COIT20248 Information Systems Analysis and Design
Assignment 1 - About Systems Development
Due date: Week 6 Friday (21st December XXXXXXXXXX:00 PM AEST ASSESSMENT
Weighting: 30%
Length: 1500 words (+/- 10%) 1
Objectives
This assessment relates to course learning outcomes 1, 2, 3 and 4 stated in the e-course profile.
Assessment 1 is an individual assessment. In assessment 1, you are assigned tasks which assess your
course knowledge gained between weeks 1 and 5 about different facets of systems development. All
students will have to write a report showing the answers to the questions in tasks 1-5 below.
Please note that ALL submitted A2-reports are passed through a computerized copy detection system
and it is extremely easy for teaching staff to identify copied or otherwise plagiarised work.
• Copying (plagiarism) can incur penalties ranging from deduction of marks to failing the
course or even exclusion from the University.
• Please ensure you are familiar with the Academic Misconduct Procedures, available from:
http:
policy.cqu.edu.au/Policy/policy_file.do?policyid=1244
The tasks
For the purpose of this assignment, you are assumed to be one of the software consultants
appointed to shoulder the system analysis responsibilities in, the project outlined in the case study.
You will plan and manage the project as well as investigate and document its system requirements.
For your Assignment 1 submission, you will produce a report that discusses this project based on your
understanding of it and the related investigation results through the tasks below.
Task 1: (10 marks)
Approaches to Systems Development
• How would “Go Help Me” go about developing its information systems? (5 Marks)
• Justify your choice of your selected approach to systems development. (5 Marks)
Task 2: (15 Marks)
Systems Requirements
• What are the primary functional requirements for the system in the case study? (10 Marks)
• What are the non-functional requirements for the system in the case study? (5 Marks)
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Task 3: (15 Marks)
Project Cost Benefit Analysis
• Discuss your Project Cost Benefit Analysis. (7.5 Marks)
• Provide an excel spread sheet with details in a Project Cost Benefit Analysis. (7.5 Marks)
Task 4: (20 Marks)
Project Schedule
• Show a work
eakdown structure and a project schedule as a Gantt Chart. Explain both of
them and discuss how they relate to each other. (10 Marks)
• Given the system goals, requirements, and scope as they are cu
ently understood, is the
project schedule reasonable? Why or why not? (10 Marks)
Task 5: (25 Marks)
System Information Requirement Investigation Techniques
• Who are the stakeholders involved? (5 Marks)
• Explain your choice of the 3 most useful investigation techniques. (10 Marks)
• Justify the usefulness of these 3 investigation techniques. (10 Marks)
The Report (Important: The report makes up 100 marks - scaled to 30%)
You will produce a report that aims to explain your systems analysis results as per the layout and
submission guidelines mentioned below.
Report Layout and Submission Guidelines
In the template file “COIT 20248 Assessment1TemplateFile” (in MS Word) provided to you, the
eport for ‘Systems Development’ has been organised using the following headings and guidelines.
Students are advised to observe the word count in each section when developing the report.
• Title Cover Page with clear details of course title/name, student numbe
name, lecturer & tutor
(Provided in template file)
• Introduction (Provided in template file) *about 100 words
o Introduction must clearly define the aims of the report.
o Introduction must identify the project objectives.
• The Approach to Systems Development - Task 1 *about 250 words
o How would “Go Help Me” go about developing its information systems?
o Justification for your chosen approach to system development
• Systems Requirements - Task 2. *about 250 words
o List the primary functional requirements for the system in the case study.
o List the non-functional requirements for the system in the case study.
• Project Cost /Benefit Analysis – Task 3 *about 200 words
• Project Schedule - Task 4 *about 200 words
o Show work
eakdown structure in the project as well as the project schedule Gantt Chart?
What are they and how do they relate to each other?
o Given the system goals, requirements, and scope as they are cu
ently understood, is the
project schedule reasonable? Why or why not?
• System Information Requirement Investigation Techniques - Task 5. *about 250 words
o List the stakeholders involved.
o Explain your choice of the 3 most useful investigation techniques.
o Justify the usefulness of these 3 investigation techniques.
