MGMT321 Group Project
You were hired as an analyst to develop a new information system to automate the payroll transactions in a mid-size organization. The proposed system will contain employees? data and interface with the organization?s General Ledger system (GL). The new system will include information such as Employee ID, Employee Name (broken down into last name, first name), Employee SSN, Employee DOB, Employee Number of Dependents, Employee Title, Employee Grade, Employee Gross Salary, Tax Deducted, Employee Net Pay, Pay Interval, Cost Center, Payroll Account Number, etc.
The proposed system total financial benefits exceed the total costs by $65,000 a year over the next five years.
How would project planning look for this task ?
MGMT321 Group Project
You were hired as an analyst to develop a new information system to automate the payroll transactions
in a mid-size organization. The proposed system will contain employees? data and interface with the
organization?s General Ledger system (GL). The new system will include information such as Employee
ID, Employee Name (broken down into last name, first name), Employee SSN, Employee DOB, Employee
Number of Dependents, Employee Title, Employee Grade, Employee Gross Salary, Tax Deducted,
Employee Net Pay, Pay Interval, Cost Center, Payroll Account Number, etc.
The proposed system total financial benefits exceed the total costs by $65,000 a year over the next five
years.
Create the following documents for the proposed system and deliver each SDLC documents by the end
of each designated module, as shown below
1- The Planning Phase: (Due at the end of Module 6)
A- Create a system request
B- Create a feasibility study
C- Create a project plan
2- The Analysis Phase: (Due at the end of Module 7)
A- Requirement definitions
B- Create the applicable Use cases
C- Create the applicable process model
D- Create the applicable data models
3- The Design Phase: (Due at the end of Module 8)
A- Alternative matrix
B- Architecture report
C- Hardware and software specifications
D- Interface design
E- Physical process model
F- Program design
G- Database and file specifications including physical data model
4- The Implementation Phase: (Due at the end of Module 9)
A- Test Plan
B- Change Management Plan
C- Business contingency plan
D- Training plan Be sure to read the instructions in the Module Activity for each group assignment.
Designate one person from your group to submit the assignment due that week. Be sure to include all
of the names of the group members in the document(s).
You can submit the Group Assignment by selecting the activity link in the appropriate weekly module.
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April 2015 1 After the group assignment has been submitted, be sure everyone fills out the Peer Evaluation form
each week and submit those individually to your instructor using the activity link in your Blackboard
Course. The Peer Evaluation form can be accessed in the module activity in your Blackboard Course. April 2015 2