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Salvia Stephen
Class 7 Individual assignment due on 06/02/2015
Mortgage Program Case Study
Due Class 7, June 2, 2015
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.
Class 6 Agenda – 5/28/2015
Turn in individual case assignment for Data Mapping (Night Owl Case)
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
Team updates on Project Scopes to class
Team submission of project scope document
Team Assignment Due May 28, 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 May 28, 2015
The teams should be prepared to give the class an informal summary update of the Project Scope
Use the project scope template located on the class web site
Individual assignment due on 5/28/2015 – Class 6
Added a new link in the Tool and Template section of the web site which can be used to create and ERD view for the case assignment.
Individual assignment due on 5/28/2015 – Class 6
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 (ERD Plus, Google docs, MS Access, Word, or Sketch on Paper) to create an ER or Schema Diagram to demonstrate the releationships
Class 5 Class Agenda – 05/26/2015
Turn in the Process Flow Diagram Case
Review Exam 1
Class Discussion on Data Mapping and Relationships
Studio work will be focused on a team exercise to identify data and relationships
Review of Individual Night Owl Case assignment due Class 6 – May 28, 2015
Team Project work on Scope
Individual Assignment Due Class 5 – May 26, 2015
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
Class 4 Agenda – 5/21/2015
Turn in the Project Scope case assignment
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 5 – May 26, 2015
Exam 1 scheduled for last hour of class
Exam 1 – May 21, 2015
Exam 1 will be given on Thursday evening 5/21/2015 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 Class 4 – 5/21/2015
Individual Assignment: Project Scoping
Create a project scope document based on the Dysfunctional Warehouse case using the project scope template that can be found on the site under Tools and Templates
Reference the PowerPoint discussion deck posted for Week 3 – Project Scope
Please submit the assignment in hard copy form at the beginning of class on Tuesday evening 5/21/2015