INSY 4051 Business Applications Development - Group Project - Phase I
INSY 4051 – Group Project – Phase I
The group project is aimed at helping students use the topics covered in the course to solve a business problem. The focus of this project is to promote problem solving rather than mindless application of best practices to a problem. Unlike best practices which change over time, problem solving is a timeless skill.
To increase the chance of transferable learned lessons across different groups at the end of the semester, all groups will work on developing a program that delivers a similar functionality, but in different contexts. Particularly, this semester we will focus on creating a Console application that allows users to make appointments or reservations. This functionality is useful in a variety of contexts such as hotel reservation, doctor’s appointment, and rental electric scooters (and many more). More details about the technical requirements of the project (e.g., authentication, user interface, etc.) will be available for Phase II.
In Phase I, groups will provide an overview of an organization, discuss an information system that can benefit the organization, and play the roles of analysts and business representatives to translate business requirements to class diagrams. Below, you see a list of requirements for Phase I. If you have any questions about the project, please ask as early as possible.
Phase I Requirements Written Report
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Provide an overview of the organization (real or imaginary) for which you want to develop the application. (e.g., a University)
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Provide an overview of the information systems employees, customers, and suppliers use to interact with the organization.
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Choose an information system that you wish to work on (e.g., library management system). Explain in which way the chosen information system benefits the organization.
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Provide the class diagram extracted from the next exercise (no extra writing is required beyond the diagrams themselves).
[about 1-3 pages]
Video Report
1. Divide your group members into two subgroups: (1) analysts and (2) business representatives
2. Watch the practice videos in Table 1 (these videos are your learning materials). Similar to the videos
you watched, record a video in which analysts talk with business representatives and
extract/translate business requirements to class diagrams.
[about 20-30 minutes]
Table 1. Learning Materials
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1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGQDUE1hJgA
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2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM2LqU08X0g
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3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKw_KZF428c
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4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVu28E6gGYQ
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5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AdrMaygZTo
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6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NB4uORetPPk
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7 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxm6m_WqvKA
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8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxKhOTuc5KA
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9 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2gFysxuycY
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10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CovimDlt40w
