Assignment 10
Outcomes addressed in this activity:
? Complete final assignment
Course Outcomes:
? IT460-1 Compare various types of information systems.
? IT460-4 Practice team dynamics by participating in a role
play activity.
Assignment Instructions:
Please complete the following assignments using MS Word.
Save the assignment as Final
Assignment.doc and place it into the Unit 10 Final
Assignment Drop Box. Ensure all
group members have checked the final assignment before it is
submitted. Submit only
one Final Assignment per group.
Click here to access the “SCR-TIMS Work Session Link”.
Part 1: System Architecture Tasks
1. Visit SCR’s data library to review SCR’s network
configuration and then send Jesse a
recommendation for the TIMS system architecture. She wants
me to suggest an
overall network topology solution. She also asked me to
comment on these issues:
legacy data, Web-centricity, scalability, security, and
batch processing that might be
needed. Jesse said it was OK to make reasonable assumptions
in my proposal to her
(SCR-TIMS, Work Session, Session 10,- To Do List #2).
This includes providing a detailed description of a
client/server architecture. Assignment
should also show distinction between 2 tier and 3 tier
network and select one for
recommendation. A detailed analysis of network topology
includes definition and what is
being proposed for the client. Assignment should give a
definition of what legacy data
entails and how it affects the assignment and what is being
recommended for the new
system. It also should explain what web-centricity means and
what the assignment will
entail regarding the web as opposed to a purely non-web
architecture and GUI’s. Please
describe in detail what scalability, security and batch
processing means and how each
will be implemented for the client. This can be done with
flow charts and/or descriptions.
2. Prepare a design specification document as Jesse
requested (SCR-TIMS, Work
Session, Session 10,- To Do List #4). Assignment Grading
Rubric
Course: IT460 Unit: 10 Points: 140
Copyright Kaplan University
Assignment should give a detailed explanation of what a
design specification is and
created one for the client that entails via description and
diagrams what the system will
be comprised of after implementation.
Part B: Systems Implementation
1. Need to develop a testing plan that includes unit
testing, integration testing, and
system testing as Jesse requested in her message. Also,
draft a reminder to all IT
staff members about the importance of careful documentation
(SCR-TIMS, Work
Session, Session 11,- To Do List #2).
Assignment should describe in detail the different types of
testing that a system goes
through in the development of a system as well as during
implementation and go-live.
The assignment should include a list of the roles that will
be involved in the testing and
what mechanisms will be used for each testing process.
Part C: Systems, Operation, Support, and Security
1. Another issue: capacity planning! Jesse wants my input on
the importance of capacity
planning for TIMS. Draft a message with my views.
Assignment should
describe what capacity planning is and make a recommendation for
whether it should be included in the assignment and why or
why not. What would
capacity planning entail and who would be involved.
Assignment requirements:
When your professor reviews your work, they will approach
your paper from a “Business
Executive’s” perspective. That means that you will have to
address each of the items
below in terms that not only demonstrate your thorough
understanding of the topic but
do so in terms that a business leader would understand.
Deliverables for each item below, the following three items
must be addressed:
1. A detailed explanation of the particular topic in terms
that demonstrate you
thoroughly understand the topic and have used terms that a
business leader would
understand.
2. Your proposed solution for TIMS
3. Defense of your solution with actual data/information
from our assigned Case
Study. Assignment Grading Rubric
Course: IT460 Unit: 10 Points: 140
Copyright Kaplan University
Assignment topics that must be addressed in your paper.
Unless otherwise noted, you
must address all three deliverables outlined above:
1. Network topology
2. Legacy Data
3. Web Centricity
4. Scalability
5. Security
6. Batch Processing
7. Actual Design Specification Document for TIMS – For this
deliverable you will
address all three items but the largest deliverable is the
actual document for TIMS.
8. Explanation of a strong approach to testing – For this
deliverable, you only need to
share with your audience what a strong test plan would
entail.
9. Actual Test Plan for TIMS
10. Capacity Planning
140 point assignment grading rubri
