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Week 10 Class Agenda – 10/27/2015
Class Discussion on User Experience
JustinMind demonstration on the creation of a solution scenario
Team submission of draft persona(s) and scenario(s)
Exam 2
Team Assignment Due October 27, 2015
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 – October 27, 2015
Exam 2 will be taken on October 27, 2015 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
Week 9 Class Agenda – 10/20/2015
Turn in case assignment due for JustinMind Introduction Lab2
Review Case assignment for – Business Rules/Decision Tree
Class Discussion on Persona – Scenario – Prototype
Exam 2 Review
Team Project As Is deliverable review
Week 9 – Team Project Assignment – 10/20/2015
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 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.
Week 9 Individual Assignment due – 10/20/2015
Complete the JustinMind Prototype Introduction Lab2
Due on 3/17/2015
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
Week 8 Class Agenda – 10/13/2015
Turn in case assignment due for Decision Tree Case Study
Review Case assignment for Data Analysis – Case
JustinMind demonstration of linking screens and review of individual assignments
Class Discussion on Design and Team Exercise
Team Project time to work on As Is analysis and deliverables
Week 8 Individual assignment due on 10/13/2015
Individual Challenge:
Case Study
Due Class 8, October 13, 2015
Week 7 Class Agenda – 10/6/2015
Follow up on Team Project Scope Documents
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 10/13/2015
Project Team Support and questons
What is due for Week 7 – 10/06/2015
Individual Assignment:
Data Analysis Case: Solutions-Plus Client Project Data Analysis
The Deliverables:
Use the ERD Sample Excel Template to:
- Create a Glossary of terms from the case
- Identify all the data entities that the Solutions-Plus Client Project Case 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 (Excel template ERD Tab, Google docs, MS Access, Word, or Sketch on Paper) to create an ER or Schema Diagram to demonstrate the relationships graphically
Team Assignment:
Revised Team Project Scope based on follow class discussion:
- In the third paragraph of the scope document’s problem statement, be sure to include the specific deliverables outlined in the Team Project Deliverables section of the class web site.
- Use the deliverables from the scope document to layout a project plan (timing and resources) with the project managers assigned to your team (the creation of project plan is the Project Managers responsibility).
- Review and adjust the project scope Objectives to ensure they are written as a measurable set of metrics in which your teams proposed solution can be evaluated against.
- Please have an updated copy of the Scope document ready for review.