Exam 2 will be taken on October 29, 2014  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 backgound information found in chapter 4.  Review of the class disucssions 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 Examples

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 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 submit in final form at the end of the semester.

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 document in a peer team review session.  This will be a exercise where teams will pair off to share each others findings and give feedback.

Individual grades have been posted to the grade book for the Process Flow – Swim Lane case.

Grading is based on 15 points

Mortgage Program Case Study
Due Class 8, October 15, 2014

Read Mortgage Program Case – Business Rules

Use the Business Rule Template

The Deliverables:  Using the information provided:

1. Identify the set of business rules that The Home Mortgage Company is using to decide what interest rate and type loan (fixed or variable) to grant to an applicant for a thirty year loan.

2. Draw a Decision Tree of how The Home Mortgage Company should link these business rules to decide what rate and loan type to offer the applicant.

3. Write a list of questions (4 -5) that you want to ask Jack Jones when you go back to him with your draft rules to check if they are correct.

Review Swim Lane Process flow case assignment

Class discussion on business rules

Team exercise on decision diagram

Review individual assignment on business rules / decision diagram due 10/15/204

Meet with teams to review project scope

Data Analysis Case:  Night Owl Case link

The Deliverables:

Use the Excel Template Sample to:

1. Create a Glossary of terms from the case
2. Identify all the data entities that the Night Owl database will need.
3. For each entity, identify all of the attributes that must be collected. Include information about each entity’s type, range if any, default value, and special requirements.
4. 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

Class Discussion on Data Mapping and Relationships

Review of Individual Data Mapping Case assignment due Class 7 – October 8, 2014

Review JustinMind tools

Studio work will be focused on a team exercise to identify Data and Relationships

Review Exam 1

Team calibration to finalize and submit Project Scope document

Each Team will turn in a Project Scope Document base on the topic selected at the end of Class 4.  The document should be finalized and turned in at the end of Class 6 on October 1, 2014

Use the project scope template located on the class web site

Swim Lane Process Flow

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 – October 1, 2014

Exam 1 scheduled for second half of class