Background Info - creating an IT system. :: Computer Science

Background Info - creating an IT system. BACKGROUND INFO --------------- Sir Alex Ferguson is the manager of Manchester United Football club. As in any football club transfers play a big part. Clubs usually contact each other to enquire about the availability of certain players and to request the transfer prices. Being Manchester United, one of the best football clubs in the world, several calls are received each day about players, since all the players are such high quality. The way the system currently works is that all calls regarding transfers are sent to Sir Alex, since all the players are his and he has to deal with the transfer request, which involves him having to contact the other clubs back with transfer prices and answers about the availability of certain players. PROBLEM Sir Alex is tired of other clubs hassling him all the time to find out about his players and feels he is wasting a lot of precious time dealing with transfers. He is especially getting annoyed because a lot of transfers are set up and then broken down. Sir Alex is looking for a way for the managers of other clubs to find out about his players without continually bothering him so he can concentrate more on things like training and tactics so that Manchester United can try and have a successful campaign. This is where I come into it. Sir Alex Ferguson and the Manchester United board have hired me to come up with a new more efficient system that would allow the managers of other clubs to find out information about the availability of his players and the transfer prices, which would allow them to make their own decisions and then they can contact the club when they feel they are certain they want a certain player. The end users are the managers of other clubs. POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS So after discussions with the board and Sir Alex, I come up with a few possible solutions: Hiring new staff as representatives for the club, to talk to all the other clubs: The way this would work is Sir Alex would make notes about which players are available and give a transfer price for each player. New staff would then be hired to operate the telephones and would all possess a copy of these notes made by Sir Alex. When a club then rang to enquire about certain players they would then use the notes to inform the other club if the player they want is available and give their transfer price. If a club is totally serious about making a bud for the player the call will then be transferred to Sir