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Systems Analysis And Design 5th Edition Roberta M. Roth ,Alan Dennis - Solutions
2. Brian Callahan, IS project manager, is just about ready to depart for an urgent meeting called by Joe Camp- bell, manager of manufacturing operations. A major BPI project, sponsored by Joe, recently cleared the approval hurdle, and Brian helped bring the project. through project initiation. Now
1. The state firefighters' association has a membership of 15,000. The purpose of the organization is to provide some financial support to the families of deceased member firefighters and to organize a conference each year bringing together firefighters from all over the state. Annually, members
13. Contact the career services department at your uni- versity and find all the pertinent documents: designed to help students find permanent and/or part-time jobs. Analyze the documents and write a brief report.
12. Develop a questionnaire that will help gather infor- mation regarding processes at a popular restaurant or the college cafeteria (e.g., ordering, customer service). Give the questionnaire to 10-15 students, analyze the responses, and write a brief report that. describes the results.
11. Find a questionnaire on the web that has been cre- ated to capture customer information. Describe the purpose of the survey, the way questions are worded, and how the questions have been organized. How can the questionnaire be improved? How will the responses be analyzed?
10. Find a group of students and run a 60-minute JAD session on improving alumni relations at your uni- versity. Develop a brief JAD plan, select two tech- niques that will help identify improvements, and then develop an agenda. Conduct the session, using the agenda, and write your post-session
9. Find a partner and interview each other about what tasks you/they did in the last job held (full-time, part-time, past, or current). If you haven't worked before, then assume that your job is being a student. Before you do this, develop a brief interview plan. After your partner interviews you,
8. Suppose that you are the analyst charged with developing a new system to help senior managers make better strategic decisions. What requirements- gathering techniques will you use? Describe in detail how you would apply the techniques.
7. Suppose that you are the analyst charged with devel- oping a new system for the university bookstore 1. with which students can order books online and have them delivered to their dorms and off-campus hous- ing What requirements-gathering techniques will you use? Describe in detail how you would
6. Suppose that your university is having a dramatic increase in enrollment and is having difficulty finding enough seats in courses for students so that they can take courses required for graduation. Perform a technology analysis to identify new ways to help students complete their studies and
5. Describe in very general terms the as-is business process for registering for classes at your university. Collaborate with another student in your class and evaluate the process using activity elimination. Based on your work, list some example improve- ments that you identified.
4. Describe in very general terms the as-is business process for applying for admission at your univer sity. Collaborate with another student in your class and evaluate the process using informal bench- marking. Based on your work, list some example improvements that you identified.
3. Describe in very general terms the as-is business process for registering for classes at your university. Collaborate with another student in your class and evaluate the process using problem analysis and root cause analysis. Based on your work. list some example improvements that you identified.
2. Pretend that you are going to build a new system that automates or improves the interview process for the career services department of your school. Develop a requirements definition for the new system. Include both functional and nonfunctional system requirements. Pretend that you will release
1. Review the Amazon.com website. Develop the requirements definition for the site. Create a list of functional business requirements that the system meets. What different kinds of nonfunctional busi- ness requirements does the system meet? Provide examples for each kind.
24. Compare and contrast outcome analysis, technol- ogy analysis, and activity elimination. What general contribution do these strategies play in determining requirements?
23. How can informal benchmarking contribute to requirements determination?
22. Compare and contrast duration analysis and activity- based costing. What role do these activities play as analysis strategies?
21. Discuss root cause analysis as an analysis strategy. What are the strengths and limitations of this technique?
20. Discuss problem analysis as an analysis strategy. What are the strengths and limitations of this technique?
19. Describe a strategy for using the various require- ments elicitation techniques in a project.
18. Outline suggestions to make observation a useful, reliable requirements elicitation technique.
17. Why is document analysis useful? What insights into the organization can it provide?
16. Discuss the reasons that question design for ques- tionnaires is so difficult.
15. Describe the primary roles involved in JAD ses- sions. What is the major contribution made by the person(s) fulfilling each role?
14. Describe the five major steps in conducting JAD sessions.
13. Is the primary purpose of requirements determina- tion to discover facts or to discover opinions? Explain your answer.
12. Why or why not? when determining who to include in interviews and/or JAD sessions.
11. "Interviews should always he conducted as structured interviews." Do you agree with this statement?
