Evaluation for Exhibition Guest List Management System

Based upon the system that I’ve recently created, I think that the database is very professional and carries out all requirements that the university stated. The forms that I created throughout the system allow for all relevant details to be recorded, and with the reports structured on the queries created earlier, the report documents are very professional. Overall, I am very happy with the quality of the system, and I think the database is easily capable of carrying out all the tasks that the university needs the system to achieve. I think I could have potentially created some additional features in my system though, such as advanced reports or even macros to search for information within the system. Despite this, I think I used Access to its best capabilities it offers.

The Rapid Development method that I chose to use was the right choice in my personal opinion, due to the fact that I could keep adding new features as the versions increased. My rapid development method of prototyping allowed me to constantly keep looking back at my database and see which features I would need to add in order to make the next version of the system, better than the last. I possibly think in the future I might have tried using the Phased strategy for creating my work, as this would have resulted in a lower risk of errors being found in later versions.

Personally, I think that Microsoft Access was the best application to use for creating this system, due to the number of queries I knew I had to create, I instantly knew Microsoft Access would be the best application to use. Similarly, a high quality user-interface was needed, with access to multiple reports, both of which Microsoft Access can provide to a high standard. Prior to starting the database creation, I knew Microsoft Access provided high quality reports, and due to reports being one of the required elements in the document from the university, I knew I could easily meet the administrator's needs. I would have liked to have had some of the features that Zoho Creator and DabbleDB contain, such as the graph and chart features which could have represented the number of guests attending a particular event. I wouldn’t have benefitted from the coding available though, hence why I chose not to use these applications.