Devry MIS581 Full Course latest 2019 JULY (NO Course Project)

MIS581 Systems Analysis, Planning, and Control

Week 1 Discussion

DQ1 ROLE OF
A MODERN SYSTEM ANALYST

Why is the
role of a system analyst so important in the modern business world? Give an
example.

DQ2 THE
SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE

What are
the key differences between traditional and agile methodologies? What are the
advantages and disadvantages of each?

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Week 2 Discussion

DQ1 PROJECT
MANAGEMENT

Compare and
contrast the project management life cycle with the system development life
cycle (SDLC)? Why is project management different from normal management?

DQ2 FEASIBILITY
ANALYSIS

Compare and
contrast any two components of a feasibility study? Is one component more
important than the other? Explain in detail.

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Week 3 Discussion

DQ1 JOINT
APPLICATION DESIGN

Joint
application design (JAD) can be known as joint application design or
development. Discuss how JAD may significantly decrease the amount of systems
development time? Why might an organization choose to use a JAD leader from
outside the company?

DQ2 PROTOTYPING

What are
the advantages and disadvantages of prototyping techniques within any software
development methodology?

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Week 4 Discussion

DQ1 STRUCTURED
ANALYSIS AND DESIGN (SAD)

Discuss the
difference between the logical and physical process models within any software
development methodology? How do the two process models relate?

DQ2 OBJECT-ORIENTED
ANALYSIS AND DESIGN (UML/OOAD)

What are
the basic characteristics of object-oriented analysis and design (OOAD)? How
does OOAD compare to structured analysis and design (SAD)?

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Week 5 Discussion

DQ1 DATA MODELING

Discuss the
difference between logical and physical data models within any software
development methodology? How do they relate?

DQ2 NORMALIZATION

What is the
purpose of normalization? How does it ensure a quality database design?

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Week 6 Discussion

DQ1 INPUT
AND OUTPUT DESIGN

What are
the key characteristics of a good input and output design? Explain in detail.

DQ2 HUMAN-COMPUTER
INTERFACE (HCI)

System
analysts want the best fit in their design. How can HCI help their
understanding to ensure systems are user centered? Explain in detail.

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Week 7 Discussion

DQ1 IMPLEMENTATION
PHASE

As you
might notice from web research, the description of an implementation phase may
vary. What are the key activities performed in the implementation phase and how
do the key activities relate?

DQ2 QUALITY
ASSURANCE

How is
quality managed in your organization? Is the approach to quality in your
organization effective?

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Week 4 Quiz

Question 1
(TCO A) The _____ is based on values, principles, and core practices.

fragile
approach

open source
approach

closed
source approach

agile
approach

Question 2
(TCO A) An organization with many employees and many cubicles with each
employee having a unique phone extension is said to be a _____ relationship.

1:1

1:M

M:1

M:N

Question 3
(TCO B) All of the following indicate that an effort is a project instead of
day-to-day work except

the effort
does not have a definite beginning and end.

the effort
creates a unique product, capability, or result.

the effort
deliverable is defined and developed in incremental steps.

the effort
has constraints in time, cost, scope, quality, resources, or risks.

Question 4
(TCO B) One way to pinpoint systems challenges and opportunities is by
listening to feedback from external sources like customers, vendors and service
providers, and suppliers. Using this method, which of the following is not

a sign of a
problem in an organization?

Complaints

Suggestions
for improvement

Loss of
sales

High online
review rate

Question 5
(TCO C) Which of these steps in interview preparation is most helpful in
allowing the interviewer to build a vocabulary common to the interviewee?

Reading
blog materials

Deciding
whom to interview

Establishing
interview objectives

Preparing
the interviewee

Reading
background material

Question 6
(TCO C) Which of the following is not an advantage of using joint application
design (JAD)?

JAD works
independent of organizational values.

The time to
develop the system is reduced.

JAD works
independent of organizational culture.

JAD helps
to generate new ideas.

Describe
the agile approach to a systems development.

One of the
difficult decisions a systems analyst has to make when it comes to software is
whether to recommend making, buying, or outsourcing software for information
systems projects. What are the advantages of purchasing commercial
off-the-shelf (COTS) software? What are the disadvantages of this approach?

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Week 2 Course Project Milestone 1

Understanding
and Modeling a System

Thinking of
a company as a system and understanding the business problems are keys to
modeling a solution. We have to answer the question, Is this project worth
looking at? To answer this question, in this phase, we define the scope of the
project and the perceived problems, who is involved, and what the system will
need to accomplish.

Your first
team task this week is to describe the business and the business problem. How
does the business system work? Who is involved, and what do they do? Using our
massage example, we might find we have massage therapists, schedulers who
answer the phone and make appointments, an accountant who does the billing,
customers, and a manager. Business may be conducted at a central office and at
customer homes. The business problem might be a lack of competitive advantage
with other, more automated massage businesses or problems with missed or broken
appointments or customers that do not pay for the service.

