Sample Documentation Software Design
Sample Documentation Software Design
Meneses Campus
Fontanilla, Darren M.
Nocum, Reignielle S.
February 2021
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CHAPTER I
THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND
Introduction
in society. It sometimes changes radically, affecting the lifestyle, health and even privacy
of individuals. People mostly spend their time browsing and communicating in different
social media platforms and usually depend on it to do their tasks. Thus, computers play a
vital role in today’s age. It is an essential tool that can maximize one's productivity and
organize, store, and retrieve massive amounts of data. The application of this can improve
the community once the government provides an efficient and improved public service.
Along with the continuous progress, local government units face the demand in the
These innovations such as, software production will improve LGUs procedures
demographic profile, and automated record of blotter reports can be easily accessed by
the officials once the development is done. Likewise, the Barangay Management System
processes. The system aims to protect confidential information from unauthorized users,
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fast retrieval and tracking of files, proper storage of files, and accurate resident’s
services through accurate works and efficient workers. It ensures effectiveness and
productivity as computer lessen human error and processing time. This will be beneficial
to every Local Government Unit sector, especially employees and officials of Barangay
Panginay.
The researchers aimed to develop an effective, efficient and reliable issuance and
management system that will improve current services of LGU workers at Barangay
Panginay, Balagtas, Bulacan. The following questions are intended to be answered by the
1. What are the factors to be considered in developing the Issuance and Management
System?
2. How will the Issuance and Management System improve the current services of
LGU workers?
3. How is the Issuance and Management System different from what the LGU
a. Functionality
c. Maintainability
d. Reliability
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Significance of the Study
The researchers opted to develop an effective and functional system for Barangay
Panginay. This study obtained significant information as the researchers dealt with great
concern for the outcomes which are beneficial to the following institutions and
individuals:
For the Barangay Officials. This would help them to monitor the internal
For the Barangay Employees. The system provides an innovative approach that
will assist the authorized personnel to easily access and retrieve the data. It will lessen
their time in processing, sorting and tracking of files. Besides, it ensures them secured
storage in handling confidential information such as; resident’s demographic profile and
blotter reports.
For the Residents. This would benefit the residents since they will no longer
need to wait for a long time just to obtain a few documents. The processing time will be
minimized.
For the Future Researchers. This study would serve as a future reference to
obtain additional insights and discoveries. This would help them to create a more
comprehensive research.
efficiency and functionality. Managing and storing massive information and issuance of
necessary documents are the primary functions of the system. This system will lead to
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better public services through accurate works and efficient workers and it will ensure
effectiveness and productivity as computer lessen human error and processing time.
Moreover, the Issuance and Management System is restricted for storing datum
such as ordinances. The approach of the system is to secure that confidential information
to protect the resident’s privacy and personal information. It is only for creating, viewing
and updating of records. The main feature of the system is the issuance of barangay
clearance and barangay permits. Thus, the system is delimited to provide issuance
through online transactions and any online engagements. The expenses of every
transactions or issuance of clearance and permits are not part of the system.
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CHAPTER II
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURES
The following are the relevant works and studies utilized by the researchers to
Local Studies
considered as the smallest unit of the government where initial operations involved in the
community, such as formation and employing of programs, activities, policies and more
members and staffs’ works also increases as the number of people grows.
processes in the industrial workplace. This lessens the time consumed as well as human
errors so it results a high quality of production. It can achieve a much faster performance
and more accurate, well-integrated process system that the manual one. He proposed a
Computerized Barangay Information System because it will give safer storage, fast
retrieval of files, maintains reliability and accuracy, and faster tracking of the files. From
hand written records and manual issuing of barangay clearance, certificates and other
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Republic Act No. 7160, Section 17
exercising the powers and discharging the duties and functions currently vested upon
them.” It is an act approved in 1991, otherwise known as the Local Government Code of
1991. Local government units shall continue exercising their authority to attain the full
development of the provision of the basic services and facilities. Moreover, it sought to
enhance the efficiency in resource allocation and widen the decision-making of LGUs
information shall be allowed, subject to compliance with the requirements of this Act and
other laws allowing disclosure of information to the public and adherence to the
Republic Act No. 10173 that was approved in 2012, aimed to protect individual’s
personal information in the government and the private sector while promoting
Authority can most simply define as legitimate power or accordant with law. Whereas
power is the ability to control the behavior of others, especially for the right to do so. In
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term of authority this is an acknowledged duty to obey rather than any form of
intimidation or manipulation. Max Weber a politician also a sociology is the one who
distinguished between three kinds of authority, based on the different grounds upon
grounded in a set of unbiased rules. To study government is like to study the exercise of
authority.
