MIS 5102 Spring 2011
Project, Updated 7/11/2016
Viju Raghupathi
PROJECT REPORT (Due: April 27, 9pm)
MIS5102 – Business Systems Analysis
Working in a team of 4-5 students, you will apply analysis techniques to gather, understand, and
represent the user requirements for an information system. It must be a real system for a real
client. Qualifications for a potential project include:
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A department or business unit of a large firm such as Blue Cross/Blue Shield, a
department of an institution such as a university or government branch (e.g.
Federal Reserve), or a small privately owned business.
Must have a business problem (or opportunity) that requires an interactive system.
An employee knowledgeable in the problem domain willing to serve as the client
contact for your team.
The purpose of this project is to gain hands-on experience performing business systems analysis
on a real-life project. Your performance on this project will be assessed based on two
deliverables: written project report and a group oral presentation. You will analyze the
requirements for automating a business process. The major outcome of your analysis is the
development of Request for Proposal in the project report. Successful completion of the project
requires a clear summary of the business requirements and a proposed solution along with
enough detail to support implementation project scoping. Finally, a quality project report will
also document the process used to arrive at its conclusions.
INTERIM PROJECT DELIVERABLES:
1. Update the google doc with the topic. You do not have to specify the name of the
company if you want to maintain confidentiality. But you would need to state the
process you are looking at (due by Feb 23).
2. One person from the group should send me a detailed email describing the details of
the business process to be analyzed. Also, state the name and job title of at least one
subject matter expert who will provide requirements for the project. If you do not
want to disclose the name, you can use a pseudonym (due by Feb. 23).
3. Interim report - An email detailing progress to date and a plan for project completion
(due March 23).
FINAL PROJECT DELIVERABLES:
1. Written Project report (due April 27 by 9pm via email) - see below for details. Projects
submitted with a timestamp after 9pm will NOT be accepted.
2. In-class project presentation (April 20) (submit file via email by 5pm) – see below for
details.
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MIS 5102 Spring 2011
Project, Updated 7/11/2016
Viju Raghupathi
WRITTEN PROJECT REPORT (100 points – breakdown given below)
Include a cover page with your group member names and your group#. You can refer to the
google doc for the group#.
The major elements of the written report are shown below. Please number each section in your
report exactly as shown.
1). Executive Summary: A one-paragraph description of the project (maximum of 10 sentences;
format as 1” margin, Times New Roman-12, double spaced) (Audience: internal and external)
(10 points)
2). A Request for Proposal: (Audience: internal and vendors) (20 points)
Use the template provided on the blog. This template has been modified to only contain
relevant items. For each item in the template, write no more than 6 sentences. For
inspiration on the content for the items shown in the template, you can draw from “The
Software Requirements Memory Jogger”, “Seven Steps…” book or any web source.
3). TO-BE Analysis showing:
A. Diagrams:
 (i). context diagram (10 points)
 (ii). Zero-level DFD (15 points)
 (iii). Level-one and decomposition DFDs. Decompose the processes until
you are satisfied of the level of modularity. You can hand draw and scan
the diagrams into your report. Written work in the diagrams has to be
printed and legible (25 points).
B. Sources of requirements - who provided the requirements for the project in the
company. Give the dept/function/title (5 points).
C. Requirements Gathering – describe the techniques you used for gathering the
requirements (e.g., interviews, documents, observation etc.) (5 points).
D. Bibliography – include reference materials you used to perform your analysis,
including resources from the web (5 points).
Report format & presentation (hard copy) – (5 points)
IN-CLASS PROJECT PRESENTATION (April 20) (25 points)
You have to present your project as a group.
The deliverable for this is a PowerPoint file that has to be emailed by one member from each
group, by 5pm on April 20. Save the file with your group#. Include a title slide showing your
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MIS 5102 Spring 2011
Project, Updated 7/11/2016
Viju Raghupathi
group member names and group#. Also include a title for your system (e.g., Student Registration
System).
Groups will be called at random (not in sequence) to make the presentation. So, please make sure
you arrive on time. All members will have to participate equally in making the presentation.
The allotted time for each group is 10 min.
Absence or late arrival on the day of the presentation will automatically result in zero credit.
Grading will be based on the content and style of presentation.
Format for presentation:
 Introduction – state the issue on hand and what your proposed system will do to
address it
 Context diagram for the proposed system
 Zero-level diagram for the proposed system
 Conclusion – what do you expect the system to achieve for the client
 RFP – describe the items in the RFP to give an overview.
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