Final Project PART

The major concepts of systems analysis and design are reinforced in the Final Project. The student will learn how to provide management for projects that employ the methods of data gathering, fact-finding and input/output design.

Using case problems, students will implement the techniques of system development and project management. In preparation for the role of a systems analyst or designer students will be expected to use all of the skills and techniques of an advanced analyst to research a complex project.

The student will choose one of the subjects and develop a research document that will contain, a problem statement, facts gathered from the subjects for the project, assumptions based on the project chosen, discussion of the project, a conclusion and recommendations based on the project chosen.

The student will formulate the paper as a decision maker preparing to recommend more than one course of action for a corporate board to select. The selected project will require the student to prepare a request for proposal to be submitted to various vendors that can act as consultants or solution providers for the project.

CHOOSE ONE OF THESE SUBJECTS FOR YOUR PROJECT

Situation #1: A system for maintaining academic, billing, scheduling, and financial records of some 20,000 students at a major University.

Situation #2: A medical and dental claims administration and payment system for 14,000 employees of a major appliance manufacturer.

Situation #3: A system for tracking about 1,000 job applications at six different branches of a nationwide retail chain and matching the applicants to about 50 job openings per month.

The individual project chosen must contain the following segments in the order noted below:

• Title Page

• Table of Contents

• Executive Summary (This section should be an overview of the total project; it should highlight the significant points of the other sections of the plan. This summary may be in either synopsis or narrative form.)

• Project Overview

• Developing the problem statement.

• Facts gathered for the project

• Assumptions

• Discussion of the project, problem statement, facts and assumptions:

• Conclusion and Recommendations

• Appendix of Supporting Documents

Final Project (part two -- presentation)

SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR POWERPOINT PRESENTATION

Each student will provide a PowerPoint presentation to support his/her project position to the business owner (as if the business owner was a potential client and viewing the presentation.) The PowerPoint presentation should be long enough for a presentation that is 10 to 15 minutes in length, not including questions.

The presentation should include visuals of all charts, graphs, etc. included in the plan.
Students will meet the required "oral" component of the presentation by posting a PowerPoint presentation including the following criteria:

The development of power point slides within the "notes pane" option that will allow scripting for a speech. The notes pane will allow each student to comment on the slides they developed and further comment on bullet points and topics.