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Question: Disucss about the Software System for Music Teachers. Answer: Project Introduction Self-employed music teachers are busy teaching music lessons to their students and they have tremendous time pressure to schedule, communicate about and organize music lessons (Cheng Leong 2017. A few music teachers living in Adelaide area have approached the IT students to create software for them that can be used in a desk top machine as well as in a Smartphone. The IT students have named this project Musicana and are intending to make it a standard software package that can be offered to individual music teachers. The software must help the teachers to spend more time teaching and less time in class administration. Project Overview The goal of Musicana project is to develop and implement a system that can be accessed by both standard HTML browsers and new generation mobile devices. Since the standards of web application and mobile devices are distinct, the software needs to be coded differently for both the application. But, this proposal focuses on the desk top application. Both applications share the same database, so that the students can access information from both applications i.e. desk top and mobile phone. Musicana is an IT tool that can be used by music teachers, students and their parents. Music teachers will schedule the classes which will be automatically communicated to the students or parents. The music teacher can change the data and schedules. Students and parents are users who can assess data and information but cannot change them. However, they can leave messages and files for the teacher to review. Students and parent can access both applications i.e. HTML and mobile. Project requirements The following are the specifications and requirements of the proposed software (Musicana). For Teachers Manage Lesson Schedules Manage Students / parents Manage Billing Manage Personal branding Mange messaging services For Students Update personal details Search courses, lessons and music information Access lesson schedules and history Submit practice lessons Send messages to the music teacher Manage payments For Parents Access Schedules, attendance and evaluations of the student Send message to the teacher Manage payments The messaging system The messaging system is critical part of this software. The music teachers can set their schedules and students/parents can access information and view notices about schedules and changes. The system will provide messages in two ways. Context specific messages sent by teachers, students or parents to a specific receiver or to the group. Automatic messages based on the rules set by the teacher or system administrator. Each time a data base is updated; an appropriate message will be generated and sent to the relevant users. The non-functional requirements of Musicana Secure student /parent Authentication Faster data retrieval, storage and updating user friendly interfaces Scalability features Data Backup and protection Safe and secure transactions and communications Accurate report generation Software Implementation plan The proposed system is to be developed in a 3-tier-design. The first tier is Data tier, which is the lowest one and contains database. The second layer is data access tier with an intermediary functional role. And the highest tier is presentation tier which is visible to the users and uses graphical user interface. Project life cycle Every project has a beginning, a middle phase and an end (Turner 2016). The professionals have acknowledged that there are four major stages for project i.e. initiation, planning, implementation and closure. These four steps are also called project life cycle. Initiation Phase In this phase, the project objective or need is discovered through observation or interview with the key stakeholders of the project. The critical needs, problems and issues of the users are identified and documented in this stage. In the Musicana project, the needs, issues and problems of music teachers, students and parents need to be identified. After establishing the project need, the project scope and deliverables must be verified with the users. Planning Phase The second stage of project implementation involves planning the project. The team members identify the work to be carried out to achieve the goals of the project. Along with detailed work structure, the resources required and the time frames to complete the activities are estimated. Risk analysis is also part of this phase. In the current project, the planning phase includes the following activities. Conducting business / system analysis Identification of needs and setting objectives Developing project requirements Planning the project Monitoring the progress of the project Testing and debugging the software Installation of software and training to the users Following up the actual use of the software Evaluate the IT product and make changes to the software Implementation Phase This phase is the core of the project. Actual work is carried out and the progress of the project is monitored in this stage (Markovic, Mihi? Obradovi? 2017). The project manager has critical role in this phase to coordinate and integrate the work done. All project participants must be informed about the project progress and their works must be incorporated into the system. In Musicana project, the software team must develop modules as per the requirements i.e. scheduling, student management, billing function and messaging tool. Closure Phase After completing the software coding and testing, the system may be installed and training to the users may be provided. Apart from providing the software, the project manager must obtain a satisfaction letter as testimonial to the project. The insights and lesson learnt from the project also need to be documented before closing the project. The Musicana project may be ended by taking the final feedback from the users i.e. teachers, students and parents. Work Breakdown Structure Gantt chart The project follows waterfall approach, hence all the tasks are executed in linear way. This will result in almost every task on critical path which shown below Conclusion Software to help the music teachers to monitor the music classes, send reminders and messages to the students, organize music events, and track payments would be highly beneficial. There are more than hundred music teachers in Adelaide and the national figure indicates a few thousand teachers are available in Australia. By developing this software, the IT team is not only making temporary income but also has tremendous scope become world leader in music teacher assistance. References Cheng, L. and Leong, S., 2017. Educational affordances and learning design in music software development.Technology, Pedagogy and Education, pp.1-13. Markovic, G., Mihi?, M. and Obradovi?, V., 2017. Implementation of project management concept into industrial energetics: Case study in paper factory.Management: Journal of Sustainable Business and Management Solutions in Emerging Economies,20(75), pp.27-37. Turner, R., 2016.Gower handbook of project management. Routledge.