COIT20248 Information Systems Analysis and Design Assignment 1 - Systems Analysis
Due date: Week 6 Friday (24th August 2018) 11:55 PM AEST ASSESSMENT
Weighting: 30%
Length: 1500 words (+/- 10%) 1
Objectives
This assessment relates to course learning outcomes 1 and 5 stated in the e-course profile.
Assessment 1 is an individual assessment. In assessment 1, you are assigned tasks which assess your course knowledge gained between weeks 1 and 5 about different facets of systems development. All students will have to write a report showing the answers to the questions in tasks 1-5 below.
Please note that ALL submitted Assignment 1-reports are passed through a computerized copy detection system and it is extremely easy for teaching staff to identify copied or otherwise plagiarised work.
• Copying (plagiarism) can incur penalties ranging from deduction of marks to failing the course or even exclusion from the University.
• Please ensure you are familiar with the Academic Misconduct Procedures, available from:
http://policy.cqu.edu.au/Policy/policy_file.do?policyid=1244
The tasks
For the purpose of this assignment, you are assumed to be one of the software consultants appointed to shoulder the system analysis responsibilities in, Global Business Systems in the project outlined in the case study.
You will plan and manage the project as well as investigating and documenting its system requirements. For your Assignment 1 submission, you will produce a report that discusses this project based on your understanding of it and the related investigation results through the items below.
Introduction: (5 marks)
• Introduce the case study and define the project objectives. (2.5 Marks)
• Identify the aims of the report. (2.5 Marks)
Task 1: (10 marks)
Approaches to Systems Development
• How would International Charity Foundation (ICF) go about developing its information systems? Which information system development approach would ICF take? (5 Marks)
• Justify your choice of your selected approach/ methodology to systems development. (5 Marks)
Task 2: (15 Marks)
Systems Requirements
• Identify and list all primary functional requirements for the system in the case study. (10 Marks)
• Identify and list all non-functional requirements for the system in the case study. Justify why you would like to have these non-functional requirements. (5 Marks)
Task 3: (15 Marks)
Project Cost Benefit Analysis
• Discuss your Project Cost Benefit Analysis. (7.5 Marks)
• Provide an excel spread sheet with details in a Project Cost Benefit Analysis. (7.5 Marks)
Task 4: (20 Marks)
Project Schedule
• Show a work breakdown structure which follows your choice of approach/ methodology and a project schedule as a Gantt chart. Briefly explain both of them and discuss how they relate to each other. (10 Marks)
• Given the system goals, requirements, and scope as they are currently understood, is the project schedule reasonable? Why or why not? (10 Marks)
Task 5: (25 Marks)
System Information Requirement Investigation Techniques
• Who are the stakeholders involved? (5 Marks)
• Explain your choice of the 3 most useful investigation techniques. (10 Marks)
• Justify the usefulness of these 3 investigation techniques. (10 Marks)
Reflections and Conclusions (5 Marks)
• Summarize the reports and reflect on the outcomes. (5 Marks)
References (5 Marks)
• Appropriate references are used and properly formatted Harvard style. References are cited properly in the text where necessary. (5 Marks)
The Report (Important: The report makes up 100 marks - scaled to 30%)
You will produce a report that aims to explain your systems analysis results as per the layout and submission guidelines mentioned below.
Report Layout and Submission Guidelines
In the template file “COIT20248_Assignment_1_Template_File” (in MS Word) provided to you, the report for ‘Systems Development’ has been organised using the following headings and guidelines. Students are advised to observe the word count in each section when developing the report.
• Title Cover Page with clear details of course title/name, student number/name,
lecturer & tutor
• Introduction *about 100 words o Introduction must clearly introduce the case study and define the project objectives.
o Introduction must identify the aims of the report.
• The Approach to Systems Development - Task 1 *about 250 words
o How would ICF go about developing its information systems? Which information system development approach would ICF take?
o Justification for your chosen approach to system development.
• Systems Requirements - Task 2. *about 250 words o Identify and list all primary functional requirements for the system in the case study.
o Identify and list all non-functional requirements for the system in the case study. Justify why you would like to have these non-functional requirements.
• Project Cost /Benefit Analysis – Task 3 *about 200 words
• Project Schedule - Task 4 *about 200 words o Show work breakdown structure in the project as well as the project schedule Gantt Chart? o What are they and how do they relate to each other?
o Given the system goals, requirements, and scope as they are currently understood, is the project schedule reasonable? Why or why not?
• System Information Requirement Investigation Techniques - Task 5. *about 250 words o List the stakeholders involved. o Explain your choice of the 3 most useful investigation techniques.
o Justify the usefulness of these 3 investigation techniques.
• Reflections and Conclusions *about 100 words o Provide a brief summary of your findings o Present your reflections about this project (e.g. achievement and constraints).
• References (must complete by showing 1 or more references with their related in-text citations)
Note: The recommended number of word in each section in the report is to be used as a rough guide.
Help
To help student members communicate, forums have been created for your use on the course Moodle website for Assessments 1 and 2. Please use them to help you work through your report.
