Design and Implementation of an Integrated Web Application for the Motor Traffic and Transport Directorate of the Ghana Police Service

Abstract

A major challenge facing most organisations is how to share data and services in a timely and cost effective manner to simplify business processes. Integrating new application modules or devices with an existing system smoothly and without any discernible errors or complications is a major issue. A framework for creating rapidly loosely coupled service applications components, the Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), which meets time and cost constraints, has been proposed. In this paper, we report on the adoption of an iterative approach to implement an integrated web based information system for the Motor Transport and Traffic Directorate (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service. The system is developed as a set of independent web applications sharing a database to provide a single and easy point of information access. In each iteration, a composite of the system is designed and tested, thus meeting the project design objectives.