UOP BSA375 Week 1 Assignment Latest 2020

BSA375 Fundamentals of Business Systems Development

Week 1 Assignment  

Systems Development Life Cycle Presentation

Review the Pine Valley Furniture Company Background in Ch. 3, p. 40 of your textbook, found in the Wk 1 Learning Activities folder.

Imagine you work for Pine Valley Furniture. The board is considering starting a webstore and does not know what is involved in developing a new system. You have been asked to present to the board of directors to help them know what to expect.

Prepare a 12- to 16-slide presentation to the board with speaker notes and media such as graphics or tables. Note: Speaker notes should present the presentation just as if you were in front of the class. The speaker notes should "walk the audience" through your presentation, from start to finish. You should provide the verbiage that you would present in front of the audience,

Explain why it is important to use systems analysis and design methodologies when building a system. Justify why not to "just build the system" in whatever way appears to be "quick and easy."

Review the criteria for selecting off-the-shelf software presented in Ch. 2. Now identify additional criteria that are, or might be, used to select off-the-shelf software.

Consider if the choice was between alternative custom software developers rather than prewritten packages. Identify the criteria that would be appropriate to select and compare among competing bidders for custom development of an application. Be sure to briefly define each of these criteria.

Briefly summarize the project management process. Explain which of the four phases of the project management process you think is most challenging and how you can mitigate the risks for that stage.

Cite appropriate external citations and references (minimum of 3), in addition to including references to the required readings..(or virtual organizations) where relevant, within the assignment. Be sure citations and references follow the University of Phoenix approved style guide format (the Written Assignments Guidelines, along with properly cited APA references). Please Note: Dictionary and Encyclopedia citations and references of any type will not count towards your reference/citation count.

Submit your assignment and make sure all APA formatting is followed. Refer to the grammar and writing guides for further assistance. This should include a Cover/Title slide, Introduction and Summary slides and Reference slides, which do not count towards the 12 - 16 slide total for the assignment.