ELC Online Auto Rental

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ELC Online Auto Rental

• G53ELC Coursework
• Autumn semester 2006/7

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The Auto Rental System

• To produce a web page for the online rental
  system with a url
• http//ltthedomaingt/index.html
• The site is an on-line car rental system which is
  called ELC Auto Rental
• The system enables the customers to register at
  the site, view available cars and their
  descriptions and make reservations.

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User types

• The Online Auto Rental System has two different
  types of users
• Admin users
• Customers

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Customers

• An ordinary customer will be able to carry out
  the following interactions
• make a reservation for a vehicle
• view her/his reservation
• view available cars and their descriptions and
  price
• modify her/his personal details

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Administrators

• The system administrators and workshop staff take
  part in the following interactions
• making reservations on behalf of any customer
• viewing reservations for vehicles made by
  customers
• enrolling new customers

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Customer Registration

• At enrolment, potential customers submit their
  details, which have to be verified by staff, not
  by computer, and these are kept on file. From
  then on, customers can rent cars without further
  paperwork.

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A Sample User Registration Form
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Registered Users

• Registered users can login to the system and make
  the reservations
• A Sample login page

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Car Reservation

• Step1 Specifying of the Trip
• Pickup location
• Date
• Drop-off location
• Step 2 Selecting from the available cars
• Viewing list of cars
• Price
• Vehicle features
• Step 3 Confirming rental options and calculating
  total amount

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Step1 Trip Specification
Adapted from http//www.nationalcar.com/
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Step 2 Car Selection
Source http//www.nationalcar.com/
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Step 3 Confirmation Total Amount
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Admin view

• Administrators will be able to see the
  reservations.
• Admin users will also be able to enrol new
  customers (verify the registration).
• The admin page is only a report of current
  reservation.
• You do not need to implement
• Credit card transactions
• Archive and edit options for admin reports

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The Events
System administrator maintains general vehicle
list, description and price (manually)
Customer Selects the options for trip, vehicle
Customer?
reservation
Login
Edit/Remove the reservation
Admin?
System administrator views the list of
reservations
Confirm the reservation
System stores a list of reservations/provides
admin report
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Required Pages

• You may need to develop the following web pages
• Login user/admin authentication
• Reservation pages car reservation (steps 1-3)
• Confirmation page view and edit and finalise the
  reservation
• Reservation List (admin section) reservation
  report
• User confirmation page

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Implementation

• The outcome will be a web-based system.
• You do not need to develop functionalities to
  maintain vehicle list, and financial transactions
  (you may enter this information to the system
  manually)
• You do not need to add/implement security
  features (secure connection,...)
• You can use .NET or J2EE server-side technologies
  to implement the system.

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Project hand in

• The source files and a running version
• A brief report (maximum 5 pages)
• No need for code documentation

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Marking Criteria

• Correct functionality
• Code and program design
• User interface
• Implemented features
• Design Decisions
• System Explanation

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Marking Scheme

• User interface design (10)
• Usability of the system (10)
• Correct functionality (25)
• Code and program design (15)
• Explanation of choices made in design and system
  presentation (30)
• Advance features (10)

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Help with the coursework

• You may find useful resources to do your
  coursework at http//csit.nottingham.edu.my/bpa
  yam/G53ELC

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When?

• Staring date October 3, 2006
• Submission deadline to be announced

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Questions?