Activity Diagram

Use Case Name: Enrollment System
Scenario: Enrollment Process for Scholars/Non-Scholars studenst in USeP
Brief Description: Students pays for local fees to the treasurers,(if scholar)OSS officer validates the schoalrship card, adviser evaluates subjects taken, encoder encodes PRF, Non-scholar students pay for tuition and misc fee to the cashier, registrar verifies and checks COR, receipt and clearance and librarian validates the lib card
Actors: Student, Treasurer,OSS Officer, Adviser, Encoder, Cashier, Registrar and Librarian
Preconditions: Student must exist.
Clearance, receipts, payment, library card must exist.
Postconditions: Student's record must be updated.
Receipts must be released.
COR must be verified.
Library card must be validated.

Flow of Activities:

1. The student/enrollee pays the local council fee, headlight fee and OSCS fee.
2. The treasurer receives the payment from the student and issues a receipt.
3. The syudents (if scholar) validates his/her schoalrship card.
3. The student approaches his/her adviser for the evaluation of his/her subjects.
4. The adviser checks and evaluates the subjects taken and previous grades acquired and release a pre-registration form (prf).
5. The student fills up the prf and goes back to the adviser for signature.
6. The student goes to the encoder for prf encoding.
7. The encoder encodes the subjects taken and assessments.
8. The students (if not scholar) pays to the cashier.
9. The cashier receives the payment and release a receipt.
10. The student proceeds to the registrar for verification of the enrollment.
11. The registrar checks and verifies the COR, receipts and clearance.
12. The student proceeds to the librarian for validation of lib card.
13. The librarian validates the library card.

Exception Conditions:

1. If student has not completed the clearance, student must finish filling up the clearance.
2. If student has exceed the maximum subject failures, student must shift another college or university.

Use Case Diagram

Among the data gathering techniques used in systems analysis are interviewing, document review, observation, and use of questionnaires. Considering yo

Based on the given data gathering techniques given above, I would be most comfortable with the interviewing or the observation. I think it’s what suites me best for some reasons;

· First, I think interviewing, needs less preparations if compared to using questionnaires and document reviews. I prefer techniques that are easy to set up because I have this lazy-like attitude, I hate hassle.

· Second, I think questionnaires are quite static, which means coming back again if the desired information is lacking, I think it means an additional work to do, and I really hate doing things over and over again (especially if that thing can be done once).

· Third, I believe in my oral capabilities and I think I can keep a conversation running especially if the person interviewed is quite friendly.

· Fourth, I believe that interviewing can improve self-esteem and I know it would do me good.

· Lastly, there are more things you’ll know about the company if you gather information through the use of interview technique, compared to questionnaires which I think is boring especially if there are lots of items to be answered there is a big possibility that they will not answer its seriously.

Those reasons are just how I see things. It’s plainly me, its how my mindset works. So that’s basically the way I want things to be done, but when you’re working on a project you are working with a team. In a team, you need to consider others opinions, and respect them and of course work hand in hand with them and not against them. If you believe in two different things then let those believes combine, like they say, “Same charges repel, opposite charges attract”.

Following the SDLC model, please discuss the acitvities/steps that you will undertake in order to achieve your objective/s in life. what approach(es)

I have a very simple goal in my life, finish study, marry and then have kids and may grandchildren later. Now to acquire those goals I think I need to go through this simple

Planning

This is the phase where everything is planned. How to finish my study? What course to take up? Marry who? When to marry? How many children? And etc. I’ve been through this phase of my life, I’ve already planned everything, basically my life is already well planned and my mind is already set to follow those plans.

Reflecting

I always reflect every time I get one step closer to fulfilling those goals. I balance things, and carefully reflect to what happened in order to be ready when taking a new step forward. For example, after I graduate high school, that’s one step closer to fulfilling my goal of finishing my studies, I reflected and assess myself. Did I done enough? Am I ready to take another step? That’s basically it, it just helps my mind at ease and it’s really a big help.

Trying /Testing

This is I think the most important phase of my life, trying and testing. In this phase I am able to try and test things before engaging to it. I am the kind of person who needs to be sure of something before engaging into it.

Engaging

This is the last phase of my SDLC, the engaging. This is where I get my dreams or take actions to get into that goal. After taking that action I’ll be back in planning my next step and then reflecting, testing and engaging again.