study government or widely, to study the exercise of authority. Politics is the art of
government, the practicing of controlling the society through the making and
enforcement of collective decisions. The sovereign states of politics are restricted to state
actors who are consciously motivated by ideological beliefs, and who seek to advance
This is the perception of a politicians are described as “political” whereas civil servants
are seen as “nonpolitical”, then state as “public” and last the civil society as “private”.
The institutions of the state can be considered as “public” in the sense that they are
responsible for the collective organization of the community life. However, they are
funded at the public’s expense, out of taxation. According to Raymund Burke civil
society consists of little platoons or institutions such as the family and relationship
groups, private businesses, clubs, community groups, trade unions and so on that we can
say they are private in the sense that they are set up and funded by individual citizens.
The government is restricted to the functions of the state itself and the
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public/private life. While civil society can be distinguished from the state, it also includes
a number of institutions that are thought to be "public" in a broader sense. One of its key
consequences is that it expands our concept of the transfer of the economy, particularly
from the private to the public realm, by the government. The concept of politics and
perceived to be "public life" or "public affairs." Since not only does the government
determine for all, civil society and the private sector play a vital role in the community,
the concept of the word "governance" is therefore relevant. A wider concept than
Foreign Studies
tool that allows you to manage your data. Keeping accurate and clear records is a vital
role of any business. You can evaluate the financial status and how efficiently you are
using your resources or whether you are making money. Moreover, it stores and keeps
track of your records as well as saving a lot of time and effort. It ensures the security of
E-Government
The continuous progress of technology into everyday lives of people has changed
about how people work and live, how companies do business, and how governments
provide services. The real opportunity to innovate and reinvent government has been in
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discussion. To provide great services and information, a change is needed. Chadwick
(2016) once stated that e-government basically means electronic government that refers
such as automation of basic tasks and immediate sharing of information between units
were enhanced with the use of technology. With this approach, government seek to
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Conceptual Framework
The paradigm given below represented the whole idea of developing the system.
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CHAPTER III
RESEARCH METHODS
This chapter gives an overview and contains all the essential features and details
of the study. This is also the part where the researchers show diagram to represent the
flow of the software development. Likewise, the scheme of the research was inclined
Project Design
manipulated by the researchers, measured and compared. Likewise, the data collected by
the researchers before developing a system will be the foundation on building greater
ideas and insights. Moreover, the researchers identify the independent variable, which is
the conventional approach of LGUs in managing barangay documents and the issuance
and management system developed by the researchers is the dependent variable. At the
end of this study, the researchers will determine if the system has improved the services
of LGU workers.
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Feasibility
Planning and
Program Design
Coding
Testing
Development
Maintenance
The figure above shows the flow of the system. The primary idea of the figure
rooted from the feasibility of the project and how it will help the LGU workers. The
planning and designing of the program will determine the details of the system. The plan
specifies the functions and essential features. Coding will translate the planned design to
a programming language. The researchers use Visual Basic and C# for the system.
Likewise, the testing of the system will be done by the LGU workers at Barangay
Panginay and if there will be no errors found, the system is ready to use. Furthermore, the
system will be modified from time to time so, it can adapt to a new environment.
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Process Flow Diagram
Creating, viewing
and updating of
resident’s records
USER
Issuance of
barangay permits,
clearance, etc.