Next, the
team will need to define the business requirements for an information system to
solve the business problem. We put to work what we learned in our Week 1
readings.

Deliverables:
(50 points)

Statement
of the Business Problem (System Request Form)

Business
Requirements: Using Microsoft Visio and Microsoft Word or Excel, your team will
need to create the following diagrams for your project. (Refer to the textbook
for examples.)

Context
Level Data Flow Diagram (Visio)

Use Case
List (normal business activities/work flows)

Use Case
Diagram (Visio)

Use Case
Scenarios (Description or narrative of steps in each use case)

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Week 3 Course Project Milestone 2

Before
teams typically begin planning a project, they define the initial scope and
seek permission to proceed with planning with a project charter. This week,
your team needs to work together to complete a project charter for your
project.

Deliverable:
(50 points)

Project
Charter

(See Week 2
Lecture for Project Charter outline)

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Week 5 Course Project Milestone 3

Every
system has two perspectives that are reflected in the user requirements which
are data and process. Any systems that exist will these two perspectives, among
others, that must be addressed to build a quality application/system. In this
milestone, you are creating diagrams for both the data model and process model
perspectives to accurately capture the business requirements initiated in the
milestones above.

Data
modeling is a technique for organizing and documenting a system’s data. Data
modeling is sometimes called database modeling or database design because a
data model is direct input into the implementation of the physical database,
depending on the database platform for the organization. Data is viewed as a
resource to be shared by as many processes as possible. As a result, data must
be organized in a way that is flexible and adaptable to unanticipated business
requirements, and that is the purpose of data modeling.

Process
modeling is a technique for organizing and documenting a system’s
functionality. Keep in mind, data and processes/ business functions are derived
from the analysis of the business requirements graphically captured in Milestone
1 and 2 deliverables above. The business functions will ultimately be
translated into program code in the implementation phase of the SDLC, if we
were to really build the application/system.

Notice, the
process model is just another graphical approach to capturing the business
functional requirements. The process model meets the same objective of creating
the Use Case Diagram in the UML/object oriented analysis and design (OOAD)
approach, but the symbols/syntax is slightly different given the specific
objective of the two graphical approaches. You will be creating the remaining
UML/OOAD diagrams to graphically capture additional requirements in the next
milestone assignment.

Deliverables:
(50 points)

Milestone
3.1 (Data Model Diagrams – for database requirements – Week 5 Lecture)

Logical
Entity Relationship Diagram (LERD) (Visio)

Physical
Entity Relationship Diagram (PERD) (Visio)

Milestone
3.2 (Process Model Diagrams – for functional/process requirements – Week 4
Lecture)

Logical
Data Flow Diagram (LDFD) (Visio)

Physical
Data Flow Diagram (PDFD) (Visio)

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Week 6 Course Project Milestone 4

This
section will explore data modeling in an object-oriented development approach.

Deliverables:
(50 points)

UML Use Case
Diagram (Visio)

UML Class
Diagram (Visio)

UML
Sequence Diagram (Visio)

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Week 7 Course Project Final Paper

Now that we
have defined and modeled the business requirements, the next task is to look at
technical solutions. In this section, we will create three technical
alternatives that meet business requirements and use feasibility analysis to
decide which alternative best meets the needs of our customer. We will then
describe the hardware, software, and database components required to meet the
alternative, the architecture we propose, and the approximate costs for the
project. All of this is done within the context of the system proposal outline,
which consolidates all milestone deliverables in to one Final Project Paper.

Deliverables:
(150 points)

System Proposal (Final Project Paper)

Cover
letter

Cover or
title page of project

Table of
contents

Executive
summary (including recommendations)

Outline of
system study (all milestone lab assignments)

Detailed
results of the system study (deliverables from each milestone lab assignment)

System
alternatives (Use system alternative assessment and feasibility matrix in the
Files section of the Course Menu.)

System
analysts’ recommendation (Use system alternative assessment and feasibility
matrix in Files.)

Proposal
summary (Summarize information into a PowerPoint presentation.)

Appendices
(assorted documentation as needed)

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Week 8 Final Exam

Question 1(TCO
A) Describe the agile approach to a systems development.

Question 2 (TCO
B) One of the difficult decisions a systems analyst has to make when it comes
to software is whether to recommend making, buying, or outsourcing software for
information systems projects. What are the advantages of creating custom
software in-house? What are the disadvantages of this approach?

Question 3 (TCO
C) Describe a situation in which JAD would be ideal.

Question 4 (TCOs
G and H) List and describe the four major guidelines an analyst should use to
set up training for a new system.

Question 5 (TCOs
G and H) What are seven essential items that the analyst should include in
performing a website traffic analysis?

Question 6 (TCO
F) When should check boxes be used in a form? When should option buttons be
used?

Question 7 (TCO
F) List five of the eight ways to minimize user action when keying in data.

Question 8 (TCO
D) What are the four advantages of using a data flow approach over narrative
explanations of data movement?

Question 9 (TCO
E) What is normalization?