The East Coast Aircraft Manufacturing Co. (ECAM) produces civilian aircraft for both domestic and international customers. Though the company has been very successful in the past, management recognizes that it will take more than simply high quality aircraft to insure the firm’s future. They understand that cost containment must play a very important role in any project undertaken from this point forward. They also understand that the key to cost containment is data collection and analysis, which will allow them to understand how things are done now and how these internal processes might be improved in the future. To that end, they are considering contracting with your firm to begin the design of an information system to assist them in this effort.

System Requirements:

The system under consideration must allow the management of ECAM to keep close watch on their inventory levels, inventory costs, and labor costs. In order to do this, some basics of the industry must be understood. Each aircraft (hereafter referred to as a program) has its own unique identification number is made up of many, many parts. Each part also has its own unique part number and is associated with one or more programs. Some parts are made by ECAM and others are bought from outside vendors. The company must know, at any time, how many of each part are in stock to make sure that the production schedule can proceed as planned.Each program has one or more customers. In other words, some aircraft are for the exclusive use of a single customer (e.g. US Navy) while others might be built for many different customers (i.e. single engine trainers for a variety of flight schools). The customers and their past, current, and future orders must be kept track of for marketing and financial purposes.In addition to having a particular skill and job title, each employee of ECAM might be assigned to one or more projects simultaneously. The number of hours each employee works on each program must be kept track of. Lastly, each part of the aircraft has one or more engineering drawings (or models, for the newer aircraft) associated with it. These engineering drawings are also associated with one or more engineers and are occasionally updated to reflect changes in requirements or other technological improvements. These changes must be tracked and the system must provide a way of insuring that the most current design is being used.

Deliverables:

Each system design will include, but not be limited to, the following components:

1. Requirements analysis, including 10 potential questions for the interviews, abbreviated specifications document (a list of requirements gathered from this handout and questions that come up during the analysis).

2. A set of process models including, at a minimum:Five Use Cases (Diagrams and Descriptive)Data Flow Diagrams (Context Diagram, Level 0 Diagram & 2 Level 1 Diagrams)

3. ERM Diagram

4. Training Plan

5. Security Plan

6. User Interface Design – including screen shots and/or diagrams of the UI

7. Executive Summary - In addition to these basic requirements, an executive summary describing the methodologies used to control the progress and quality of the deliverables, as well as a discussion of any lessons learned.

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Here are some possible deliverables for the information system design for ECAM Requirements analysis This would involve gathering and documenting the requirements for the system from stakeholders incl... View the full answer