PRINTER
This section discussed the behind process of the system. The user is required to
login, only authorized personnel are allowed to do this. The system will manage, store or
update the resident’s records. Further, the issuance and management system will be the
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Software Flow Chart
The figure shows the step by step procedures of how the system works. First, if
the user is already has an account, he/she can successfully access the system. It basically
means that he/she has authorization. Once the login is successfully done, the main menu
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or dashboard will show up. The user is now allowed to view, manage and update the
Project Development
The researchers are deeply involved in planning and analyzing the gathered data
before developing the system. All the requirements are put into consideration and applied
once it is clarified and consistent. The following are the phases in developing the system:
Planning
Osbourn (2020) stated that in any software development project, planning comes
first. Planning all the details is essential and the whole process of the system will depend
on this part. On this stage, the researchers identified the goals and scope of the project.
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Software Design/Development
this phase, the project’s requirements turned into program code. The researchers used
Testing
According to Azeri (2017), system testing will ensure if each components and
services are working together. Also, it will determine the status of the system by
performing several functional tests. Testing the software defines what will happen next.
So far, there were no errors found and it functions efficiently. Further, the system was
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Debugging
Checking the source code and its functions allows you to uncover any errors in
your system. Also, debugging will ensure the long-term functionality of your system
(Hailpern, 2002). The researchers tried to debug the system and there were no abnormal
functions and terminations happened. However, the researchers continue to check the
system thoroughly.
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In this section, the researchers continue to discuss the following parts to explain to
the future readers the instruments and techniques that supposed to be used.
Evaluation
numerous actions or interventions to improve the quality of the system. This is the phase
where the process of checking the software components will take place.
The researchers decided to use Visual Basic and C# as the programming language
and Visual Studio as the development tool. The researchers will gather data from the
respondents which are the LGU workers from Barangay Panginay, Furthermore, statistics
Likewise, the researchers will utilize a statistical approach to determine the respondents’
As the researchers chose the quantitative study, survey questions will be used to
gather data from the LGU workers. A type of survey questions for the quantitative data in
gather the respondents’ opinions and perspectives. Also, by measuring the people’s
opinions (2017). Researchers often use this to understand the views and context on
different situations.
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The researchers inclined their survey through Unipolar Likert Scale. It allows the
researchers to further calculate the ordinal data and obtain accurate details. Therefore,
the researchers will choose the even likert scale specifically, the 4-point type of scale.
The scale is composed of the following choices such as very satisfied, satisfied,
Overall mean indicates the average score of the data gathered. It is used in order
for the researchers to easily generalize the results with the certainty that all variables are
equally contributing to the final output. In some occurrences in a data set, some data
affects the final output more than the other data. The researchers will be using this in
M = ∑x/nM = ∑x/n
Where:
M = mean
∑x = summation of scores
n = number of scores
Likert type of survey is used to obtain data for the quantitative method of this
research study. The responses of the respondents will be recorded scaling from 4-1. Their
answers to the 'four-point-scale' of the survey would be weighted through the following.
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4 Very Satisfied 3.6 - 4.0
Evaluation Procedure
The Issuance and Management System will be evaluated by the respondents, the
LGU workers of Barangay Panginay. The researchers will distribute the questionnaires to
the ten respondents that will be participating. Before answering the questionnaire, the
respondents will be using the system. They will test the system’s feature, function and
performance. Moreover, the respondents will rate the system from 4 to 1, 4 as the highest
The researchers will ensure that the outcome is valid and reliable by establishing
well-formulated questions. Through this method, the researchers were able to formulate
the following statements for the Likert type survey to be answered by the respondents on
Very Very
Satisfied Unsatisfied
Satisfied Unsatisfied
A. Functionality
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The project meets the
user’s requirements.
The project functions
based on the project’s
objectives.
The project provides
basic services.
B. Efficiency and
Effectiveness
The project provides
the necessary needs of
the user.
The project operates
productively.