• Reflections and Conclusions *about 100 words
o Present your reflections about this project (e.g. achievement and constraints).
o Provide a
ief summary of your findings
• References (must complete by showing 1 or more references with their related in-text citations)
Note: The recommended number of word in each section in the report is to be used as a rough guide.
Help
To help student members communicate, forums have been created for your use on the course Moodle
website for Assessments 1 and 2. Please use them to help you work through your report.
Help on writing reports is contained in the Faculty Guide for Students – Chapter 4 – available here:
http:
www.cqu.edu.au/ data/assets/pdf_file/0003/2289/Extract-of-Chapter-3.pdf
You may also benefit from a video supplied by the CQUniversity Academic Learning Centre
available here: http:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0v9ekxeoko
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www.cqu.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/2289/Extract-of-Chapter-3.pdf
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0v9ekxeoko
Assessment criteria - Assignment 1 marking guide
Marks for Assignment 1 will be allocated as follows:
TOPIC Weight Mark
Introduction (5 marks)
Clearly defines the aims of the report
Identifies the project objectives.
2.5
2.5
Approach to Systems Development - Task 1 (10 Marks)
• How would Brisbane Multi Faith Temple go about developing its
information systems?
• Justify your choice of approach to systems development.
5
5
Systems Requirements - Task 2 (15 Marks)
• What are the primary functional requirements for the system in the
case study?
• What are the non-functional requirements for the system in the case study?
10
5
Project Cost Benefit Analysis - Task 3 (15 Marks)
• Discuss your Project Cost Benefit Analysis
• Provide an excel spread sheet with details in a Project Cost Benefit
Analysis
7.5
7.5
Project Schedule - Task 4 (20 Marks)
• Provide the project work
eakdown structure & schedule - Gantt Chart
• Explain whether, given the system goals, requirements, and scope as they
are cu
ently understood, is the project schedule reasonable? Why or why
not?
10
10
System Information Requirement Investigation Techniques – Task 5 (25
Marks)
• Who are the stakeholders involved?
• Explain your choice of the 3 most useful investigation techniques.
• Justify the usefulness of these 3 investigation techniques.
5
10
10
Reflections and Conclusions (5 marks)
• Present your reflections about this project (e.g. achievement
and constraints).
• Briefly summarize your findings.
2.5
2.5
References 5
TOTAL: 100
Assessment mark will be weighted to 30%.
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COIT20248 – Information Systems Analysis & Design (Term 3, 2018)
Case Study for Assignment 1 & Assignment 2
The Case: Go Help Me
“Go Help Me” (GHE) is a charitable organisation run by a group of volunteers and the chairperson of
the organisation is Alex Smith.
Alex along with other volunteers started this movement to assist homeless people and other people
who might be in unforeseen trouble and wanting to raise some funds using crowd funding. Crowd
funding is a relatively new concept in Australia, whereby general public may decide to donate small
sums of money to help others in need, these amounts may range from $5 to any higher amount.
Generally, patrons will donate on an average of $20, with smallest donation being $5 and largest being
up to $200.
The concept has been very popular lately and an example of few recent causes represented by the
movement include raising funds for treatment of a terminally ill child, raising funds for someone
whose house got destroyed in a fire and raising funds for a single parent in hospital to enable them to
pay their rent and child’s school and carer fees.
Cu
ent Manual Process – Donations
GHE cu
ently promote campaigns using free messaging services like WhatsApp or WeChat. Patrons
eceive messages that include photos and a story writeup regarding a cause. If the cause appeals to
them they logon to their banks website and then transfer money online to GHE trust account. Patrons
also send a copy of the donation receipt via WhatsApp or WeChat to GHE. Once the funds are received
y GHE, at the end of each week the accountant generate tax invoices / receipts for each patron and
either emails them the receipt or sends it out to them via WhatsApp or WeChat.
Details Recorded for Patrons
• Name
• Address
• Postal Address
• Phone Number
• Email address
• Whether donation is anonymous
• Whether tax receipt needed or not
• Name of cause for which funds are donated
Accounting
At the end of each month the accountant for the GHE reconciles all accounts and remits all monies
collected to various beneficiaries.
Alex decides to engage you as a consultant. Your job is to provide him with