DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ONLINE DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Abstract

For an average person, where and how to store files and records might be a simple and accomplishable activity but at the expense of your time, human effort and physical space depending on how bulky the documents might be. The major downside comes from the inefficient and unreliable handling of data by the person, an additional drawback is the loss of the important documents in the event of a disaster or an accident, as there are little or no backups of these stored documents, which are common problems in a lot of organizations with inadequate record management infrastructures. The goal of this project research is to provide users with a web-based management system that allows easy access, organization and retrieval of files at any time and anywhere through an online browser on any device; the system offers the essential features of a web-based file system and additional document management options, such as a powerful search engine incorporated into the application, automated version control to monitor changes on the documents in the application.