Mobile application to interact with the mesh billing system

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Zine TshakaSupervisor :Prof IM VenterCo- supervisor: Prof WD TuckerMentor : Carlos

overview Introduction User requirements Requirements analysis Project plan References Conclusion Questions and answers

Introduction An

implementation of a mesh potato network in Mankosi

Mesh billing system – helps people to acquire bills

Mobile application to interact with the mesh billing system- sends bills to people’s mobile phones

User requirements Easy access to the mesh potato network

bills Compatibility with all phones A user friendly application

Requirements analysis Two systems to be used are

1. SMS system2. USSD(Unstructured Supplementary

Service Data) system

Topic Project plan 2013 February March April Term2 Term3 Term4

Choosing a project Identify users to interview Start writing up a URD Understand how to use the

Styles and how to compile an Index, the Table of Contents, and List of Figures etc.

Finish URD Start writing up RAD Finish RAD break Mock presentation Actual presentation

Designing and preparing the prototype

Implementation and coding

Application and testing

Questions

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