Question

Develop a contax diagram and as many nested DFDs as you consider necessary to represent all the details of the training logistics system described in the following narrative. If you discover that the narrative is incomplete, make up reasonable explanations to complete the story. Supply these extra explanatiosn along with the diagrams.

Training, Inc conducts training sseminars in major US cities. For each seminar the Lgistics deparment must make arrangements for the meeting facilities, the training consultatn's travel, and the shipment of any seminar materials. For each scheduled seminar, the Bookings deparment notifies the logistics coordinatior of the type of seminar, the dates and city location, and the name of the consultant who will conduct the training. To arrange for meeting facilities, the logistics coordinator gathers information on possible meeting sites in the scheduled city. The meeting site lcatin decision is made based on date availability, cost, type of meeting space available, and conveience of the location. Once the site decision is made, the coordinator speaks with the sales manager of the meeting facility to reserve the meeting room(s), plan teh seating arranement(s), and reserve any necessary audiovisual equipment. The coordinator estimates the number and size of meeting rooms, the type of seating arrangements, and the audiovisual equipment needed for eachseminar from the info kept in a logistics database on each type of seminar offered and the number of anitcpated registrants for a particular booking. After negotiations are conducted by the logistics coordinator and the sales manager of the meeting facility, the sales manager creates a contract agreement specifing the negotiated arrangements and send two copies of it to the logistics coordinator The coordinator reviews the agreement and aproves it if no changes are needed. One copy of the agreement is filed and the other copy is sent back to the sales manager. If canges are needed, the agreement copes are changed and returned to the sales manager for approval. This approval process continues until both parties have approved the agreement. THe coordinator must also contact the training consultant to make travel arrangements. First, the coordinator reviews the consultatn's travel info in the logistics database adn researches flight schedules. Then the consultant is contacted to discuss possible travel arrangements; subsequently, the coordinator books a fligth for the consultatnt with a travel agency. Once the consultant's travel arragnements ahve been completed, a written confirmation and itinerary are sent to the consultatn. Two weeks before te date of teh seminar, the coordinator determines what, if any, seminar materiasl (e.g. transparancies, training guides, pamphlets, etc) need to be sent to the meeting facility. Each type of seminar has a specific set of materials assigned to it. For some materials the coordinator must know how many partiicpants have registered for the seminar in order to determine ow many to send. A request for materials is sent to the materials-handling department where teh materials are gathered, boxed, and sent to the meeting address lsited on the request. Once the requested materials have been shipped, a notification is sent to the logistics coordinator.

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