...System Analyst Even though some individuals feel that gaining data can only be achieve through documentation, an organization must explore all methods of analysis when making changes to existing software system because this technique helps to prevent future errors and assist in the decision making process and analyzing is an effective way of gathering information before implementing a strategy. This paper will explain the process that Riordan Manufacturing will use in order to examine the various stages of analysis process while utilizing these efforts for the software system upgrade project. Stakeholders In order to make the best possible efforts in approaching our analyst goals we must establish the relationship of the different stakeholders that will be working on this project. By doing so we are able to deliver an effective way of interaction between the different groups that are embarking on the challenge of working together. The environment is best broken down into teams which will prove to be a much easier way to effectively handling tasks, analyzing, and documenting the findings from the research. The stakeholders will be broken down into the following groups as listed which is management, the HR department (end-users), and development team. Each of the following teams will be engaging in the efforts of collaboration on this project which there will be a lead representative from the respective departments. Analysis Tools and Information Gathering After breaking...
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...SECTION A PERSONAL ATTRIBUTE VENSUS CAREER DEVELOPMENT Introduction Due to the change of social construction and production mechanism in Hong Kong, Knowledge-based Society is essential for the sustainability development of Hong Kong in the 21st century that cultivates talent labors (MediaDigest, RTHK, 2006). Recently, the globalization is allied and compounded around the world. It indicates the trend of “Whole People Education” for undergraduates to develop their own strategic vision and analytical technology for the externally globalized environment – social and economy (Y.K. Pang, HKIE, 2009). Integrated with the upward paragraph, this promotion has rapidly developed owing to the advocate of “Lifelong Learning” (executed by Tung Chee-hwa, the first Chief Executive of HKSAR). Based on the data generation, the percentage of growth rate of continuous education has increasing from 18 in 2002 to 28 in 2003 (Professor K.M. Yeung, HKU SPACE). In the literature aspects, “Lifelong Learning” is the recognition that learning may stretch out across a lifetime for anyone sustainability use and renew throughout each lifespan (Field, 2006). Based on Role of Reflection in Learning (Kolb, 1984), its operation is coordinated with 3 main items – (1) 1 Action, (2) Reflect on Experience; and (3) Conclude and Learn. For my own view, it could be comprehended with using the outcome of your lifespan to strengthen the core competence to make the continuous improvement...
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...the more sophisticated state-of-the-art information technology systems that are already implemented in the Human Resources department. Mr. McCauley would like to combine these existing Human Resource tools into one integrated application. Riordan Manufacturing spans multiple locations including San Jose CA, Albany GA, Pontiac MI, Hangzhou China and all locations are accessing confidential information that needs to be shared between them. This paper is going to explain the information- gathering techniques and design methods that are planned to be used in this project. Business requirements will be gathered from the Human Resources department so that the objective of the project can be clearly defined as well as the key factors that help gather the information efficiently. All of this information will be collaborated together to create a detailed project charter that will define the daily tasks, a schedule, resources available, and a financial plan. To develop this particular project it will be necessary to gather information from multiple sources to ensure that the project performs exactly as intended. To do this I will meet with the key stakeholders that have influence on this project. To establish who the key stakeholders are in the Riordan Manufacturing project the intranet is investigated. The stakeholders of Riordan Manufacturing include the COO Hugh McCauley who is also the requestor of this project and the director of coordinating the goals and objectives of the...
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...mission to remain the industry leader in identifying customer trends, Riordan Manufacturing is looking at ways to maximize its operating efficiency within the company by designing and implementing a new system in accordance with System development Life Cycle (SDLC). The Chief Operating Officer (COO) Hugh McCauley sent a memorandum to the Human Resources Integration Product Manager approving a project proposal for Human Resource department. This project will integrate state-of-the-art technology with Human Resource department to support Human Resources functions. A review and system analysis of the Human Resources system is as follows. System Analysis When a company such as Riordan request for the addition of a newly integrated system, a system analysis will aid one to answer some of the most basic questions such as how this new system will work, who would use it, and how the company current system handles the work are some of the important aspects to consider. Integrating technological tools into the Human Resources, systems will enable Riordan to perform basic functions such as keeping track of employee information such as resumes, performance reviews, polices, and financial data. The main objective of system analysis and design is to improve organizational systems, typically through applying software that can help employee’s accomplish key business tasks more...
