Smart Computerized Pharmacy 
                    Management System 
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
          
          
          
          
          
          
                     I.H.M Kalpa Chathuranga 
                                2020 
                                   
          
          
                                                               
           
           
                                                                  
           
           
                                            
           
           
             Smart Computerized Pharmacy 
                     Management System  
                                     
                                     
           A dissertation submitted for the Degree of Master 
                      of Information Technology 
                                     
                                     
          
          
                      I.H.M Kalpa Chathuranga 
              University of Colombo School of Computing 
                                  2020 
                                     
                                                                                             
                                                                                                                        
           
           
           
          
          
          
                 Declaration 
                 The thesis is my original work and has not been submitted previously for a degree at this or 
                 any other university/institute. 
                 To the best of my knowledge it does not contain any material published or written by another 
                 person, except as acknowledged in the text. 
                  
                 Student Name:           I.H.M Kalpa Chathuranga 
                 Registration Number: 2014/MIT/010 
                 Index Number:           14550109                                         
                  
                  
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                 Signature:                                                      Date: 
                  
                 This is to certify that this thesis is based on the work of  
                 Mr./Ms. I.H.M Kalpa Chathuranga  
                 under my supervision. The thesis has been prepared according to the format stipulated and is 
                 of acceptable standard. 
                  
                 Certified by: 
                 Supervisor Name: Dr. K.L Jayaratne                                                       
                  
                  
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       List of Content 
        
       List of Content .................................................................................................................................. ii 
       List of Figures ................................................................................................................................... iv 
       List of Tables .................................................................................................................................... v 
       List of Abbreviations ......................................................................................................................... vi 
       Chapter 1 ........................................................................................................................................... 1 
        Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 1 
         1.1 Overview ............................................................................................................................. 1 
         1.2 Project Objective.................................................................................................................. 2 
         1.3 Scope of the project.............................................................................................................. 3 
       Chapter 2 ........................................................................................................................................... 7 
        Review of Similar Systems and Technologies ................................................................................ 7 
         2.1 Background ......................................................................................................................... 7 
         2.2 Computerized pharmacy management system ...................................................................... 8 
         2.3 Literature Review ................................................................................................................ 8 
        Summary ..................................................................................................................................... 14 
       Chapter 3 ......................................................................................................................................... 15 
        Analysis and Design .................................................................................................................... 15 
         3.1 Disadvantages of manual process ....................................................................................... 15 
         3.2 Proposed System ................................................................................................................ 15 
         3.3 Requirements Gathering Methods ...................................................................................... 16 
         3.4 Functional Requirements .................................................................................................... 18 
         3.5 Nonfunctional Requirements .............................................................................................. 19 
         3.6 Alternative Solution Evaluation.......................................................................................... 20 
         3.7 Initial use case Diagram ..................................................................................................... 22 
         3.9 Description of the system users .......................................................................................... 23 
         3.10 Entity Relationship Diagram ............................................................................................ 24 
         3.11 Sequence diagrams ........................................................................................................... 25 
         3.12 Activity Diagrams ............................................................................................................ 26 
         3.13 Design Decisions ............................................................................................................. 28 
         3.14 System Interfaces ............................................................................................................. 28 
       Chapter 4 ......................................................................................................................................... 32 
        Implementation............................................................................................................................ 32 
         4.1 Software Background ......................................................................................................... 32 
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