BUSI1377 Client & Tech Req. – Assignment (A1): Group Study Report (2016-17)
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Assignment (A1): Requirements Project for Automotive Sector
Format: 2500 words or 6-10 pages Latest Hand In: 12th May 2017 Coursework Header ID: One Group Report (Email or Paper Copy to Tutor); Personal Evaluation on the Moodle Submission Link
Background: Terms such as sustainability, recycling, re-use, low cost, waste reduction high productivity – not only from an environmental perspective but also from an organisational perspective – are only some among many others with which organisations and researchers are concerned, and which require a break from traditional management paradigms. Indeed, current organisations need to be managed through different models wherein innovation and change are keywords as they drive the organisation to success. Your company wants to improve their business processes by automating parts of their communication channels between them and their supplier network. Therefore, they have asked you/your team in developing market-facing systems that address these business processes. However, the current approach that your company is using for developing systems is mainly suitable for developing systems based on existing systems. Due to that market facing systems are systems that are not based on existing systems; the current approach is not optimal for the development of market-facing systems. Therefore, the Board of Directors have asked you to do research on gathering, negotiating, validating and prioritizing requirements of market-facing projects from a multi-stakeholder perspective.
Task: The key questions your team needs to address are: How to gather, negotiate, validate, and prioritize requirements of market-facing projects from a multi-stakeholder perspective? In order to answer this question, your research study could be divided in the following sub questions:
[1] What methods/approaches for similar projects and companies are suggested in scientific literature? [2] How does the company currently gather, negotiate, validate and prioritize the requirements of market facing projects? [3] What can be improved in the way that the company gathers, negotiates, validates and prioritizes requirements reviewing the current practice and comparing against scientific literature? [4] What would be a better way for the company to carry out requirements engineering for market-facing projects? [5] How to evaluate the proposed framework/methods?
Requirements of Market Facing Projects within Automotive Industry
You are expected to make connections between your own observations of the organisation (primarily as customer) as well as other perspectives (e.g. employees and owners/managers).
BUSI1377 Client & Tech Req. – Assignment (A1): Group Study Report (2016-17)
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Assignment (A1) Marking Scheme: This item is 40% of the course marks.
Part Deliverables Marks possible. 1 Introduction/Scene Setting A general introduction to the environment and setting the scene for your company. Avoid copy/paste of information straight from the web. Here I am looking for you to introduce me with the concept of the company and that of its business operations /10
2 Main Briefing Document Here I will be awarding marks under the following headings and weighted as shown (15 marks for each section): a) What methods/approaches for similar projects and companies are suggested in scientific literature? b) How does the company currently gather, negotiate, validate and prioritize the requirements of market facing projects? c) What can be improved in the way that the company gathers, negotiates, validates and prioritizes requirements reviewing the current practice and comparing against scientific literature? d) What would be a better way for the company to carry out requirements engineering for market-facing projects? e) How to evaluate the proposed framework/methods?
/75
3 Evaluation/Recommendation What recommendations would you make for your company/Board of Directors towards the gathering and capturing requirements engineering for market facing projects. Justify your recommendations (20)
/10
4. Personal Evaluation (Please remember to submit your personal evaluation through Moodle Submission File, so that the full marks for the assessment is completed) What are your own personal evaluations towards conducting this study and the assessment? Try to identify the areas where you felt positive about the work you carried out, and how you would address any drawbacks from this experience in your future assessments. Please remember that “personal evaluation” allow you to draw specific areas of improvement and towards your personal development.
/5
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