Monthly Archives: February 2018
Spring Break no class 3/6/2018
What is due for Week 8 – 3/13/2018
Individual Case Assignment:
Case Study
Due Class 8, March 13, 2018
Week 7 Class Agenda – 2/27/2018
- Turn in Team Project Scope Document Revision
- Turn in Individual Data Analysis case assignment
- Review Swim Lane Process flow case assignment
- Wrap-up on Data Analysis discussion
- Class discussion on business rules
- Review Individual assignment on business rules
- Team exercise on decision diagram
Exam 1 grades have been posted on Grade Book
What is due for Week 7 – 2/27/2018
Individual Assignment:
Data Analysis Case: Solutions-Plus Client Project Data Analysis
The Deliverables:
Use the ERD Blank 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.
- 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.
- Please email me a soft copy of the Scope document of the updated document as well
Week 6 Class Agenda – 2/20/2018
Class Agenda
- Review Exam 1
- Review Process Flow Case Solution
- Class Discussion on Data Mapping and Relationships
- Review Individual Data Mapping case due next week
- Meet with teams on Scope Documents
Project Scope Individual Assignment
Grading for the Individual Project Scope assignment has been posted to the grade book.
What is due for Week 6 – 2/20/2018
Individual Assignment:
Swim Lane Process Flow
Develop a Swim lane process flow based on the Discount Auto Parts – Sales Order, 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.
Exercise: draw the sales process described in the sales order case
- Actors – Who are all of the people/departments involved?
- Actions – What are the steps they perform in the process?
- Sequence – Map the process in sequence using the swim lane method.
Please submit the assignment in hard copy form
Week 5 Class Agenda – 2/13/2018
Turn in draft version of the Team Project Scope Document
Class Discussion on Process Flow Mapping
Review of Individual Process Mapping Case assignment due Class 6 – February 10, 2018
Studio work will be focused on a team exercise to develop a process map
Exam 1 scheduled for second half of class
Exam 1 Summary
Exam 1 will be given on Tuesday evening 2/13/2018 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