MIS3504 Spring 2018 – Section 003

Temple University

Week 11 Class Agenda – 4/3/2018

Review Exam2

Class Discussion on:
Reviewing and evaluating work product
Project presentation framework

JustinMind demonstration on business rules and Scenarios

Team work session wrap up on future state diagram(s)

Work on Draft Presentation and Prototype

Week 11 Team Assignment Due April 3, 2018

Team Project Future State Views:

Draft copies of your team’s Future State analysis depicting changes to the As Is current state based on the potential solution.

  • Swim Lane Process flow Diagram
  • Data Diagram
  • Key business rules / Decision tree  (may not have changes)

Revisit the current state deliverables with any adjustments to reflect the impact of the teams proposed solution

Week 10 – Team Assignment Due March 27, 2018

Draft views of your team’s User Persona(s)  and Scenario(s)

Deliverables:

Use the persona template found on the web site to describe the typical user(s) that will be engaged in the project solution.  Depending on the project solution there may be more than one persona.
Create a draft outline of scenario(s) that the user will work thought as it pertain to the project solution.  The scenario(s) tell a story as to how the user interacts with the solution, there many be one or more scenarios needed to tell the story.  For the initial draft of the scenario(s) you may create a simple document or PowerPoint slide that outlines the steps and decisions in the form of bullet points.

Exam 2 – March 27, 2018

Exam 2 will be taken on October 21, 2017  during the last hour of class

The Exam will primarily focus on the analysis tools outlined and demonstrated in class discussions 5 –  (Process Mapping), 6 –  (Data Mapping and Relationships)  and 7  – (Business Rules and Decision Trees)  and the respective individual case assignments.

Key topic areas covered in the exam will be: Process Flows, (Swim Lane), Data Analysis (Entity Relationship) and Business Rules (Decision Tree).

Chapter 6 in the text book specifically covered the analysis tools with addition background information found in chapter 4.  Review of the class discussions posted on the web site and follow up case assignments will serve as good study aids.  The Software Requirements Memory Jogger also has examples of the analysis tools and the their components.

Case Solutions can be found on the web site page: Case Assignment Solutions

Exam will be structured as follows:

Section 1: A range of general knowledge multiple choice questions pertaining to the use and structure of the analysis tools discussed and demonstrated in the case studies

Section 2: A Case study that included various diagrams and business rules in which you will be asked identify potential issues or conclusions.  All questions will be in multiple choice form for this section of the exam.

Number of exam questions will range between 30 – 40

Week 9 – Team Project Assignment – 3/20/2018

Draft copies of your team’s As IS  analysis  defining the current state  of  your project topic

Deliverables:

  • Swim Lane Process Flow Diagram
  • Data Diagram
  • Key Business Rules / Decision Tables / Decision Tree

The goal for this portion of the project is to use the analysis tools we reviewed in class to depict the current state of the problem / opportunity that the team has chosen to pursue.  Your team will have an opportunity to make adjustments to the documents and include the final copy as part of  the final project submission.

You may submit the draft documents to me at the end of class via email or in hardcopy form, please bring a printed copy of the documents to class or a laptop to present the documents in a peer team review session.  This will be a exercise where teams pair off to share each others findings and give feedback.

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