CIS5200 Professional Skills for Systems Analysis Assignment 2 Instructions
Assignment Presentation: Your assignment should have a professional look and feel; put your name, student number, course and semester only on the cover page. The rest of the assignment should look like a professional Systems Analyst’s report.
Word Length: There is no word limit in this assignment, brevity and clarity is more important than volume of words. As noted above you should pay particular attention to use of headings, subheadings, fonts and other ways of improving readability, Systems Analysis is all about clarity of communication.
ASSIGNMENT 2 STRUCTURE
Cover Page In this assignment cover page usually includes course code and name, semester, assignment title, student name, and student ID. Abstract Abstract is one of the important parts of reports, research papers, and academic assignments. The abstract is often the last item that you write, but the first thing people read when they want to have a quick overview of the whole paper. I suggest you leave writing the abstract to the end, because you will have a clearer picture of all of your work. A good abstract should has one well-developed paragraph that is coherent and concise, and is able to stand alone as a unit of information covers all the essential academic elements of the full length paper, namely the background, purpose, focus, methods, results and conclusions contains no information not included in the paper. Table of Contents The table of contents usually includes the titles of the first-level headers, and often includes second-level or section titles (A-heads), and occasionally even third-level titles (subsections or B-heads). Introduction This assignment introduction usually includes the following: 1- What the assignment is about? 2- Outline the rest parts of this assignment
Time Management Plan Students are required to provide an effective time management plan that will lead to successful submission of your assignment 2 (Report), and the completion of the required activities that included in this assignment. This time management plan including the following: 1- Work Breakdown Structure (WBS): Professional design of WBS, and present all the relevant details at high level to complete assignment 2.
“TO BE” Process You need to develop a “TO BE” process diagram by using Business Process Modelling Notation (BPMN) or Unified Modelling Language (UML). The “TO BE” diagram should show the improvement of the process flow of your chosen organisation. You need to explain the improvement process. Comparing “AS IS” and “TO BE” Process You need to make a professional comparison between the “AS IS” process diagram that you provided in the assignment 1, and “TO BE” process diagram to assess the impact of change and prepare a briefing note for the organisational change management team regarding the anticipated impact of the system. You should make recommendations to the team on how these impacts can be managed. Entity Relationship Diagram In this section, you need to draw ERD for your chosen organisation, and in this diagram you need to mention the relationship between the entities. Data Normalization In this section, you need to design 3NF table, and this design should include all the entities that you identified in the previous task.
Testing You need to explain the testing in relation to the new information systems developed to automate the organisation process. In this section you need to mention types of testing should be performed, and types of test data should be used? Training You need to demonstrate proficient in design a plan for training requirements. So, in this section you need to identify the specific groups of people who need training on the new system. For each group, describe the type of training you would recommend and list the topics you would cover. System Changeover You need to demonstrate proficient in design a plan for system changeover for your chosen organisation. In this section, you need to develop a plan for system changeover for your chosen organisation. Discuss the method that should be used for systems changeover to enable “TO BE” process in the organisation.
Report to Top Management You are required to write a summary professional report to the top management (CEO) about the design and implementation phases that you already completed. This report at a minimum should include the objectives, processes undertaken, scope, and recommendations to the top management (CEO).
Conclusion Clear conclusion relates back to your assignment topic. Reference List Formatting Your Reference List. All documents cited in your assignment must be listed in a single alphabetical list at the end of the assignment.
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