Homework $4$ : Chapter $4$ Personal Trainer, Inc.

Fact$-$Finding Summary

A typical center has $300-500$ members, with two membership levels: full and limited$.$ Full members have

access to all activities. Limited members are restricted to activities they have selected, but they can participate

in other activities by paying a usage fee. All members have charge privileges. Charges for merchandise and

services are recorded on a charge slip, which is signed by the member.

At the end of each day, cash sales and charges are entered into the BumbleBee accounting software, which

runs on a computer workstation at each location. Daily cash receipts are deposited in a local bank and credited

to the corporate Personal Trainer account. The BumbleBee program produces a daily activity report with a

listing of all sales transactions.

At the end of the month, the local manager uses BumbleBee to transmit an accounts receivable summary to

the Personal Trainer headquarters in Chicago, where member statements are prepared and mailed. Members

mail their payments to the Personal Trainer headquarters, where the payment is applied to the member account.

The BumbleBee program stores basic member information, but does not include information about member

preferences, activities, and history.

Currently, the BumbleBee program produces one local report $($the daily activity report$)$ and three reports that

are prepared at the headquarters location: a monthly member sales report, an exception report for inactive

members and late payers, and a quarterly profit and$-$loss report that shows a breakdown of revenue and costs

for each separate activity.

During the interviews, Susan received a number of "wish list" comments from managers and staff members.

For example, managers want more analytical features so they can spot trends and launch special promotions

and temporary discounts. Managers also want better information about the profitability of specific business

activities at their centers, instead of bottom$-$line totals.

Several managers want to offer computerized activity and wellness logs$,$ fitness coaching for seniors, and

various social networking options, including e$-$mail communications, fitness blogs, Facebook, and Twitter

posts. Staff members want better ways to handle information about part$-$time instructors and trainers, and

several people suggested using scannable ID cards to capture data.

Tasks

Draw an FDD that shows the Personal Trainer's main functions. Also draw a use case diagram that

represents the interaction between a user and the proposed TIMS system.

Using the information gathered during fact$-$finding, develop a requirements checklist that includes examples

in each of the five main categories.