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IS 431 - SPRING 2017 GROUP PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS As a group of three (3) promising consultants, you are going to conduct a system analysis and design of a functional area of a real business . The functional area could be sales/cash collection, purchas e/cash disbursement, production, payroll, warehousing etc… The goal is to investigate the possibility of implementing an information system to address problems, opportunities and directives in that functional area. SUGGESTIONS - The business under study sho uld be a real entity . It could be a corner store or an existing organization. A fictitious business doesn’t provide much insight on the real world. Check with your instructor on the appropriateness of the business problem that your group wishes to invest igate . - Unless you are investigating a small business of a single owner, you don’t have to analyze all business functions (and related activities) and design an integrated system for the whole organization. Focus instead on a business function and study it thoroughly. - Refer to the Systems Development Process discussed in the class for the necessary phases, steps, and deliverables in system analysis and design. MILESTONES Your group should accomplish the following milestones to be on schedule: - FEB 23 : Stat ement on System Services / List of Project Team - MAR 17 : Problem Statements for the Projects / System Objectives/ Functional Requirements - APR 13 : Candidate Solutions and Feasibility Analysis - APR 27 : System Proposal ( draft) - MAY 12 : Presentation - Final Re port (hard and soft copie s) due in the last class meeting (May 12 ) - DELIVERABLES You only have to hand in the “Statement on System Services” in the beginning and the “Final Report on System Proposal” at the end of the Semester . Statement of System Servi ces : your team info, business location and contact info, business background, business problem(s), your initial proposed solution. [in 1 page] Final Report : should have the following documents/coverage: - Executive Summary (What problem (s) , What solution (s) , Why, How much, How long) - Background of the Case (business location, activities, contact info ) - Project Plan o Business Problem o Project Scope / System Objectives o Proposition and Justification - System Modeling o Process Modeling (Context, Level -0, Level -1 DFDs: Logical for Current System, Logical and Physical for Proposed System ) o Data Modeling (ERD, Data Dictionary for Proposed System ) o Objects Modeling (UML Diagrams for Proposed System : Use Cases, Class, Sequence, State -chart Diagrams) - Candidate Tech Solutions (C andidate Systems -Solutions Matrix ) d etails for each. - Feasibility Analysis / Cost -Benefit Analysis / ROI / Critical Success Factors / Risk Management (Feasibility Matrix of Candidate Solutions ) detail s for each. - Proposed Solution . - System Design (Input / Out put, Databases, Software / Hardware / Interface) - Implementation Schedule (GANNT / PERT charts/ Conversion plan) - Other Recommendations (remaining minor problems, future upgrades) Your group should hand in a professional report and a set of PowerPoint slide s for presentation of your proposal. In the last week of the sem ester, if time allowed, each group will make a 10 -minute presentation in class. Printed cop ies and soft copies of your final report and PowerPoint slides in PDF on CD /DVD should be handed -in in the last class meeting, MAY 1 2 (no extension ). Each member should make a peer evaluation on the contribution of other members in the group work. Each evaluation should be put in a sealed envelope and attached to the group report. Individual credits w ill be calculated from the group performance and the individual contribution to the group work. NOTES - The report templates in your textbook CD (in some editions) or on the textbook website are intended for your reference only . Don’t use them (i .e. copy an d fill the blank!!!) in your project . Be creative. Be aware that the informed executives (your future employers or clients) know from which textbook t hese templates have been copied !!! - Refer to a set of project report samples (previous IS 431 outstanding projects and ITC projects ) provided by the instructor for minimum r equirements (and expectations ) for your project . (For illustration only, check speci fic requirements in Project Specs)