So that’s basically how I work towards my goal. My original plan technically uses the predictive approach. Everything is planned, everything is predicted. Like what Sir Gamboa said there’s no pure adaptive or predictive in an SDLC. The same applies to life, I was so sure then I would take up BSA but then as I reflected and tested myself, I am not the BSA guy, I am the comsci guy. So here I am, the comsci thing is not part of my original plan, but this is this where life takes me, so I have to go with the flow. After all, comsci is still a good course and it’s still part of the scope of my finishing study goal.

JUST ME!!!

I’m Jonel Decano Amora, 18 years old and currently a 3rd year Computer Science student at the University of Southeastern Philippines. I am actually a newbie in blogging environment, I never really liked blogging, I thought its boring and time consuming, but then one of my subject at school obliged as to do blogging and it became a part of the subject requirement.

More things about me, I am one of the so called “promdi” or from the province. I lived there since birth until after my high school graduation and moved into the city to pursue a college education. I lived with my older sibling while I’m in the city. I have three (3) siblings and I am the youngest among the four (4). I started and finished my elementary education at Lambajon Central Elementary School and continued my secondary education at Maryknoll School of Lambajon. Both schools were located at our small barrio.

So that is basically the things about me. If you have any questions, suggestions or any violent reactions feel free to express your self and I would gladly accommodate it and surely give you a positive response. Lastly hope you’ll enjoy reading my blog, thank you. I would really appreciate if you’ll drop some comments as you pass by. Have a Blessed and Merry Christmas to all.

WHY COMSCI??? WHY USEP??? WHY DID I LIE??

Why Comsci? Why USeP?

I can still remember the first person who asked me those million dollar questions. It was Engr. Ariel Roy Reyes, during the interview for my admission to the University.

When asked, why comsci? I answered… ”because I wanna be a programmer someday.” It’s actually not true, I just heard it while I was eavesdropping to the conversation of the a student and her friend after she had her interview. It is not an accident that I heard their conversation; I did it on purpose, of course to have a glimpsed of what to expect when I’ll step in the faculty room. I didn’t even know what that time what a programmer is or do. I only had it as an answer for defense purposes. I don’t want the interviewer to make a stupid impression out of me.

When asked, why USeP? I answered...”because I know someone from our province who is studying here and she recommended the university to me.” I just made another lie, the truth is that we hadn’t seen each other for years, the last time was when she graduated from our high school.

Why did I lie? Simply because I don’t know the answer, even now. My first choice was Accountancy and BS Math is my second choice. Maybe its my scholarship that triggers me to be here. Every time I ask myself those questions, I always with these invalid and some stupid reasons:

• I had no choice.
• My scholarship only gives Php. 6000 to there scholars as tuition and USeP is the only university that has less than Php. 6000 for the tuition.
• It is near to my siblings’ house and I can have the choice to walk to and from school every time I have no money to pay for jeepney/motorcycle fair.
• I have to budget the monthly allowance given by my scholarship because my parents are currently paying for my older sibling’ studies in other college, that is why I chose USeP because they have cheaper “carenderias” around and they give cheaper projects.
• I think computer technology based courses are in demand compared to business courses like accountancy.
• My three (3) older siblings already took up accountancy and I had to be different.

Even though my other reasons are not stupid I still consider them invalid. I should have pursued accountancy and be happy but I did not. I just considered everything to be to be a blessing in disguise (pampalubag loob… why do blessings have to disguise??hahaha!!!) Because these past years, I have been happy here, the IC professors, students, classmates and specially my new found friends are here… and theyre just amazing that I can’t resist (hehehehe)… In a way, I am happy and maybe I just needed to be contented of what I have.

I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS???

Unfortunately, No!!!

I only have three (3) chances of going back home to the province for the whole year. Summer break, Semestral break and the Christmas break. Our barrio is 8-10 hours away from the city that is why I really treasure these 3 chances of going back home away from the noisy and complicated life at the city. Besides, I don’t have the luxury of money to pay for the bus’ fee. I keep on saving my money to be able to go back home.

Unfortunately, the allowance from my scholarship which I have been expecting since last week of November is still not available until the last week of December. Second, is that I still have lots of projects and assignments to be submitted and there is no internet connection in the province so I have to do and submit it here.

Its sad that I’ll miss the company of my parents this Christmas and I’ll also miss my mother’s birthday as well. But I think I’ll have to sacrifice and do well at school. In that way, I think I can make my family happy. Have a blessed Christmas everyone…