Monthly Archives: February 2015
Week 7 Class Agenda – 2/24/2015
Follow up on Exam question, please bring you answer sheet from Exam 1
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 3/10/2015
One on One meeting with teams to review next steps for project
Project Team assignment Due on 2/24/2015 – Class 7
Update the working version of your team’s project scope document to include a detailed description of the following deliverables in the approach section of the problem statement (3rd paragraph). You are not required to produce the deliverables at this time, just identify them to clarify what you will be working on over the next few weeks.
- Document the As Is State using analysis tools
- Process flow – swim lane
- Data Diagram – Entity Relationships
- Business Rule – Decision tree
- Develop potential solutions scenario(s) and personas
- prototype to demonstrate the To Be State
- Develop and delivery of a Client Presentation
- Target completion date 4/21/2015
See additional information about the team project deliverables, follow link
Individual assignment due on 2/24/2015 – Class 7
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
Team Assignment Due February 17, 2015 – Class 6
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 finalize the document after reviewing with me during a group session (about 10 minutes)
Use the project scope template located on the class web site
Individual Assignment Due on February 17, 2015 – Class 6
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 site or other templates found on the internet.
If you are having difficulty leveraging one of the template tools then you may draw and submit the swim lane process flow on paper.
Please submit the assignment in hard copy form
Week 5 Class Agenda – 02/10/2015
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
Week 5 – 2/10/2015
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
Whats due for Week 5 – 2/10/2015
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
Week 4 Class Agenda – 02/03/2015
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