Project Deliverable 2: Business Requirements
Due Week 4 and worth 110 points
This assignment consists of two (2) sections: a business requirements
document and a project plan. You must submit both sections as separate
files for the completion of this assignment. Label each file name
according to the section of the assignment it is written for.
Additionally, you may create and / or assume all necessary assumptions
needed for the completion of this assignment.
Procuring
quality business requirements is an important step toward the design of
quality information systems. Completion of a quality requirements
document allows user needs and expectations to be captured, so that
infrastructure and information systems can be designed properly. Your
company, which is a data-collection and analysis company that has been
operating less than two (2) years, is seeking to create a repository for
collected data beyond standard relational databases. Your ten (10)
terabyte data warehouse is expected to grow by 20% each year. You are
mindful of data warehousing best practices which will aid you immensely
in your requirements gathering effort. Using the requirements document
provided in the course shell, you are to speculate on the needs of the
company. You must consider current and future requirements; however,
assumptions should be realistic and carefully considered.
Section 1: Business Requirements Document
- Write
a four to six (4-6) page original business requirements document for
the project plan using the template provided. Note: The template is
provided under the Additional Resources in the Student Center tab of the
online course shell.- Describe the project including the following:
- Describe and define the scope of the project.
- Speculate as to how to control the scope.
- Identify possible risks, constraints, and assumptions.
- Describe
the relationship and integration between systems and infrastructure.
Note: Database and Data Warehousing, Analytics, Interfaces and Cloud
Technology, and Infrastructure and Security should be considered. - Speculate upon potential outsourcing or offshoring needs.
- Identify and justify the necessary resources including staffing that are necessary.
- Define relevant terms that will be used throughout project.
- Use
at least two (2) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia
and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.
- Describe the project including the following:
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
- Be
typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with
one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA
or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional
instructions. - Include a cover page containing the title of the
assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title,
and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in
the required assignment page length.
Section 2: Revised Project Plan
Use Microsoft Project to:
- Update
the project plan from Project Deliverable 1: Project Plan Inception,
with three to five (3-5) new project tasks each consisting of five to
ten (5-10) sub-tasks.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
- Evaluate
an organization through the lens of non-IT senior management in
deciding how information systems enable core and supportive business
processes as well as those that interface with suppliers and customers. - Use technology and information resources to research issues in information systems.
- Write
clearly and concisely about strategic issues and practices in the
information systems domain using proper writing mechanics and technical
style conventions.