10. Give an example of a closed-ended question, an open-ended question, and a probing question. When would each type of question be used?
9. Discuss the appropriate way to set up and conduct interviews to elicit requirements.
8. What are the three basic steps of the analysis process? Is each step performed in every project? Why or why not?
7. What is the value of producing a requirements def- inition and having the project sponsor and key users review and approve it?
6. Explain what is meant by a nonfunctional require- ment. What are the primary types of nonfunctional requirements? Give two examples of each. What role do nonfunctional requirements play in the project overall?
5. Explain what is meant by a functional requirement. What are two types of functional requirements? Give two examples of each.
4. Distinguish between business, user, and functional requirements.
3. A system development project may be approached in one of two ways: as a single, monolithic project in which all requirements are considered at once or as a series of smaller projects focusing on smaller sets of requirements. Which approach seems to bet more successful? Why do you suppose that
2. What are the key elements of the system proposal?
1. What is the meaning of analysis? What is the pur- 12. Discuss the considerations that should be made pose of the analysis phase of the SDLC?
3. Based on your numbers, how much time will it take to complete the project if you are the developer?
2. Calculate the schedule time in months for your project by using the formula 3.0 x person-months!/9.
1. Determine the effort of your project in person-months of effort by multiplying your lines of code (in thousands) by 1.4.
3. Tom, Jan, and Julie are IS majors at Great State Univer- sity. These students have been assigned to a class project by one of their professors, requiring them to develop a new web-based system to collect and update information on the IS program's alumni. This system will be used by the IS
2. Marcus Weber. IS project manager at ICAN Mutual Insurance Co., is reviewing the staffing arrangements for his next major project, the development of an expert system-based underwriters assistant. This new system will involve a whole new way for the underwriters to perform their tasks. The
1. Emily Pemberton is an IS project manager facing a dif ficult situation. Emily works for the First Trust Bank, which has recently acquired the City National Bank. Prior to the acquisition, First Trust and City National were bitter rivals, fiercely competing for market share in the region.
16. In 1997, Oxford Health Plans had a computer prob- lem that caused the company to overestimate rev- enue and underestimate medical costs. Problems were caused by the migration of its claims process- ing system from the Pick operating system to a UNIX-based system that uses Oracle database soft-
15. Select two estimation software packages and research them, using the web or trade magazines. Describe the features of the two packages. If you were a project manager, which one would you use to help support your job? Why?
14. Select two project management software packages and research them, using the web or trade maga- zines. Describe the features of the two packages. If you were a project manager, which one would you use to help support your job? Why?
13. Pretend that your instructor has asked you and two friends to create a web page to describe the course to potential students and provide current class infor- mation (e.g., syllabus, assignments, readings) to cur- rent students. You have been assigned the role of leader, so you will need to
12. Read "Your Turn 2A-1" in Appendix 2A of this chap- ter. Create a risk assessment that lists the potential risks associated with performing the project, along with ways to address the risks.
11. Consider the application that is used at your school to register for classes. Complete a function point worksheet to determine the size of such an applica- tion. You will need to make some assumptions about the application's interfaces and the various factors that affect its complexity
10. Suppose that you are in charge of the project described in question G, and the project will be staffed by members of your class. Do your classmates. have all of the right skills to implement such a project? If not, how will you go about making sure that the proper skills are available to get
9. Consider the system described in question G. Create a work plan listing the tasks that will need to be completed to meet the project's objectives. Create a Gantt chart and a PERT chart in a project manage- ment tool (e.g., Microsoft Project), or use a spread- sheet package to graphically show
8. Refer to the situation in question G. You have been told that recruiting season begins a month from today and that the new system must be used. How would you approach this situation? Describe what you can do as the project manager to make sure that your team does not burn out from unreasonable.
7. Pretend that the career services office at your uni- versity wants to develop a system that collects stu- dent rsums and makes them available to students. and recruiters over the web. Students should be able to input their rsum information into a standard rsum template. The information then is
6. Select a specific project management topic, such as computer-aided software engineering (CASE), proj- ect management software, or timeboxing, and use the web to search for information on that topic. The URL listed in question E or any search engine (e.g.. Yahoo!, Google) can provide a starting
5. Visit a project management website, such as the Pro- ject Management Institute (www.pmi.org). Most have links to project management software products, white papers, and research. Examine some of the links for project management to better understand a variety of Internet sites that contain
4. Suppose that you are an analyst working for a small company to develop an accounting system. What methodology would you use? Why?
