Description of the organisation
The Music Department at King’s College has a locker system, where students who play musical instruments can apply for a locker, so that they can store their instruments and keep them safe during or after school hours. Students at King’s are sorted into 11 houses. The organisation of the ‘music lockers’ are handled by Mrs Thompson, the assistant to the Head of the Music Department. They are interested in introducing a priority system in the lockers which will improve the current system, because some students with very expensive instruments did not get assigned to a locker through the current system.
Methods currently in use
If a student wants to apply for a ‘music locker’, they will go to Mrs Thompson, who will type their details into a Microsoft Word document, and then look at a sheet of paper with the locker numbers and combinations on it so she can give them the combination to a locker which is not currently in use. In this case, instrument serial number is not recorded. Each student is then written in the Microsoft Word document next to their current locker. The current system is on a first come first served basis.
Origin and form of the data used
The information comes from the student applying for the locker, who will give Mrs Thompson their names, houses, which instrument they play, and year group. The lockers’ info are on pieces of paper, which shows the locker number and each lockers has its own unique combination.
System Requirements
The system will require a Windows computer running at least Windows XP, with Microsoft Office 2010 installed on it.
