record management system at the municipal agricultural services, Salcedo, Eastern Samar

This study aimed to design, develop and test the Farmers’ Record Management System at the Municipality of Salcedo, Eastern Samar. This was conducted to help the Municipality specifically the Office of the Municipal Agricultural Services (OMAS)to come up with a form of information management system that is query-specific and meets the demands of a user looking for information based on certain criteria. Effective collection, storage, management, processing and generating of pertinent information related to farmers, agriculture and livestock are all concerned of the OMAS. This study also envisions to assist that department provide necessary data to those queries in a timely manner through the implementation of a computerized information management system. Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 was chosen as the programming language in designing and developing the system where the gathered data served as inputs to it.Acceptance tests were done in two stages - Benchmark and Pilot test in which this test is further divided into Alpha and Beta tests. For the Benchmark test, the researchers were the ones who evaluated the system and got a grand mean of 3.71 which was interpreted as Very Good. The second test was the Alpha test where all ICT faculty handling major subjects tested the system and got an overall grand mean of 4.31 which was interpreted as Excellent and the third test was the Beta test in which all OMAS personnel evaluated the system and got a grand mean of 4.42 and was interpreted as Excellent. All these tests were conducted through using the McCall’s score card. This score card encompasses three criteria: Product Revision, Product Transition and Product Operation where each is divided into sub criteria. Product Revision covers Maintainability, Flexibility and Testability of the System, Product Transition includes Portability, Reusability and Interoperability, while Product Operation encompasses Correctness, Reliability, Efficiency, Integrity and Usability. Based on the results of the different tests, the researchers concluded that the developed system was functional since it can store, retrieve, process and generate reports needed by different agencies for policy formulation, decision-making and assistance generation.