ABSTRACT

Tumaini center is located in Ukonga a suburb of the town center 8 kilometers from the city of Dar es salaam. This center is still using paper based file system to collect and store data, the paper based file system has been faced with many problems in daily working such as losing of some document, lack of security, data duplication, updating files, Therefore a computerized system should be introduced to alleviate the mentioned problems. 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Declaration i

Approval ii

Dedication iii

Acknowledgement iv

Abbreviation v

Table of contents vi

Abstract viii

CHAPETRONE 1

INRODUCTION 1

1.0 General Introduction 1

1.1 Background 1

1.2 Statement of the Problem 2

1.3 Objectives of the Study 2

1.3.1 General objective 2

1.3.2 Specific objectives 2

1.4 Research Question 2

1.5 Scope of the Study 3

1.6 Significance of the Study 3

1.7 Limitation of the Study 3

1.7.1 Financial constraints 3

1.7.2 Time constraints 3

1.7.3 Limited experience 3

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1.8 Conceptual Framework .4

1.9 Conclusion 4

CHAPTER TWO 5

LITERATURE REVIEW 5

2.0 Introduction 5

2.1 Theoretical reviews 5

2.1.1 Database Management System 5

2.1.2 Advantages of Databases s

2.2 Information System 6

2.2.1 Components of an information system 6

2.2.2 Role of information system in an Organization 7

2.3 Orphan and Orphanage 7

CHAPTER THREE 10

METHODOLOGY 10

3.0 Introduction 10

3.1 Data collection methods 10

3.1.1 Questionnaire 10

3.1.2 Interviews 11

3.1.3 Observation 11

3.2 System requirements 12

3.2.1 Hardware and Software Requirements 12

3.2.1.1 Hardware Interface 12

3.2~1.2 Software Interface 12

3.3 Software architecture 13

3.4 Software Architecture 13

3.4.1 User interface 13

3.4.2 Database 13

3.4.3 Programming logic 14

3.5 System Testing 14

3.5.1 Unit Testing 14

3.5.2 System Testing 14

3.6 Implementation 15

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3.6.1 System Testing and Validation 15

3,6.2 Operation and Maintenance 15

3.7 Methodology for Development of System 15

CHAPTERFOUR 17

DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS 17

4.0 introduction 17

4.1 User interface design 17

4.2 Database design 17

4.3 Information flow of the system 19

4.4 Execution Sequence 19

4.5 Execution Sequence 24

CHAPTER FIVE 25

DISCUSSIONS, CONCLUSION AND RECOMENDATION 25

5.0 Introduction 25

5.1 Discussion chapter by chapter 25

5.2 Recommendations 26

5.3 Conclusion 27

References 28

APPENDECIES 30

A )Sample code 30

B) Questionnaire guide 31