Help on writing reports is contained in the Faculty Guide for Students – Chapter 4 – available here: http://www.cqu.edu.au/ data/assets/pdf_file/0003/2289/Extract-of-Chapter-3.pdf You may also benefit from a video supplied by the CQUniversity Academic Learning Centre available here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0v9ekxeoko
Assessment criteria - Assignment 1 marking guide
Marks for Assignment 1 will be allocated as follows:
TOPIC Weight Mark
Introduction (5 marks)
• Introduce the case study and clearly define the project objectives
• Clearly identify the aims of the report. 2.5
2.5
Approach to Systems Development - Task 1 (10 Marks)
• How would International Charity Foundation (ICF) go about developing its information systems? Which information system development approach would ICF take?
• Justify your choice of approach to systems development.
5
5
Systems Requirements - Task 2 (15 Marks)
• Identify and list all primary functional requirements for the system in the case study?
• Identify and list all non-functional requirements for the system in the case study. Justify why you would like to have these non-functional requirements.
10
5
Project Cost Benefit Analysis - Task 3 (15 Marks)
• Discuss your Project Cost Benefit Analysis
• Provide an excel spread sheet with details in a Project Cost Benefit Analysis 7.5
7.5
Project Schedule - Task 4 (20 Marks)
• Provide the project work breakdown structure & schedule - Gantt chart.
Briefly explain both of them and discuss how they relate to each other.
• Explain whether, given the system goals, requirements, and scope as they are currently understood, is the project schedule reasonable? Why or why not?
10
10
System Information Requirement Investigation Techniques – Task 5 (25 Marks)
• Who are the stakeholders involved?
• Explain your choice of the 3 most useful investigation techniques.
• Justify the usefulness of these 3 investigation techniques.
5
10
10
Reflections and Conclusions (5 marks)
• Briefly summarize your findings.
• Present your reflections about this project (e.g. achievement and constraints).
2.5
2.5
References 5
TOTAL: 100
Assessment mark will be weighted to 30%.
COIT20248 Information Systems Analysis and Design
Assignment 2 – Systems Design and Development
Due date: Week 11 Friday (28th September 2018) 11:55 PM AEST ASSESSMENT
Weighting: 30%
Length: No fixed length 2
Objectives
This assessment relates to course learning outcomes 2 and 3 stated in the e-course profile.
Assessment 2 is a group assignment (Max of 4 students in a group). Following on Assessment 1, Assessment 2 is based on the same project case study. In Assessment 2 – System Design and Development, you are required to complete tasks 1-7 below which assess your general course knowledge, particularly on modelling diagrams and Interface design from weeks 6-10 about different facets of systems development. You will deliver a presentation to explain about the design and development of your project.
Please note that ALL submitted Assignment 2-reports are passed through a computerized copy detection system and it is extremely easy for teaching staff to identify copied or otherwise plagiarised work.
• Copying (plagiarism) can incur penalties ranging from deduction of marks to failing the course or even exclusion from the University.
• Please ensure you are familiar with the Academic Misconduct Procedures, available from:
http://policy.cqu.edu.au/Policy/policy_file.do?policyid=1244
The tasks
Assignment 2 is in continuation of Assignment 1. There are two types of tasks, a written assessment and a presentation with details below.
A. The Written Assessment (Report):
You need to submit a design of a website. You are to complete the following tasks using the same case study provided to you (also used for assignment 1) on Moodle:
1. Find out all Critical Use Cases and Draw User Case Diagram.
2. Draw Context Level Data Flow Diagram.
3. Draw Level 0 Data Flow Diagram depicting all the business process description provided.
4. Draw Entity Relationship Diagram showing all required entities and its relationships.
5. Create CRUD table.
6. Provide a prototype of website design and architecture you have developed based on the case study.
7. Details of individual group members’ contribution towards the development of the project. Report Guide:
• You are to develop the report having each task clearly numbered together with your answer. You are also expected to write an introduction and conclusion for this report.
Reference and in-text citation should be used in the report where necessary and in proper Harvard style.
• For tasks 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, you have to strictly follow all diagramming rules used in the text for this course. Description/explanation/justification is needed in addition to showing the diagrams/tables. Please feel free to make any assumption necessary for the reader. The explanation of your assumptions can help the reader understand your reasoning and is as important criteria in producing your design.
• For task 6, the website design is a prototype, which provides user brief idea how the system would look like and operate. Students are not required to implement a complete system with full functionality. Database connectivity is not required. Screenshots of the prototype should be presented and explained in the report.
• For task 7, a table listing the tasks performed members and percentage of contribution is needed. Individual group member need to write one page towards their own contribution for the development of the project. Individual contribution should focus on what they did and how they did it. Students are also required to write difficulties and challenges they faced while doing their allocated task.
B. The Presentation:
During Week 11, there will be a presentation based on the case study and the tasks you have performed. Each group will have 15 minutes to present your project development. The presentation can be around 10 to 15 slides (including title page, outline, content, conclusion and references). Prototype of website design should be demonstrated in the presentation. All members need to participate in the presentation.
Submission
As this is a group assignment, only ONE submission from one member is required for each group. The assessment cover page should include names and IDs of all members, so that marks can be awarded to all members.
Help
To help student members communicate, forums have been created for your use on the course Moodle website for Assessments 1 and 2. Please use them to help you work through your report.
Help on writing reports is contained in the Faculty Guide for Students – Chapter 4 – available here: http://www.cqu.edu.au/ data/assets/pdf_file/0003/2289/Extract-of-Chapter-3.pdf You may also benefit from a video supplied by the CQUniversity Academic Learning Centre available here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0v9ekxeoko
Assessment Criteria – Assignment 2 Marking Guide: