Online Dietician

Overview

The application is a Food/Menu request

system

which will enable users to find different food

values

as per their health

goals

and body type. The user can

receivevaluable information by selecting the food items and quantity, and access this information via text message.

Users can get

dietary suggestions on their mobile phones

as per their

requests.

Calories calculator allows them to calculate the actual calories in each food.

The application can be divided into the

following two subsystems:

The Presentation Layer

will allow users to register themselves and send their request for

calorie

information via text messages. Users can also track

their dietary choices and check their daily caloric intake. Healthy alternatives are available by selecting specific food preparations, and consulting the healthy lifestyle suggestions and recommendations found on the website.

The Administrative Subsystem

will allow the administrator of the portal to manage various aspects of the website, including managing users, food/menu, categories, request messages, and other content of the website. Administrative subsystem will also enable administrators to generate various reports to analyze usage of the website.

Key Requirements

The business requirement of the project was to develop an enterprise application “Telephone Food System” for the users who are interested in suggestions for specific diets, have weight management targets, or wish to access suggested food menus & calorie counts. Software also allows users to receive health check reminders, lab results notification and weight management guidance.

Technology Used

Key Features

Challenges

Our Role

We follow the basic rooted mantras of software engineering practices - Analysis, Planning, Design, Development, Testing and Deployment.

Define: -

First is to define detailed scope of the requirements. This is done through a detailed study by the project manager to know the requirements. This process starts even before the project is awarded to us as our estimates are based on the amount of work involved and technological challenges. To estimate these we keenly study the project and the application scenario in real world before giving a quote

Plan and design: -

Once the project is awarded to us, a SRS (Software Requirements Specifications), Prototype with supporting High Level Designs (HLD), User Interface, Class Diagram and Database Diagrams are prepared. These design documents and the prototype are sent to clients for approval.

Develop: -

Upon approval, we start coding. All our codes are well commented and follow naming conventions. We have a well defined multi-tier architecture and each developer adheres to it.

Test: -

Testing phase begins with the planning. As soon as HLD is frozen, we prepare test plans and cases. Application is tested parallel to development making sure that there are no errors. Once the development is completed, the application is tested from scratch to make sure all modules are well integrated.

Debug: -

The testing results are then converted in actions for debugging and

resolving any concerns.

Once all the bugs are fixed by the developers

the quality team re-examines the software and verifies the debugging.

This process continues until all bugs are fixed.

Deployment: -

The project leader reviews the application and makes sure that the application fulfils the Service Level Agreement (SLA) and is in line with other functional and

non-functional

requirements. Upon

approval, the

application is deployed to the production server.