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PERSONAL TRAINER, INC.
Personal Trainer, Inc. owns and operates fitness centers in a dozen Midwestern cities. The centers have done well, and the company is planning an international expansion by opening a new “supercenter” in the Toronto are. Personal Trainer’s president, Cassia Umi, hired an IT consultant, Susan Park, to help develop an information system for the new facility. During the project, Susan will work closely with Gray Lewis, who will manage the new operation.
Background
During requirements modeling for the new system, Susan Park met with fitness managers at several Personal Trainer locations. She conducted a series of interviews, reviewed company records, observed business operations, and analyzed the BumbleBee accounting software, and studied a sample of sales and billing transactions. Susan’s objective was to develop a list of system requirements for the proposed system.
Fact-Finding Summary * A typical center has 300-500 members, will two membership levels: full and limited. Full members have access to all activities. Limited members are restricted to activities they have selected, but they can participate in other activities by paying a usage fee. All members have charge privileges. Charges for merchandise and services are recorded on a charge slip, which is sign by the member. At the end of each day, cash sales and charges are entered into the BumbleBee accounting software, which runs a computer workstation at each location. Daily cash receipts are deposited in a local bank and credited to the corporate Personal Trainer account. The BumbleBee produces a daily activity report with a listing of all sales transactions. At the end of the month, the local manager users BumbleBee to transmit accounts receive by summary to the Personal Trainer headquarters in Chicago, where member statements are prepared and mailed. Members mail their payments to the Personal Trainer headquarters, where the payment is applied to the member account.
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Personal Trainer, Inc. owns and operates fitness centers in a dozen Midwestern cities. The centers have done well, and the company is planning an international expansion by opening a new “supercenter” in the Toronto are. Personal Trainer’s president, Cassia Umi, hired an IT consultant, Susan Park, to help develop an information system for the new facility. During the project, Susan will work closely with Gray Lewis, who will manage the new operation.
Background
During requirements modeling for the new system, Susan Park met with fitness managers at several Personal Trainer locations. She conducted a series of interviews, reviewed company records, observed business operations, and analyzed the BumbleBee accounting software, and studied a sample of sales and billing transactions. Susan’s objective was to develop a list of system requirements for the proposed system.
Fact-Finding Summary * A typical center has 300-500 members, will two membership levels: full and limited. Full members have access to all activities. Limited members are restricted to activities they have selected, but they can participate in other activities by paying a usage fee. All members have charge privileges. Charges for merchandise and services are recorded on a charge slip, which is sign by the member. At the end of each day, cash sales and charges are entered into the BumbleBee accounting software, which runs a computer workstation at each location. Daily cash receipts are deposited in a local bank and credited to the corporate Personal Trainer account. The BumbleBee produces a daily activity report with a listing of all sales transactions. At the end of the month, the local manager users BumbleBee to transmit accounts receive by summary to the Personal Trainer headquarters in Chicago, where member statements are prepared and mailed. Members mail their payments to the Personal Trainer headquarters, where the payment is applied to the member account.
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