Automated Billing System of Rural Water System Association (RUWASA)

Abstract

The Automated Billing System was developed for the Rural Water System Association (RUWASA) to eliminate problems with their current billing system and enable well-organized operations to become more productive. In building the software, we made use of the prototyping method, in which five steps have to be done: first is the requirements gathering and refinement. Our team conducted a series of interviews among RUWASA’s employees, including access to data and observation of their current system. Second, is the Quick Design, this is the design phase in which the gathered data was analyzed, and diagrams were drafted and converted into a logical schema. Third is building the prototype. Our team made use of the MS Access 2000 software for the database and Visual Basic 6.0 for the system interface. Programming, coding the data, and determining system constraints were done. Fourth is the customer evaluation of the prototype. The developed prototype was delivered to the customer for testing and evaluation. The fifth and final step is refining the prototype and the Engineering Product. In this final stage, modifications in the prototype’s specification were made to suit and satisfy customers’ needs. The development system would greatly help the office of RUWASA in its daily work and thus serve the community efficiently.