1. Consider a system that produces budget reports for your department at work. Alternatively, consider a registration system that produces enrollment reports for a department at a university. For whichever system you choose, answer the following design questions:

Who will use the output?

What is the purpose of the output?

When is the output needed and when is the information that will be used within the output available?

Where does the output need to be delivered?

How many people need to view the output?

2. Design a budget report using a spreadsheet package.

Following the prototyping discussed in the chapter 10 (see also Figure 6-7),

describe the steps you would take to design a prototype of this report.

Initial Requirements Identify Problem Develop Prototype Convert to Operational System New Requirements If Prototype Inefficient Problems Revise and Enhance Implement and Use Prototype Prototype Next Version