APPENDIX A. UNIVERSITY OF IRINGA. FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND EDUCATION. DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. RENTAL HOUSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. INTERVIEW QUESTIONS. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES INTERVIEW QUESTIONS. 1. To analyse the manual system for managing rental houses, outline its flaws and determine the significance of the digital system by the end of August. 1. What motivated you to venture into rental

CHAPTER 8: CONCLUSION 8.1. CONCLUSION Therefore, this system will help the landlords to easily manage the rental houses and the tenants that occupy the. It will help them reduce paperwork and can easily connect and relate data. It will also help the managers to easily make follow up on tenants who are behind in paying rent without going through much paperwork. Tenants too, can be able to easily

CHAPTER 7: SYSTEM TESTING This is the stage that will test the system to ensure that they are fault free and are made per the user requirements. In this chapter the customer validation methodologies that is, Alpha and Beta Testing will be taken into consideration. 7.1. ALPHA TESTING. This is the internal acceptance test and a pre-release activity in which the users or the market cannot access it

CHAPTER 6: SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION This is the stage in which the theoretical design of the system is turned into working system. This chapter outlines the user interface of the system. 6.1. USER INTERFACE. This refers to the process of making interface in software or computerized devices with a focus on looks or style. This system has been implemented using the following technologies: HTML, CSS

CHAPTER 5: SYSTEM DESIGN In this chapter, the system design will be demonstrated. It will focus on showing conceptual and physical design of the databases and the user interaction with the system using the Unified Modelling Language (UML) diagram called Use Case Diagram. 5.1. CONCEPTUAL DATABASE DESIGN. Conceptual Design is the first stage of design in which the drawings are the dominant tools and

C H A PT E R 4: REQUIREMENT ANALYSIS This chapter includes functional, non-functional, user, hardware and software requirements for the Rental House Management System. This involves defining customer’s needs and objectives to determine requirements for the system functions. 4.1. CURRENT RENTAL HOUSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. The current system of managing rental houses include: Paper based contracts and

CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY In this chapter, the system methodology will be explained. It will focus on how to collect data and how they will be analyzed and implemented. 3.1. DATA COLLECTION TECHNIQUES It shows how data will be collected from the users of the system. The data collection techniques to be used include: 3.1.1. Interview This method will be used to collect information from landlords and

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW Literature Review is a text that is written by a researcher to consider the critical point of current knowledge including the theoretical and methodological contributions and substantive findings of a particular topic. Literature review’s main goal is to put the current study within the body of literature and to provide context to the reader (Cooper, 1998). 2.1

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION This chapter will consist of the background of the study, the statement of the problem, research questions that will be the guide in this study, and its objectives. 1.1. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY. Housing is one of the basic needs of life. It has great economic, social, cultural and personal importance to the quality of life. Right to adequate living especially adequate