The document outlines the development of a web-based information system for Educational Information Systems (EIS), targeting educational institutions from primary to postgraduate levels. It details the strategic approaches taken for requirement elicitation, system design, and methodology using the spiral model, emphasizing collaboration and risk management throughout the software development process. Additional sections indicate the focus on security, user accessibility, and the technical specifications required for a successful implementation of the system.

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APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT METHODS 2
Unit 1 Group Project
Application Development Methods
Group 4
John Holmberg, Sean Austin, Christian Dillon, Charles
Williams, Matthew Serdy, Frank Opoku
April 10, 2019
IT487 – IT Capstone 1
Nolyn Johnson
Table of Contents
Section 1 - Overview of Company and Client Business Case 3
Section 2 - Application Requirement Elicitation Strategy 5
Section 3 - System Components and Design Requirements 7
Section 4 - Methodology for Application Development Process
8
Section 5 - Complete Features and Trade-off Analysis 10
Section 6 - Milestones and Deliverables Based on Date and
Dependencies 11
Section 7 - System Architecture Aligned with System
Requirements 12
Section 8 - Technical Design Document 13
Section 9 - Design Review Checklist 14
Section 10 - Testing and Deployment 15
References 16

2. Section 1 - Overview of Company and Client Business Case
The company Education Information Systems. (EiS) is an
information and management company that specializes in the
creation and care of large-scale educational information and
technology systems. EiS has implemented and managed systems
ranging from the pre-K to 12th year primary school systems,
and is developing larger scale systems to facilitate collegiate,
graduate and post graduate educational institutions. EiS is a
privately held organization that has the primary focus of
providing the best possible systems to help grow the educational
sector. Previous clients have implemented system wide software
replacement and upgrades. With a stellar track record of
previous educational institutions, and references, EiS has
completed all the projects on time, and within budgetary
guidelines. All problem issues or negative feedback from clients
were handled in professional and timely manner that resulted in
a completely satisfied client.
Moving toward post high school educational institutions, EiS is
working with an extremely talented development team to move
into the graduate and post graduate sector with ease. With new
projects being developed, and more clients, EiS also works to
recruit the best talent in the development, and technical aspects
of information technology.
The information system to be developed by EiS for the
institution will allow for all student, and faculty to store, share,
and secure data. Utilizing a web-based UI, the information will
be easily accessed, with the proper credentials. Data can be
shared among staff, and students with preferences designed to
mitigate corruption of data, loss of information, especially
personal and financial information. All faculty and staff can be
added to the application via an admin portal and all security is
designated there. All remote access to the application will
require a 2 factor
authentication system for another level of security to ensure that
the proper access protocols are being followed. All information
that is stored will be designed to the student or faculty member,

3. and kept throughout the students’ academic career or the faculty
member’s tenure. The system will also track course credits for
the student and all previous history from that student. Including
previous course work, and any materials uploaded into the
system.
By utilizing the new system supplied by EiS, this will allow the
educational institutions to move forward with the latest in
software development, move to and adapt as the needs change,
as well as keep a history of past data to ensure that the students
and faculty have the best chances of success in the ever
changing world of online learning.
(Christian Dillon – Monday, 08 April 2019)
Section 2 - Application Requirement Elicitation Strategy
At the start of the requirement phase of the project is just
that the beginning of all involved in the discussion of
requirements by the business, stakeholders, IT personnel, fellow
project designers, vendors, finance personnel, and those
personnel that take on different sections of the project to bring
it all together. There are a number of ways to elicit information
from everyone involved. To include interviews with a select
group of people, mainly our target audience. During these
interviews, each person will begin by answering a ten-question
survey aimed at gathering information about the project about to
be developed. Some example questions are listed below:
· Question 1: What problems/issues does this project solve.
· Question 2: How would you solve the problem/issues?
· Question 3: What will it cost to implement the project?
· Question 4: Will this project solve those issues and make
greater improvements for all?
· Question 5: What are the risk factors?
· Question 6: With risks comes issues of side effects, if the
risks cause problems, will the project be on time?
· Question 7: If the risks are minimal, will the implementation
perform as needed by the university?
· Question 8: Granted you are not formulating a solution to an