3. Suppose that you are an analyst developing a new executive information system (EIS) intended to pro- vide key strategic information from existing corpo- rate databases to senior executives to help in their decision making. What methodology would you use? Why?
2. Suppose that you are an analyst developing a new information system to autoruate the sales transac- tions and manage inventory for each retail store in a large chain. The system would be installed at each store and would exchange data with a mainframe computer at the company's head office. What
1. Suppose that you are a project manager using the waterfall development methodology on a large and complex project. Your manager has just read the lat- est article in Computerworld that advocates replac ing the waterfall methodology with prototyping and comes to your office requesting you to
#!# 2. Of what value is the Gantt chart to the project man- chart. ager? The PERT chart?
I. Compare and contrast the Gantt chart and the PERT
3. What is the formula for calculating the effort for a project?
2. Describe the three steps of the function point approach.
1. What is a function point, and how is it used?
28. accomplished over the course of a project. Describe the factors that the project manager must evaluate when a project fails behind schedule.
27. Create a list of potential risks that could affect the outcome of a project. 14. Name two ways to identify the tasks that need to be
26. What is timeboxing, and why is it used?
25. What is scope creep, and how can it be managed?
24. What are the trade-offs that project managers must manage?
23. What belongs in the project binder? How is the project binder organized?
22. Describe three types of standards, and provide examples of each.
21. What is the difference between upper CASE (com- puter-aided software engineering) and lower CASE!
20. List three techniques to reduce conflict.
19. What are the best ways to motivate a team? What are the worst ways?
18. Describe three technical skills and three interper- sonal skills that would be very important to have on any project.
17. Describe the differences between a technical lead and a functional lead. How are they similar?
16. Some companies hire consulting firms to develop the initial project plans and manage the project, but use their own analysts and programmers to develop the system. Why do you think some companies do this?
15. What is the difference between a methodology and a work plan? How are the two terms related?
14. How should a project manager react to unreasonable demands?
13. Why do many projects end up having unreasonable deadlines?
12. What are the key factors in selecting a methodology?
11. Compare and contrast extreme programming and throwaway prototyping.
10. Compare and contrast structured design method- ologies in general with rapid application develop- ment (RAD) methodologies in general.
9. Describe the major elements and issues with agile development.
8. Describe the major elements and issues with throw- away prototyping,
7. Describe the major elements and issues with system prototyping.
6. Describe the major elements and issues with itera- tive development,
5. Describe the major elements and issues with the V-model.
4. Describe the major elements and issues with parallel development
3. Describe the major elements and issues with waterfall development.
2. Describe how project portfolio management is used by IT departments.
1. Describe how projects are selected in organizations.
4. Martin is working to develop a preliminary cost-benefit analysis for a new client-server system. He has identi- fied a number of cost factors and values for the new system, summarized in the following tables: Development Costs-Personnel 2 Systems Analysts 4 Programmer Analysts 1 GUI Designer 1
3. just received the following memo from Bill Amberssen. Sales Director (and son of Amberssen's founder); Harry-It's time Amberssen Specialty launched itself on the Internet. Many of our competitors are already there, selling to customers without the expense of a retail storefront, and we should be
2. The Amberssen Specialty Company is a chain of 12 retail stores that sell a variety of imported gift items, gourmet chocolates, cheeses, and wines in the Toronto area. Amberssen has an IS staff of three people who have cre- ated a simple, but effective, information system of networked
1. Barbara Singleton, manager of western regional sales at the WAMAP Company, requested that the IS depart- ment develop a sales force management and tracking system that would enable her to better monitor the per- formance of her sales staff. Unfortunately, due to the massive backlog of work
8. Reread the "Your Turn 1-2" box (Implementing Satellite Data Network). Create a list of the stake- holders that should be considered in a stakeholder analysis of this project.
7. Interview someone who works in a large organiza- tion, and ask him or her to describe the approval process that exists for proposed new development projects. What do they think about the process? What are the problems? What are the benefits?
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