Exam 3 Planning – 6/18/2015

• The primary material covered in the Exam will be on the Design aspects of the course with focus on the topic discussions and exercises reviewed in Classes 7 through 11.

–Class 7 – Design

–Class 8 – Persona/Scenario/Prototype

–Class 9 – User Experience

–Class 9 – Selling Your Ideas

–Class 10 – Reviewing Work

–Class 11 – Summary

• While the exam will focus on design aspects of the discussion there will be reference to the analysis tools (process flow, data entities and business rules) found in some of the questions and applied in the case portions of the exam.
• Chapter 7 in the text book supplies a good overview of the best practices and approaches for an analyst
• A review of chapter 6 in the text book and the class discussion on the analysis tools will also be helpful

–Class 4 – Process Mapping

–Class 5 – Data Mapping and Relationships

–Class 6 – Business Rules and Decision Tree

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

–1)  12 question on general knowledge of the above subject areas (mostly on Design Topics)

–2)  12 questions based on a  case review focused on the evaluation of Report designs and layouts to support the organizations Sale Activities and Tracking

–3) 16 question on a separate case review focused on the identification / evaluation of business requirements and their applicability to developing a potential estore solution.

–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