4. existing problem you are improving a viable system to have
greater performance and student satisfaction. How would you
implement this new system?
· Question 9: Can you express your opinions on how to ease the
access of information to all users on all platforms?
· Question 10: How can we make this new system user friendly,
so that any skill level in dealing with it can access the right
information on all levels of access in the university while
keeping all information secure?
These are just some sample questions that could be asked with
each person during the interview process. After all interviews
are conducted, the interviewees will meet based on their
schedules and skill levels in terms of technology and project
management. Each brainstorming group will be headed by a
member of the project team that has been briefed on the project
at hand and has reviewed the information presented in the
surveys.
The main questions that need to be answered are all
encompassing efforts involved with project information,
collaborating and sharing pertinent information so that the
university has a viable system for keeping information secure
but at the same time available for all students, faculty, and
professors to access.
· Who is the target audience based on the results of all surveys
and brainstorming sessions?
· What is the timeline for implementation of work that needs to
be done on the project?
· When will the time for information gathering stops, and
project development begins?
· Where is all of the project development taking place? On
campus ground? Will students be actively involved with the
development and implementation of the school’s own system?
· Why, is a question that comes to mind. Why is the project
necessary? This will not only provide a learning experience for
students currently attending, but will also provide the school
with a much-needed upgrade to its processes.

5. (John Homberg and Sean Austin – Sunday, 07 April 2019
Section 3 - System Components and Design Requirements
Based on the elicitation results, finalize the system components
and design requirements that are needed for your business case.
The information and management systems that are essential in
my company, Education Information System which is concerned
about provision and care of large-scale information on
education and technological systems. For this my business case,
the system components that will be required include the
hardware, software and the interface, (Guanfu & Ershun, 2018)
a) Hardware
My business hardware configuration in concern with
information and management will have these components are
the entry data overview devices which will help run the
information.
My business will also have one LAN network which will allow
the interconnection of all devices in the company. I will also
ensure I have units that hoard information It is also necessary to
implant Information display equipment.
b) Software
Software applications are also necessary for designing an
appropriate EIS. The elementary software needed for my
business case are; graphics software, basic software-text, and
database.
c) Interface
I believe that an interface is an Executive Information System
that will be necessary for my management and information
company. This must be designed to ensure that the information
presented is comprehensible and easy to make an interpretation,
(Walls, et al., 2015). This interface is necessary for
representing the component of contact between us as the users
and the relevant information stored. This will aid my business
in that the individual who relates to the information will be
capable of monitoring the processes and receive the response
needed for decision making. I need the exit-allows users to see
the consequences of their interface with the input system.

6. The system design requirements for my business case will
require that the designer will have to take the following strategy
decision.
a) Development procedure: this is the innovative stage that
allows both the customers and employees to come up with
strategies.
b) System advancement technique: Any way to deal with the
framework improvement operational versus utilitarian,
Accounting versus examination, database versus different
databases c) Resources for framework advancement: concentrate
on the inside users versus outsider. At this point, the design
should be meant for the improvement and the utilization of
bundles, (Collins, et al., 2015).
d) Manpower structure: Analyst, software engineer expertise
and ability. Plausibility studies can influence arranging of MIS,
the equipment and programming which is chosen for MIS plan
ought to be in fact sound and modern, determination of
legitimate equipment and programming ought to be a piece of
key dimension choices.
Does the design solution support all the customer needs?
Yes, this design is meant to be customer-oriented, in that it
focusses mostly on the needs of the customers. The development
procedure allows the client to be free to comment on the ways
in which the company can develop according to their point of
view, (Davis, et al., 2018). The system advancement method is
meant to make the customer work easy and understandable. The
resource framework is meant to reduce the amount of data that
our customer will be incurring when looking for information
regarding our company.
Provide specifics that the proposed application should address
The UI idea incorporates intuitive viewpoints that encourage
framework task and connection with its segments
Teachers, this proposed business idea is meant to address the
teacher in that it will be easier for them to access information
regarding the curriculum and the management board at large,

