The Professional Scientific Staff Management (PSSM) Minicase will be used throughout the first six weeks in this course. The minicase description is in two sections. The first section focuses on the preliminary planning stage of development. It is an overview of what the costs and benefits of the potential system could be. The information needs to be crystallized into a system request that will convince management personnel that they should proceed with the project. The second section of the minicase description is a requirements analysis of the system. It will be the foundation for information that you will use to design the system using UML tools through the UP phases. 

Here is the PSSM Minicase: PSSM Minicase Description.

You will also need to work with templates in some of the weeks, such as the user case description template for Week 2. Here is a link to all of the templates you will need for this course: System Development Templates.

Deliverables 

Complete the System Request Form for the PSSM Minicase. 
Complete the PSSM Activity Diagram. 
L A B S T E P S 
STEP 1: Download and Complete the System Request Form 

Download the System Request Template and complete it for the PSSM minicase: System Request Template.

Complete the System Request Form for the PSSM Minicase. Use the Preliminary Planning section of the PSSM Minicase Description to complete your system request. See the figure 2-13 ex in the text. 
As you create the System Request, generate and document at least five problems and specify who you think the best point of contact might be for each problem. 
STEP 2: Activity Diagram Tutorial (Not Graded)

Download and practice the tutorial on how to create an Activity Diagram: Activity Diagram Tutorial. 

STEP 3: Complete the PSSM Activity Diagram 

Read the PSSM Minicase System Requirements section in the PSSM Minicase Description to create the system activity diagram. 

STEP 4: Upload the Document to Your Dropbox 

Copy and paste your activity diagram into the system request document. Save the MS Word document with the file name CIS339_Lab1_MyName.