed and signed off before subsequent phase can commence. This system is allows signed up individuals store contacts securely and keep track of their everyday appointments, thereby reducing the risk and loss of relevant information that usually exists in the paper system, and the stress in carrying a paper diary virtually everywhere you go.

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.0       BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

An Electronic diary is a software program specifically designed for users to input their daily work schedules, make list of tasks to be done, arrange appointments, over a computer network. This allows the users to browse their appointments, and mark appointments on electronic “diary page” since the computer holds the details of each appointment; users can be reminded in advance of meeting an appointments. The user of computers also introduces flexibility into the format of diaries, presenting different views, such as by year, months or week (JISC website). Unlike a paper diary, the computer automatically adds new pages when needed, extra room for day, and retains copies of diaries for years gone past (Kay Tang, 2008). Furthermore a diary is a book for writing discrete entities arranged by date. It can be used for recording activities or for reporting what has happened over the course of a role in many aspect of human civilization, including governmental business, and daily written records of (usually person) experience and observations (Mifflin, 2009). 

The most important advantage of an electronic diary over a paper one is in its ability to be shared. Unlike a paper diary, which is bound to one place, staff can access an electronic diary over a computer network, checking to see when other staffs are free. Moreover, staff can share a diary, allowing a secretary to run a manager’s diary, while still allowing the manager access over the computer network. Electronic diaries held on desktop computers makes booking of meetings much easier. An electronic diary allows meeting times to be found, arranged, and confirmed, all from the computer, saving time and bother (Munson, 2011). While these features are useful, an electronic diary does add some complications.  Electronic diaries that are held on desktop computers are not as portable as paper diaries. This has led some companies to develop a range of portable “personal organizers” i.e. the “palm pilot” (Palm Inc, 1997), “Psion” (Orlowski, 2007) and “Timex Data Link Watch” (Timex & Microsoft, 1994) being three of the most popular. These are small portable computers that attempt to provide the functionality of a “Filofax” in electronic form. These computers are still perhaps something of a novelty. While diaries held in personal organizers are more portable. They cannot be shared over the network. Compatibility between portable organizers and computer diary packages may dramatically increase the usefulness of using electronic, rather than paper diaries (Kay Tang, 2008).

DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ELECTRONIC DIARY SYSTEM

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