7. (Alvarado, et al., 2018).
Board of management, this idea is meant to attract the board of
management in schools or learning institutions to inform them
about any changes regarding information, the new technology,
and the new management methods.
Learners; this system is meant to also target learners in all
educational institution. This system is meant to provide the
necessary information regarding research, new software and
efficient hardware for their studies.
(Charles Williams- Wednesday, 10 April 2019)
Section 4 - Methodology for Application Development Process
Through collaboration we will see our final successes
come to fruition. With this in mind the methodology that best
suit our needs, and has proven successful for our previous
development, and will continue for the foreseeable future as a
successful system is the Spiral Methodology. At EIS we have
entrusted our software development to Spiral methodology, in
this marketplace it has proven the most successful and the most
decisive when it comes to risk and in being able to maintain
trust with our project sponsors and team members. Our focus
continues to rely eliminating risk and being able to deal with
risk as it arises while we develop our ever-expanding system.
We strive to be agile enough to handle any challenge that take
place and being able to handle any hurdle leads us to need the
benefits that come from a methodology that the Spiral Model
brings. In essence what the Spiral model does for our
development rests heavily on the ideals of designing a great
product.
We invest the time and resources into the planning stage of our
system which include a strong initial outline of the goals of our
desired outcome. Utilizing the session in which our outline is
developed we then move into a preliminary design and
prototype. Utilizing our first prototype to try and understand the
needs our software is attempting to mitigate we have a team
session and utilize our collaborative environment to really

8. understand the direction of our project. From this point after
our first prototype is developed, we move into the stage of our
second prototype. When we plan the stage of our second
prototype, we are given the chance to make any changes in our
direction. What worked and what didn't, as well as, during the
development or our first prototype did something new occur in
the market. After the second prototype is completed, we partner
with our project sponsors. Numerous trials are completed and
any feedback is recorded and changes are notated. At this point
the project sponsor, in collaboration with our team at EIS, will
decide if we continue with the project. This is to mitigate risk
and to make a determination regarding to continue or to abort.
Some of the risk factors would entail the budgetary concerns or
the risk of a poor final product. We produce a third prototype
based on these meetings and trials and continue until we have a
product that meets the conditions of the sponsor and our team.
As a company we will also allocate resources and a dedicated
team invested in the maintenance of the program and a team that
is available to handle any need that arises. (Matthew Serdy –
Sunday, 07 April 2019)
Section 5 - Complete Features and Trade-off Analysis
Section 6 - Milestones and Deliverables Based on Date and
Dependencies
Section 7 - System Architecture Aligned with System
Requirements
Section 8 - Technical Design Document
Section 9 - Design Review Checklist
Section 10 - Testing and Deployment
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Respond to each topic for discussion (Supply Strategic
Planning, Tech Cost, Make or Buy and Sourcing). Each Topic
must be a min of 250 words.
Supply Strategic Planning. Please respond to the following:
· Describe and explain three (3) types of data and
documentations needed for creating a supply strategy plan or for
updating an existing supply strategic plan.
· Explain why these data and documentations are particularly
important and crucial.
· Explain how risks could be reduced and/or managed by
integrating these data and documentation collected for your
organization or based on your experiences.

10. Technological Costs. Please respond to the following:
· New technology is always being introduced. Create a list of
two (2) of the most important criteria that would help an
organization determine when to upgrade or make a
technological investment.
· You have been tasked to secure the latest technology for the
sales force coming onboard in the next six months. Compare
and contrast two (2) different approaches to securing the latest
technology at the very lowest price.
Make or Buy and Sourcing. Please respond to the following:
· Imagine that the hamburger giant McDonald’s desires to
reduce the cost of hamburger or potato supplies. Explain pros
and cons of each consideration: make or buy, subcontracting
and outsourcing.
· Reason how each consideration would alter the overall
structure of the organization.
· State one (1) recommendation based on the above pros and
cons of each consideration, and discuss the overall impact of
your recommendation to the structure of the organization.