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...Introduction 1.2 Stakeholders & Requirements 1.3 Information-gathering techniques & Systems analysis tools 1.4 Scope & Feasibility 1.5 Conclusion References Service Request SR-rm-022 Part 1 1.1 Introduction Hugh McCauley, COO of Riordan Manufacturing wants to combine existing variety of tolls that are used in a single integrated application. Riordan Manufacturing wants to take advantage of a more sophisticated state of the art information systems that already exist in the company’s human resource department. This paper will discuss what key stakeholders in Riordan Manufacturing would gather requirements from, describe the information-gathering techniques and systems analysis tools you would propose for the project, identify the key factors that help ensure the information required for the project is gathered successfully and explain what project scope is and why it is important. I will also describe the areas of project feasibility that are examined in the analysis phase of the SDLC. 1.2 Stakeholders & Requirements A stakeholder is any person, organization, social group, or society at large that has a stake in the business. Thus, stakeholders can be internal or external to the business. A stake is a vital interest in the business or its activities. It can include ownership and property interests, legal interests and obligations, and moral rights. A legal obligation may be the duty to pay wages or to honor contacts (What Is A Stakeholder In Business?, 2003-2015)...
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..._____________________________ ____________________________ _____________________________ Course Title: Busniess Management Lecturer Name: John Lamont Module/Subject Code: B8MG022 Module/Subject Title: Project Planning Techniques Assignment Title: Denver International Airport No of Words: 2600 Note technical support is available to student between 0930- 1700 hrs only. There is no technical support after 1700 hrs. It is your responsibility to ensure that you allow time to troubleshoot any technical difficulties by uploading early on the due date. Assignment introduction and contents Based on the Case Study supplied on the construction of Denver International Airport we have conducted our own analysis and observations of the information in the case in order to answer the following set of questions: 1) Is the decision to Build at Denver Strategically a Sound Decision? 2) Perform a SWOT analysis on the Decision to Build? 3) Who are the Stakeholders and what are their interests or objectivies? 4) What Appears to be the Single Greatest Risk in the Decision to build DIA? 5) Do Scope changes reflect upon the ineffectiveness of a project Management Team? 6) Why did United Airlines decide toact as the project manager for the baggage handling system on Concourse B? Denver International Airport The Strategic Decision When looking at upgrading or building an airport as a feasibility amenity it would seem strategically sensible to look to fulfil needs...
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...THE BRITISH COMPUTER SOCIETY Case Study of Successful Complex IT Projects AUGUST 2006 Case Study of Successful, Complex IT Projects Table of Contents Executive Summary .......................................................................................................3 Introduction....................................................................................................................5 Background to the study ............................................................................................5 The complexity of IT projects....................................................................................6 Part I: Research Methodology .....................................................................................11 Part II: Case Description..............................................................................................14 eCourier company background ................................................................................14 eCourier industry background..................................................................................16 eCourier technological issues ..................................................................................16 LogicaCMG company background..........................................................................17 LogicaCMG industry background ...........................................................................18 LogicaCMG technological issues ...............................
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...International : Project Pathology Page 1 of 8 Home -> Hot Articles -> Project Pathology Project Pathology Causes, patterns and symptoms of project failure You know a project is failing when you can't stop it Rob's Rough Rules of Project Management Dana Scully and Fox Mulder, the F.B.I. team in The X-Files, show the value of clinical analysis of cause and effect. While Mulder is focussed on mixing it with various aliens, shape changers, mutant worms and other wonderful creatures, Scully is often back at the base dispassionately examining the numerous bodies that turn up in each episode. It is often Scully's understanding of pathology and autopsy that provides the vital evidence in their search for the truth that is out there. A bit like Mulder and Scully, over the past 18 years, our group has reviewed over 20 major projects that were in the process of failing or had failed. These reviews were not done as an academic exercise or a controlled experiment but, they were undertaken "in the heat of the battle". Our clients wanted to know what they could do to fix the projects or what could be done to prevent other projects failing. The pathology of failed projects has aided us and our clients in understanding the major issues in computing. Home Our Company Public Workshop Schedule In-house Delivery and Consulting Workshop Descriptions Site Map Articles What our group has learnt is that there is a common set of causes for project failure, a common pattern of project degradation...
