Technical Paper: Final
Project Plan
Due Week 10 and worth 200 points
Especially for You Jewelers is a small jewelry company in a college town. Over
the last couple of years, it has experienced a tremendous increase in its
business. However, its financial performance has not kept pace with its growth.
The current system, which is partly manual and partly automated, doesn’t track
accounts receivables sufficiently, and the company is finding it difficult to
determine the reasons why the receivables are so high. The company runs
frequent specials to attract customers but has no idea whether these efforts
are profitable or if the benefit—if there is one—comes from associated sales.
Especially for You Jewelers wants to increase repeat sales to its existing
customers; thus, it needs to develop a customer database. It also wants to
install a new direct sales and accounting system to help solve the outlined
problems.
The new direct sales and accounting system for Especially for You Jewelers will
be an important element in the growth and success of the jewelry company. The
direct sales portion must track every sale, be able to link to the inventory
system for cost data, and provide a daily profit and loss report. The customer
database must be able to produce purchase histories to assist management in
preparing special mailings and special sales to existing customers. Detailed
credit balances and aged accounts for each customer would help to solve the
problem with the high balance of accounts receivables. Special notice letters
and credit history reports would help management reduce accounts receivable.
Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:
1.
Suggest at least five (5)
expected business benefits that Especially for You Jewelers company might derive
from a new system. Provide a rationale for your suggestions.
2.
Propose at least five (5) system
capabilities for the company. Provide a rationale for your proposals.
3.
Ascertain the three (3) possible
scenarios in this new direct sales and accounting system.
4.
Using Microsoft Visio or an open
source alternative such as Dia, develop an activity diagram for each scenario
that you have identified. Note: The graphically depicted solution may not
exceed one (1) page per diagram. Provide a narrative that gives an overview of
your diagram.
5.
Using Microsoft Visio or an open
source alternative such as Dia, complete a fully-developed use case description
for each scenario identified. Note: The graphically depicted solution may not
exceed one (1) page per diagram.
6.
Develop a system vision document
for Especially for You Jewelers, detailing the overall vision or plan for the
new direct sales and accounting system. A vision document generally contains:
a.
Introduction
b. Business needs
/ requirements
c.
Product / solution overview
d. Major features
e.
Scope and limitations
f.
Other needs
7.
Use at least three (3) quality
resources outside of the suggested resources in this assignment.Note:Wikipedia and similar Websites do
not qualify as quality resources.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
·
Analyze techniques for
requirements determination, collection, and organization.
·
Summarize effective communication
techniques with various organizational stakeholders to collect information
using a variety of techniques and to convey proposed solution characteristics
to them.
·
Analyze and present methods to
initiate, specify, and prioritize information systems projects and determine
various aspects of feasibility of these projects.
·
Develop a solution to proposed
business problem using structured systems analysis and design methods.
·
Use technology and information
resources to research issues in advanced systems analysis and design.
·
Write clearly and concisely about
advanced systems analysis and design using proper writing mechanics and
technical style conventions.
