Ocean sound college, a liberal arts college located on the west coast, provides dormitory housing for approximately half of its students. students who choose not to live on campus, or who do not get assigned dormitory space, must find housing in the surrounding community. currently, the housing office uses a cumbersome system of multiple binders to keep track of housing opportunities for students, faculty, and staff of the college. housing listings are for college-owned housing, housing owned by private parties including landlords and individuals looking for roommates. the current system is difficult to maintain and keep up-to-date. the new college president approved a request to fund the development of a system to provide easier access and maintenance of listings. you are the systems analyst assigned from the college it department to conduct the initial investigation into the feasibility of such a system. the preliminary investigation reports resulted in approval for you to proceed with the systems analysis phase. you have already developed data flow diagrams, documented the data stores, and created a data dictionary. now you are at the point in the analysis phase where you need to describe the processes that will be used in the housing system.