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...Information Technology Project Name Institution Awareness of the business functionality being addressed by the project result in a solid IT infrastructure would ensure that there is effective communication between the employees in all the four regions, that is, Illinois, Texas, Florida and Colorado. . The business system being addressed by the project would also help increase efficiency inn information flow and allow employees to be able to easily locate and schedule any changes in professional development activities going on within the company that are relevant to their different positions. In addition, the project being addressed would ensure the employees adopt well-planned sophisticated search capabilities that are often required within the business system. In addition, the new project would enable the 30,000 employees to effectively understand the roles bestowed upon each of them and efficiently carry out their duties as per the requirement of the scheduled roles. As a matter of fact, the project would give the employees the ability to add any scheduled events to their personal calendar as they would desire. Basically, the increased use in the new IT system would be able to support social networking among employees to allow them determine who is attending any conferences and events planned by the management. Initiating this project will also promote fostering mutual relationships among employees and ensure effective coverage of conferences...
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...SR-rm-022 HR System Analysis XXXX BSA/375 January 14, 2013 XXXXX SR-rm-022 HR System Analysis The SR-rm-022 service request calls for developing a new application for Riordan Manufacturing’s human resources department. According to the Apollo Group Inc. simulation (2011), Riordan Manufacturing wishes to, “Integrate existing variety of HR tools into a single integrated application. We would like to take advantage of a more sophisticated, state-of-the art, information systems technology in our Human Resources department.” In this paper I will address the key factors to analyze the HR system tools such as; Riordan key stakeholders, Joint Application Development, Use Cases, Process Models, Data Models, successful information gathering, and project scope. Riordan HRIS According to the Apollo Group Inc. simulation (2011), on the employee site under HRIS, the company’s HRIS was developed in 1992 and is a part of the financial systems package. It keeps track of the employees’ personal information, pay rate, personal exemptions for tax purposes, hire rate, seniority date, organizational information, and vacation hours. Changes to this information are submitted via special forms by the employee’s manager and entered into the system by the payroll clerk. Training and development records are kept in an Excel worksheet by a training and development specialist. Recruiters maintain applicant information for open positions, résumés are filed in a central storage area, and an Excel...
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...Manufacturing, wants to combine the existing variety of tools in use into a single integrated application. The business wants to take advantage of the more sophisticated state-of-the art information systems technology that already exists in the human resources department (Riordan Manufacturing, 2006). In this document, the stakeholders, the information- gathering techniques, project design plan, business requirements, scope, and feasibility will be discussed. Stakeholders and Key Roles Recognizing the stakeholders and defining their participation within a company is essential to achieving the organizational objectives. The Stakeholders need to collaborate and interact with each other to guarantee the organization’s success. Stakeholders are defined as “influential people who are vitally interested in the actions of the business.” Every stakeholder big or small has an significant role in Riordan’s tactical plan. The stakeholders of importance are Riordan’s President and CEO, The Vice President of Research and Development, The Human Resource Director, and the employees. Without the direction and input of stakeholders, growth would be impossible to achieve. The President and COO will be able to provided additional history on the company. The VP of Research and Development will be able to be able to discuss the evolution of technology in the company as well as what resources are available and resources are needed to make the change. The Director of Human Resource will be...