C. Reliability
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D. Maintainability
Evaluation Criteria
The researchers choose the criteria based on the standard quality model ISO/IEC
a. Functionality
c. Reliability
d. Maintainability
The following characteristics that the system will be based on, are further defined
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Functionality
Issuance and Management System is created to perform certain task and satisfy
the user’s goal. It also has the following sub-characteristics: accuracy, security
resources used. Also, the system has the ability to follow regulations and
Reliability
The system ensures the ability of the software to maintain its performance when it
Maintainability
The system ensures that the software can be modified, capable of improvements
and performing in different working environments. The system has the following
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CHAPTER IV
This section was supposed to discuss the quantitative data gathered through the
conduction of surveys. However, the researchers were not able to conduct surveys due to
the current situation. Thus, the researchers discussed the description, features, capabilities
Project Description
the task and possible human errors in a barangay system. It can record the resident’s files
and issue the necessary papers. The system is capable of creating, reading, updating, and
deleting (CRUD). This function will help them store and keep their files in a secured place.
The system has 2 possible users: (1) The Admin, wherein it will be responsible for
registering accounts that will be verified and log-in into the system, the admin also has the
access in the residents and their document records. (2) The User is the barangay employer
or usually the barangay secretary, it will be the worker that will do the actual recording and
filling up of forms, the user will also be the one who will issue the documents the residents
will need.
The Issuance and Management System were made possible by the use of the
programming language C# and Visual Basic. Visual Studio is created by Microsoft, and is
used to develop computer programs for Windows; it can also be used for developing wed
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Project Features
Figure 4.1
This screen shows the home page or the introductory page of the system.
Figure 4.2
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This screen is for the Admin, the authorized personnel can update, view and
delete records. Also, the user can easily track or search names by entering the ID or
username.
Figure 4.3
The figure shows the records of the resident’s personal information on the system.
Figure 4.4
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The figure shows the record of the issued documents.
Figure 4.5
The figure shows the official record of the residents and their personal
Figure 4.6
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Figure 4.7
Figure 4.8
The figure 4.6, 4.7, 4.8 shows the form that need to be filled up for issuing
documents. The user can easily encode the necessary information shown on the figure
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then, the system automatically fills in the form using the provided information. Once
Recording and updating resident’s files and issuance of necessary documents are
some of the capabilities of the system. The system automatically fills in the document
when the user inputs the necessary information on the form displayed. This feature is
more convenient than the conventional approach used by the barangays today. Tracking
the personal information of the residents will be easier by searching on the residential
records. Furthermore, the system is not available for online transactions and online
engagements. The resident’s records will be kept confidential to protect their privacy.
Time Table
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Documentation
Fixing some
errors
TASK 4
Testing and
Installation
Documentation
Final Testing
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CHAPTER V
This section incorporated the discussion of the summary of findings and results of
the study. All the essential statements from the gathered data were fully analyzed and
studied by the researchers. Hence, the researchers were able to provide an essential
project which may improve the current state of the LGU services.
Summary
The main objective of the study is to develop a system that will improve the basic
services of LGU workers. The researchers were able to complete the necessary processes
such as finalizing the testing of the system. Thus, the results and findings will be
1. What are the factors to be considered in developing the Issuance and Management
System?
2. How will the Issuance and Management System improve the current services of
LGU workers?
3. How is the Issuance and Management System different from what the LGU
a. Functionality
c. Maintainability
d. Reliability
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Summary of Findings
The Issuance and Management System will be used by the LGU workers of Brgy.
Panginay, Balagtas, Bulacan. The following statements are the summary of the results
1. Setting clear objectives and goals and considering the user’s needs are the key
factors of developing this system. These factors help the researchers to come up
with an idea of creating an essential project that will certainly benefit the
community.
2. LGU workers will be able to create, manage, view and update residential records
barangay indigency, permits, and clearance once the admin inputs the necessary
3. The Issuance and Management System is more advanced than the usual approach
environment.
pandemic the researchers were not able to conduct surveys to test if the system’s
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Conclusion
1. The Issuance and Management System improves the quality of services of LGU
workers.
2. The Issuance and Management System minimizes human error and processing
Recommendations
For the readers of this research. The readers will obtain knowledge through reading
and understanding this research regarding the Issuance and Management System made by
the researchers.
For the future researchers. They should use other literature related to this study that can
For the LGU workers. Once the barangay workers permanently use the system, they can
For the Government. The researchers are looking forward for the cooperation of the
government. Thus, if the government has the capability to fund it, they may propound
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this system so it can provide an efficient working environment to the local government
units.
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