Development of a Web-Based Platform for Alumni Employability and Career Tracking: A Tracer Study at St. Paul University Philippines (SPUP)

This study aimed to develop a web-based tracer study platform designed to enhance the employability tracking and alumni engagement efforts of St. Paul University Philippines (SPUP). Recognizing the limitations of manual graduate tracking and the static nature of the university’s existing alumni page, the research sought to offer a digital solution that supports efficient data collection, improves communication with alumni, and provides administrators with actionable insights for academic and institutional development. Employing a descriptive-developmental research design, the study used the Agile Scrum methodology in building the system and applied the ISO/IEC 25010 Software Quality Standards to evaluate its performance. Feedback from IT experts and administrators highlighted the platform’s functionality in areas such as alumni registration, employment data management, news dissemination, and event engagement. Evaluation results indicated that the system complied with all eight ISO/IEC 25010 quality dimensions to a very great extent, including usability, performance efficiency, security, and maintainability. The developed platform addresses the core challenges of fragmented alumni data, limited interactivity, and lack of real-time engagement. It enables both administrators and alumni to interact through a centralized, secure, and user-friendly system. The study concludes that the platform is a viable institutional tool for supporting data-driven decision-making and fostering long-term alumni relationships. Further recommendations were made to enhance content management features and expand system coverage in future implementations.