Winter 2016, Prof. Wasley CIS 490: IT CAPSTONE COURSE
HOMEWORK 1: FLOWCHARTING
FLOWCHART THE FOLLOWING PROCESS
 Payments from customers are received by mail, i.e., inside envelopes.
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Every payment includes: 1. a Payment Coupon, and 2. a Payment Check . Assume that every envelope includes both
documents.
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Mailed payments are opened and the envelopes are thrown away.
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Separate stacks are made of the Checks and the Coupons.
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An Adding Machine Paper Tape/Report is made of the Coupons.
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An Adding Machine Paper Tape/Report is made of the Checks.
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The Coupons and the Adding Machine Tape/Report of their total is then bound together and sent to the IT InputOutput Control Desk for further IT processing.
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The Checks and the Adding Machine Tape/Report of their total is then bound together and sent to the Payment
Deposit Desk.
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Personnel at the Payments Deposit Desk then fill out a Deposit Slip and send the checks and the Deposit Slip to be
deposited in the company’s Bank. A copy of the Deposit Slip is made and, along with the Adding Machine
Tape/Report, is put into a file at the Payment Deposit Desk.
GENERAL FLOWCHARTING RULES:
1. Top down, left to right.
2. Documents, Processes, and Endpoints are properly, clearly, and consistently labeled.
3. DOCUMENTS
4. PROCESSES
5. DECISIONS
6. END POINTS
7. FLOW CONNECTORS (all line connectors must contain an arrow symbol)
REQUIRED, in addition to the Flowchart!
1. A Flowchart Symbol Legend (a symbol for each Document, Process, Decision, and Endpoint)
2. Separate lists of all Documents, Processes, Decisions, Desks, Departments, Outside Organizations, and Processes.
3. Every Final Endpoint/Sink must be a standalone, unique symbol that clearly states the nature of the endpoint, e.g,
Bank or Wastebasket.
4. All work must be complete and look professional.
5. Flowcharting of this assignment by a computerized flowcharting system, or Word, or Visio, et al, is welcomed and
encouraged, but not required!
6. No hand drawn symbols or connectors (although if you use a template to draw the symbols and connectors, and notate
it carefully, this will be acceptable).
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HOMEWORK 2: PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Required: Number all answers as I have numbered here!
DEFINE THE FOLLOWING PROJECT MANAGEMENT TERMS:
1. Project
2. Project Charter
3. Project Portfolio Management
4. Activity List
5. Adaptive Software Development (ASD) Life Cycle Model
6. Baseline
7. Brooks’ Law
8. Change Control System
9. Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)
10. Configuration Management
11. Cost Baseline
12. Scope Baseline
13. Cost of Quality
14. Critical Chain Scheduling
15. Decision Tree
16. Delphi Technique
17. DMAIC
18. Earned Value Management (EVM)
19. Executive Steering Committee
20. Expected Monetary Value (EMV)
21. Gantt Chart
22. ISO 9000
23. Joint Application Design (JAD)
24. Kaizen
25. MBTI
26. Metric
27. Pareto Analysis and Diagrams
28. Predictive Life Cycle Models
29. Probability Impact Matrix or Chart:
30. Quality Control
31. Rational Unified Process (RUP) Framework
32. Resource Leveling
33. Resource Loading
34. Risk Mitigation
35. Sensitivity Analysis
36. SMART Goals and Criteria
37. Stakeholder Analysis
38. SWOT Analysis Technique
39. Systems Analysis
40. Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
41. Six Sigma
IT STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT DEFINITIONS
42. Business Plan
43. Business Model
44. Supply Chain
45. Strategic Management
46. Strategic Vision
47. Operational Management
48. IT Architecture/Infrastructure
49. Competitive Edge
50. Competitive Strategy
51. Value Added
52. Value Chain Analysis
53. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
54. Critical Success Factors (CSFs)
55. Name the so-called “Triple Constraints” of Project Management
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The 10 Knowledge Areas of Project Management: This is not part of your required Homework!!
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Scope
Time
Cost
Quality
Human Resource
Communication
Risk
Procurement
Stakeholder
Integration
HOMEWORK 3: CLOUD PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Assume that you are an outside consultant. Outline a one page presentation that you will give to the top management of an
organization as to whether to convert the organization’s IT to a “Cloud Based” structure.
You may do this in Word or in Powerpoint (printed out to turn in to me). You must include a Bibliography: put it on page 2
of your paper!
Include five (5) major “Bullet Points” in your presentation: see list of the five below.
Include four or more specific sentences, phrases, or words under each of the four major bullet points.
You do not have to offer a final recommendation. The five major bullet points must be in capitalized, centered on the
page, in bold, with a blank line before each one. The four points under each of the Major bullet points must not be in bold,
and can be, but do not have to be, in complete sentences.
Remember, this is a presentation to management. Collect appropriate data! Organize it! Sell it! Keep it to one page!
Include the standard two line heading, including all required bolding and underlining!
 OVERVIEW OF THE CLOUD
 TYPES OF THE CLOUD
 ALTERNATIVES TO USING THE CLOUD
 ADVANTAGES TO USING THE CLOUD
 DISADVANTAGES TO USING THE CLOUD
Remember, include at least four (4) points under each of the above five (5) Bullet Points.
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HOMEWORK 4: RESEARCH
Required: Number all answers as I have numbered here!
DEFINE:
1. Correlation
2. Causation
3. Scholarly Research
4. Peer Review
5. Peer Reviewed Article
6. False-Positive Test Result
7. Double Blind Study
8. Triple Blind Study
9. Hypothesis
10. Literature Review
11. Placebo
12 Self-Reported Data
13. Control Group
14. Replication/Repeatability of an Experiment
15. In Logic, an “Exclusive Or” situation
16. “Library of Congress Classification”
17. Within the “Library of Congress Classification,” what is the two-letter code for “Commerce” (business)?
18. Empirical Evidence
19. Anecdotal Evidence
20. Longitudinal Study
21. Likert Scale
Plan an Experiment. You do not have to do the actual experiment, just “imagine” it.
Required: Number all answers as I have numbered here!
1. Identify an issue
2. State the purpose of the test
3. State a hypothesis
4. Identify the variables involved in the test.
5. Describe the topics upon which a Literature Review will be conducted
6. Describe any questionnaires or other resources you will need for the experiment
7. Identify the Population to be tested
8. Define how test subjects (the Sample) will be selected
9. Define when the test will be conducted
10. Describe how the test will be conducted
11. Describe Statistical Techniques and Models that will be used to analyze the data.
12. Describe how different test results will be “for” or “against the hypothesis in your conclusion.
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