Business and Data Analysis

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CIS 320 – Introduces the fundamentals of object-oriented analysis and design, including experience with a CASE tool. Topics include requirements determination, feasibility analysis, modeling with Unified Modeling Language (UML) and data dictionary construction, data modeling and normalization, user interface requirements specification, and information security procedures. Development of problem and design specifications for an information systems project is required. Develops team skills, written and oral communication skills.

The following deliverables were for our project involving creating a new website for locker rentals and other features specified by our client the University of Louisville Student Recreation Center.

Inception Spec – includes a system request, vision document with feasibility analysis, As-is process models, To-be process models, system requirements, list of use cases with actors and features, initial architecture considerations, risk analysis, team charter, Gantt chart, and inception phase prototypes.Download
Elaboration Spec – includes systems requirements, use case diagrams, a trace matrix, a list of use cases, sequence diagrams, class diagrams, database design and data definitions, user interface navigation diagrams with screen layouts, physical architecture designs, design procedures for security concerns, non-functional requirements, a Gantt chart, and elaboration phase prototypes.Download

CIS 420 – A continuation of CIS 320, this course focuses on the detailed design and implementation phases of the system development life cycle, including user acceptance testing, test planning, design reviews, and change procedures. Specifications created in CIS 320 are used to implement, test, and install a working version of an information system. System deployment emphasizes a web-based architecture. A prototyping approach is taken to develop and test the system in an iterative manner. Students are grouped into project teams, and each team member accepts task assignments necessary to deliver the information system prototype.

New SRC Website – This download contains the basis of the website we are creating for the SRC. The site is not yet live but can be viewed via Visual Studio. I was mainly in charge of creating the schedule and descriptions within the services tab.

CIS 410 – Explores strategic development of information technology; value chain analysis and its application to information resource management; information systems planning; organizing, staffing, and controlling the deployment of information technology; the development of an IT platform and architecture consistent with organizational structure.


Case: Agrico – In this case, information systems vice president for Agrico, Inc. George P. Burdelle, faces a software dilemma where their current arrangement for computer services was not adequate for their needs, and forced to make an ethical decision when source code is left open on a computer.Download

Case: IRS – This Internal Revenue Service (IRS) case describes an application designed to increase productivity through automating a labor-intensive process. Their goal is to implement a new automated collection system as a means of improving their overall business process and customer service, but this causes high turnover and greater employee dissatisfaction.Download
Case: Waco – Waco Manufacturing had just installed a security and information system in one of its manufacturing plants that included transceivers used to continuously track the location of each employee. When a new set of designs were behind schedule and plant engineering manager Monk Barber is caught in a lie in regards to working with three other engineers on the project, a decision must be made keeping in mind if it is even ethical, moral, and/or legal to enforce the use of tracking devices on employees while at work.Download
IT Strategic Assessment – While the cases that were done were simply theoretical, to finish out the semester I worked with Wilderness Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky on an IT Strategic Analysis of their business. I also helped determine what steps needed to be taken to reach their organizational goals. With this assignment, I used everything that I learned from all my CIS courses. This assessment contains a technology inventory of the organization that accounts for all of the hardware and software used and an analysis that describes the state of the IT infrastructure and systems in relation to the organization’s strategic plan.Download