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This programme looks at the Norwich City Council plan to save the city's centre fro...m destruction through motorisation. The film presents the plan, the theory behind it, the effects on the environment, and the implications for buses and car parking. As a result of seeing this film, students could expect to understand and participate in any local town and traffic planning debate. The style of the programme does not use movie film, but makes fiill use of graphic techniques, drawings, photographs an
This film programme provides an illustration of the analysis and design stages whic...h are necessary for success in any computer installation. The programme uses two case studies described in the unit. The first is a large project, the computer control of traffic in London, and in this the head of the project describes the overall analysis and design of the system. The second part of the programme deals with a chemical manufacturer. The managing director describes the mistakes the company made wi
The programme deals with 3 key ideas in Systems Analysis. The idea of an interface ...between systems, the role of trials and the involvement of people. These are illustrated by two computer applications - the control of London's traffic lights and the use by nurses at King's College Hospital. The programme is introduced by Frank Lovis. Roy Noble is on location looking at the Traffic Control Scheme and at King's College Hospital. Don Yeates is in the studio to put the examples into the context of