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...plastics manufacturer employing 550 people with projected annual earnings of $46 million. The company is wholly owned by Riordan Industries, a Fortune 1000 enterprise with revenues in excess of $1 billion. Its products include plastic beverage containers produced at its plant in Albany, Georgia, custom plastic parts produced at its plant in Pontiac, Michigan, and plastic fan parts produced at its facilities in Hangzhou, China. The company's research and development is done at the corporate headquarters in San Jose. Riordan's major customers are automotive parts manufacturers, aircraft manufacturers, the Department of Defense, beverage makers and bottlers, and appliance manufacturers. The company was founded by Dr. Riordan, a professor of chemistry, who had obtained several patents relative to processing polymers into high tensile strength plastic substrates. Sensing the commercial applications for his patents, Dr. Riordan started Riordan Plastics, Inc. in 1991. Initially, the company's focus was on research and development and the licensing of its existing patents, but in 1992 Dr. Riordan obtained venture capital which he used to purchase a fan manufacturing plant in Pontiac, MI. At that time, the company's name was changed to "Riordan Manufacturing, Inc." In 1993, the company expanded into the production of plastic beverage containers when it acquired a manufacturing plant in Albany, GA. The company's most recent expansion took place in 2000 when it opened its operations...
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...IT Project Implementation Failures HCS/245 September 16th, 2013 Marc Magill Project Implementation A typical IT Implementation process normally follows SDLC process. SDLC refers to Standard Development Life-Cycle. Below are the standard SDLC phases: 1) Initiation Phase 2) System Concept Development 3) Planning 4) Requirements Analysis 5) Design 6) Development 7) Integration & Testing 8) Implementation 9) Operations & Maintenance 10) Disposition Any project starts with an Initiation phase when a Business or Project Sponsor identifies a use case or need or opportunity to achieve some of the company’s strategic goal. Based on this proposal will be created. System Concept Development phase where we define the scope, business requirements trace matrix, Cost Benefit Analysis, Risk Management Plan and if the proposal can be feasible and define an approach. This is the phase where you identify all stakeholders and socialize the project for its approval. Planning phase is where you do vendor selection; create project management plan, project schedule and any other planning documents. Budget plan, Resource plan will also be defined in planning phase. Disposition provides end of system activities and lessons learned and close the project. Requirements Analysis is where you work closely with business users and understands their needs, develop user needs and create a detail functional design document and get approval from all stakeholders. Design phase is...
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...America for over 135 years, and lead the industry in experience and guarantees”. The current inventory management system in place requires managers to manually-count products as they come in, store the product in any space available, and search specific products when needed. The shipping and receiving systems do not communicate with the inventory system, which causes issues when it comes to getting customers what they need in a timely manner. The Inventory Management System Project will outline the objectives and constraints within the project. The project charter is a tool used to improve the project management process, and defines the process used to provide solutions to business problems. The primary beneficiaries of the solutions developed through this project are: • Stakeholders • End Users Purpose of the Project Currently the organization is having issues regarding tracking inventory, shipping and receiving, and maintaining inventory levels. There are too many mistakes made due to the different systems in the inventory department and the shipping and receiving department. The importation of products is an extremely long process. Tracking inventory is difficult because data is recorded manually at the end of the day. Assumptions • Importing and exporting product should become efficient and effective • Inventory and shipping departments will use the system that updates in real time. • Fewer personnel to process in-coming and out-going orders • Increase in productivity...
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...and keep the core employees community in order to compete in the technological industries in the workplace. 2. Who are the relevant market and nonmarket stakeholders in this situation? Relevant market is the communities in neighborhood San Jose residents and nonmarket stakeholder are the environmentalist. 3. What are their interests? Please indicate if each stakeholder is in favor of, or opposed to, the Coyote Valley development project, and why. For stakeholder, they believe that this project can give benefit such as it could bring more job and tax revenue as well as helping to improve neighborhood services. It differ to people who opposed to, they believe this project can bring more negative effect to them such as the road will cause major traffic jam, cause environmental pollution and so on. They hope this kind of project must be stop in order to preserve natural environment. 4. What would be the advantages and disadvantages to the company of working collaboratively with its stakeholders to resolve this dispute? The advantages are they could bring the good facilities to them and help to improve their lifestyle and can also increase the economic development in that area. The disadvantages are the stakeholder will be more concern to the opposite idea and it would bring the project to the end. The project will be terminated and cause the company loss as they failed to create long term skillful workers and unable to compete to the other competitors. Therefore...
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