Term Project

Video Rental Store

Requirements Version 1.0 (November 15, 2003)

Brief Description Learning Objectives Requirements

Brief Description

You have been asked to implement a software system for a video rental store. This system should handle adding and deleting video selections, adding new customers, renting and returning videos and generating a list of rentals which are overdue.

Learning Objectives

Practice Object Oriented Analysis and Design
Plan and complete a project using good software engineering techniques
Define and implement a testing strategy which is realistic and comprehensive
Design and implement appropriate data structures and algorithms to be used in the implementation of this project
Develop experience in C++ programming of an object-oriented implementation to a small project.
Practice C++ features

Requirements

Functional Requirements

Maintain a list of videos available which include the title and format (tape, DVD) of the video
(NOTE: there may be more than one copy of a movie, possibly in different formats)
Maintain a list of customers (first and last name, customer ID, telephone number). New customers can be added during the running of the program.
Customer can rent and return a video.
Generates a list of overdue videos which gives the information on the customer renting the video

Non-Functional Requirements

Must use template class
Must use inheritance
Must store the store information on a file which is read at the beginning of the program and saved at the end.

User Interface

Some examples of text-based User Interfaces

Simple User Interface
Improved User Interface