Design and Development of a Web Application for Asset Management and Tracking Case Study Department of Computer Science, Siam University

Abstract

This research aims to 1) design and develop a web application for asset management and tracking: a case study of the Computer Science Department, Siam University, 2) evaluate the efficiency of the web application by experts, and 3)assess user satisfaction towards the web application for asset management and tracking. The system is developed as a web application that can be accessed through web browsers over the Internet. Commands are written in TypeScript, and the PostgreSQL database is managed using HeidiSQL. The application development process followed the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodology. The research instruments included 1) the web application for asset management and tracking, 2)an expert evaluation form for assessing the efficiency of the web application, and 3) a user satisfaction questionnaire. Data were collected from 10 targeted users using purposive sampling. The statistical methods used for data analysis were mean (x ̅) and standard deviation (S.D.). The research findings are as follows: (1) The system classifies users into two groups: 1) administrators, who are able to view summary information on the dashboard; manage user accounts; add, delete, edit, and search asset data; inspect asset information for each classroom; update asset status; add new classrooms and asset types; and generate asset reports, and 2) users, who are able to log in to the system, add, delete, edit, and search asset data, inspect asset information for each classroom, update asset status, and securely log out upon completion of use. (2) The evaluation of the system’s efficiency by experts indicated a high level of effectiveness (x ̅= 4.29, S.D. = 0.5) (3) The user satisfaction evaluation regarding the web application also revealed a high level of satisfaction (x ̅ = 4.38, S.D. = 0.62).