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Great Point, Time management, may be a challenge to the project if not effectively handled. Since the team members have full-time responsibilities, they may devote more time to it. However, with proper planning, they can still participate effectively in the project.

Great explanation, running the systems in parallel offers a dual advantage. It reduces cost and allows the firms to test the new system while operating on the old system. This gives them time to perfect on the new system without disrupting production or the operation of the business.

Great Points! Ensuring effective governance risk and compliance processes will help provide adequate security and privacy of cloud applications and operations.

Good Point, The collaboration between database experts and key stakeholders makes the task of designing a database easier. This will enable them to achieve the business requirements and all technical requirements for developing a good database.

Yes, the database designers and database developers can collaborate effectively to define the details of a database design, examine the requirements, identify constraints ( if any), evaluate and advise on all technological components. They may also work with other stakeholders to enable them to understand the problem domain issues and to develop…[Read more]

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Cross-checking between models will help the analyst to ensure that all requirements are accurate and/or in-line with the set objectives. Unidentified deficiencies or error might cost the business a lot – in terms of output, financial or material damage(s) and many more.

Thanks for the explanation. Depending on an analyst’s needs, use case descriptions are usually written at two separate levels of detail: brief description and fully developed description. A brief description can be used for very simple use cases, especially when the system to be developed is small, with a well-understood application.
The fully…[Read more]

Great Point, cross-checking between models will help the systems designer or analyst to identify potential deficiencies and correct them as early as possible. Lack of cross-checking may lead to development problems in the business process.

When evaluating class diagrams, we should ensure that the diagram captures the necessary data requirements – like the type of relationship – an association between the instances of one or more entities types that is of interest to the organization. We should identify the number of entity types that participate in that relationship – the commo…[Read more]

Good Job. On diagram evaluation, one must examine each domain class and determine if it can align with the business requirements. It is also necessary that each domain should have unique identifier and attributes that can be used to create specific instances. We should also understand that data requirements come from what the business wants the…[Read more]

Great point. The accuracy of all relationships will help to ensure that high cohesion is achieved.
Also, it is important for us to understand that class diagrams are fundamental to the object modeling process. Class diagrams are the blueprints of a system or subsystem. It can be used to model objects that make up the system. We can use it to…[Read more]

Great Job Wang, understanding the data modeling first before the design will lead to clearer scope, fewer errors, improved performance and many more.

Faruqi,

Thanks for the explanation – Even if the developers are able to build the physical design of the database through experience, the workings of how data interacts with other processes can only be done through a thorough analysis of what data is available and needed to add value to a specific process. Working on assumptions will have its…[Read more]

Hi Yijiang,

You are right, not following a formal data analysis could lead to waste of resources, time, low productivity, and a misalignment with the entire business goals and objectives.

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It is important for IT Project Managers to always categorize or classify stakeholders involved in a project and develop appropriate communication technique suitable for each group. Effective communication and integrity of information is key to the success of a project. IT Project managers should always provide adequate information about a…[Read more]

Hi Folake,

Thanks for sharing with us your field experience.
Yes, for projects to succeed, the IT/Project management team, should always involve key stakeholders like Business Owner(s), Senior Management, and the various departmental heads or business units. Involving the managers of various business units, from the initiation stage, will give…[Read more]

Hi Iyana,

Thanks for sharing your field experience.
A key take away from the report is that lack of interest in a project delays timeline and slows the development of the “to be” state. So, IT Project Managers should always work to have their project proposal(s) accepted at the local level and supported by stakeholders.