Salvia Stephen

Data Analysis Case:  Night Owl Case link

The Deliverables:

Use the ERD Excel Template Sample to:

Create a Glossary of terms from the case
Identify all the data entities that the Night Owl database will need.
For each entity, identify all of the attributes that must be collected.
Indicate the relationships between the different entities.

Use the tool of your choice (Google docs, MS Access, Word, or Sketch on Paper) to create an ER or Schema Diagram to demonstrate the releationships

Each Team will turn in a Project Scope Document base on the topic selected at the end of Class 4., document should be prepared for Class 6 on February 17, 2015

The teams will have an opportunity to revise and […]

Swim Lane Process Flow

Develop a Swim lane process flow based on the Sales Order Case, located on the class web site. You may use one of the two Swim Lane templates  (Excel / PowerPoint) also located on the […]

Turn in the JustinMind Prototype Introduction Lab

Class Discussion on Process Flow Mapping

Studio work will be focused on a team exercise to develop a process map

Review of Individual Process Mapping Case assignment due Class 6 – February 17, 2015

Exam 1 scheduled for second half of class

Exam 1 will be given on Tuesday evening 2/10/2015 during the last 60 minutes of the class.

The exam will cover material in:

The four Class lecture PowerPoint Presentations:
Class 1 – Introduction to Business Analysis
Class 2 – Requirements and Stakeholders
Class 3 – Scoping a Project
Class 4 – Eliciting Requirements

Reading material found in the Seven Steps Text book
Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4

Exam will be comprised of (about) 40 questions, all multiple choice with 3  sections:

General questions from all four class discussion areas listed above

A section of questions associated with sample project scope document

A section of questions associated with a sample case focused on the project stakeholders, responsibilities and objectives

Complete the JustinMind Prototype Introduction Lab

Due on 2/10/2015

Turn in a hardcopy print out at the beginning of next weeks class

Lab can be found under the Assignment Case Material section of the website

http://community.mis.temple.edu/mis3504spring2015003/files/2015/02/JustinMind-Prototype-Assignment.pdf

Turn in individual Case Scope Document assignment (hardcopy)

Class Discussion on Requirements Elicitation

Case Review of Project Scope assignment

Studio work will be focused on  team selection of project topic and communication to class

Overview of Exam 1 scheduled for second half of class on 2/10/2015

Individual Assignment: Project Scoping

Create a project scope document based on the Dysfunctional Warehouse case using the project scope template that can be found on the site under Tools and Templates

Reference the PowerPoint discussion deck posted for Week 3 – Project Scope

Please submit the assignment in hard copy form at the beginning of class on Tuesday evening 2/3/2015

Link to case assignment

Link to Scope template document

I have posted 2 Project Scope samples under the Tools and Template section, these samples are not related to the case assigned, just wanted to give you a frame of reference when filling out the template.

Class Discussion on Project Scope

Review of Individual Scope assignment and case due 09/15/2015

JustinMind tool, creating a new project

Class exercise in problem scoping and design

Review initial […]

Class Discussion on Project Scope

Review of Individual Scope assignment and case due 02/03/2015

Introduction to JustinMind tool and how to download

Class exercise in problem scoping and design

Studio work will be a team exercise to develop three potential project topics and completion of a worksheet

Class Discussion on Core Business Requirements, Project Stakeholders and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)

Discussion topics will reference material in chapters 1 and 2 of the text book

Studio work will be a […]

Class Discussion on Core Business Requirements, Project Stakeholders and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)

Discussion topics will reference material in chapters 1 and 2 of the text book

Studio work will be a […]

Follow link on right hand navigation under project teams, please let me know if you have an update for your project team resources.

Final course grades have been uploaded in the grade book

Grades updated in Gradebook:

Exam 3

Individual Project Grade

Extra Credit (if applicable)

Final Grade

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Artifacts to be Delivered:  (electronically via email)
Due on Last night of class 12/3/2014

Project Scope Document
Current State

Process Flow Diagram(s)
Data Diagrams
Business […]

Exam 3 planning

• The primary material covered in the exam 3 will be on the Design aspects of the course with focus on the topic discussions and exercises reviewed in Classes 8 through 11.

– Class 8 – Design

– Class 9 – Persona/Scenario/Prototype

– Class 10 – User Experience

– Class 11 – Reviewing Work

– Class 11 – Selling Your Ideas

• While the exam will focus on design aspects of the discussions, there will be references to the analysis tools (process flow, data entities and business rules) found in some of the questions and applied in the case portion of the exam.

• A review of chapter 6 in the text book and the class discussions on the analysis tools will also be helpful

– Class 5 – Process Mapping

– Class 6 – Data Mapping and Relationships

– Class 7 – Business Rules and Decision Tree

Class 12 – Summary  has a general overview of the course and the topics

• The exam has three sections: (all multiple choice)

12 question on general knowledge of the above subject areas (mostly on Design Topics)

12 questions based on a case review which is focused on data elements and there application in a mocked up design solution (Report Designs and Layouts will be included in the case material)

16 question on a separate case review which will focused on the identification / evaluation of business rules and their applicability to developing a potential solutions

To prepare for the question pertaining to the two cases in the exam, review previous case work assignments and practice identifying the key process steps, data elements and business rules that would be pertinent to creating a solution

Overall this exam will test you skills in analyzing the information supplied in a case an applying it to a solution

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