Project Title: A Decision-Support System for Office Space Management
Student: Andrew Barnett
Course: BSc Hons E-Commerce and Digital Business
	
Abstract:
The dissertation investigates and develops a software system to provide 
a decision support system for the management of space and allocation
of tenants. The report is produced with the assistance of Senior 
Officers from a London Local Authority and with the support of the 
University of Nottingham Computer Science Department. The problem 
description is developed through the evaluation and analysis of 
existing systems and processes. These are flowcharted and evaluated 
such that re-engineering can take place to produce a closed looped 
process and assist with the development of the software tool. 
Information searches prove to be very limited on the subject and 
much of the literature review has been supported by local government 
directives. The client during the initial stages of the investigation 
confirmed that this was the case. The report outlines the system 
specification which was developed in conjunction with the client, 
using process flow charts as the input into the design phase. The 
report describes the obstacles that were encountered in the system 
development, and solutions that were developed to circumvent issues 
that arose. The end product resulted in a space allocation decision 
support tool to match tenants to buildings.