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BSA/515: Acquisition, Developments, and Implementation of IS

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BSA/515 Week 1 Everything listed for Week 1 is included in purchase!! *Get ALL Assignments for the week for one LOW Price!* Practice Quiz: Develop a Business Case (includes Answers) A+ Perfect Score! Projects must operate in a broad organizational environment, and project managers need to consider projects within the greater organizational context. Which approach describes the holistic view of carrying out projects within the context of the organization? Which problem-solving approach requires defining the scope of a system, dividing it into its components, and then identifying and evaluating its problems, opportunities, constraints, and needs? Which perspective of an organiz ation focuses on different groups’ roles and responsibilities in order to meet the goals and policies set by top management? Which frame of an organization focuses on providing harmony between the needs of the organization and the needs of people? Which perspective on organizations assumes that organizations are coalitions composed of varied individuals and interest groups? In which type of organizational structure does personnel often report to both a functional manager and 1 or more project managers? In what type of organizational structure do project managers have the most authority? In what type of organizational structure do project managers have the least amount of authority? Which of the following is true of a matrix organizational structure? Which characteristic of organizational culture describes the degree to which management’s decisions take into account the effect of outcomes on people within the organization? Which characteristic of organizational culture refers to the degree to which employees identify with the organization as a whole, rather than with their types of job or profession? Which characteristic of organizational culture refers to the degree to which departments within an organization are encouraged to coordinate with each other? In organizational culture, what does “people focus” refer to? In organizational culture, “means-end orientation” refers to: Which of these is an example of external stakeholders for an organization Apply: Preparing a Business Case Includes Three Different A+ Papers! Imagine this scenario: HWE Accessories produces cell phone accessories, such as cases and screen covers. Most of the current sales occur in retail stores. The existing website for HWE Accessories is informational only, and they would like to implement an entirely new website which will allow customers to browse inventory, compare items, and make purchases. HWE Accessories is a relatively small company without an internal IT department. As IT manager, you will develop a business plan for the new HWE Accessories website throughout this course. The first step is preparing the business case. Write a 3- to 4-page business case for the new HWE Accessories website that includes: The problem statement Analysis of the situation Cost-benefit analysis Preliminary feasibility study Total cost of ownership (TCO) Return on investment (ROI) Solution options Recommendations for proposed solution Cite references to support your assignment. Format any citations according to APA guidelines. Submit your assignment. Discussion Question: Best Practices in Project and Project-Portfolio Management Includes FIVE Discussion Question Responses! A+ Work! • Describe 2 best practices in project and project-portfolio management. Why should an organization implement such practices? • Provide 1 example from your organization or an organization with which you are familiar that describes 1 of the listed best practices and why their outcomes were successful.


BSA/515 Week 2 Everything listed for Week 2 is included in purchase!! *Get ALL Assignments for the week for one LOW Price!* Practice Quiz: Manage Projects and RisksI (includes Answers) A+ Perfect Score! Risk utility rises at a decreasing rate for which type of person? Which type of person has a higher tolerance for risk, and their satisfaction increases when more payoff is at stake? Which type of person achieves a balance between risk and payoff? What process involves deciding how to approach and plan the risk management activities for the project? The main outputs of which process include a risk register, risk report, and project documents updates? Which process involves determining what risks are likely to affect a project and documenting the characteristics of each? Which process involves prioritizing risks based on their probability and occurrence impact? Which process involves numerically estimating the effects of risks on project objectives? Which process involves taking steps to enhance opportunities and reduce threats to meeting project objectives? Which document contains results of various risk management processes and is often displayed in a table or spreadsheet format? Which of these is a qualitative risk analysis tool that maintains an awareness of risks throughout the life of a project in addition to identifying risks? Identifying risks is a subprocess of which process of project risk management? Which diagramming technique is used to help select the best course of action in situations where future outcomes are uncertain? Which analysis technique simulates a model’s outcome many times to provide a statistical distribution of the calculated results? Which action involves reducing the impact of a risk event by reducing the probability of its occurrence? Apply: Project Plan and Risk Matrix Your next steps as IT manager developing a business plan for the new HWE Accessories website are creating a project plan and a risk matrix. Use Microsoft Excel to create a project plan that includes: 10 to 15 tasks At least 3 subtasks for each task An explanation of the project plan and the reasoning behind it Based on the project plan you developed, create a risk matrix using Microsoft Excel for the new website that includes: Determination of impact and probability of occurrence An explanation of the risk matrix and the reasoning behind it from a management perspective Submit your project plan and risk matrix. Discussion: Project Costs Includes FOUR A+ Discussion Question Responses! A+ Work! Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words: Discuss 3 tools or methods to effectively control systems development project costs. Provide 1 example from your own experience or from your research which illustrates the effective use of tools or methods to control systems development project costs.


BSA/515 Week 3 Everything listed for Week 3 is included in purchase!! *Get ALL Assignments for the week for one LOW Price!* Practice Quiz: Track Project Progress (includes Answers) A+ Perfect Score! In your project developing new software, you have designated individuals on the project team to monitor changes to the project baselines, manage approvals, and oversee the documentation. These are examples of: Which term refers to a product or service, such as a technical report, a training session, a piece of hardware, or a segment of software code, produced or provided as part of a project? Which of the following is true of the project life cycle? In which product life cycle are the scope, schedule, and cost determined early, and changes to scope are carefully managed? In which development life cycle do stakeholders define and approve the detailed scope before the start of an iteration? Which systems development life cycle (SDLC) model assumes that requirements will remain stable after they are defined? In which systems development life cycle (SDLC) do model developers use a model to generate functional requirements and physical design specifications simultaneously? Which model uses an approach in which developers work with an evolving prototype using tools, such as computer-aided software engineering, joint requirements planning, and joint application design, to facilitate rapid prototyping and code generation? Which of the following best describes a kill point in the project life cycle? Which statement best describes outsourcing? Which characteristic is true of virtual teams? Which observation is true of the agile approach to software development? When reviewing an organization’s strategic IT plan, an information systems auditor should expect to find: Which of the following represents an example of a preventive control with respect to IT personnel? Which of the following IT governance best practices improves strategic alignment? Apply: Contract Plan and Milestones HWE Accessories plans to use a third party for their new website, and they need a contract prepared for the third-party company. Based on your Wk 2 - Apply: Project Plan and Risk Matrix assignment and additional information you learned this week, complete the Contract Plan Template below using the provided prompts. Customize the template, if needed. For this assignment, you will continue working as IT manager on the business plan for the new HWE Accessories website. Part 1: Contract Plan Complete the Contract Plan Template. Part 2: Project Milestones Review your project plan from your Wk 2 - Apply: Project Plan and Risk Matrix assignment. Add project milestone dates and dependencies to your tasks and subtasks. Write a 1- to 2-page summary of your project milestones and dependencies in which you: Explain how you will know if your project is on track. Determine what will you do if a task or subtask is not proceeding on time. Excluding time, list criteria that may be used to measure the project’s success. Submit your assignment. Discussion: Evaluation Standards Includes FIVE A+ Discussion Question Responses! A+ Work! Research and discuss criteria to evaluate IT suppliers and contracts. Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words: What are the most important things you think must be considered? How might you use this information at your organization or at an organization that you’d like to work at?


BSA/515 Week 4 Everything listed for Week 4 is included in purchase!! *Get ALL Assignments for the week for one LOW Price!* Practice Quiz: Develop Project Controls (includes Answers) A+ Perfect Score! When reviewing an active project, an information systems auditor observed that the business case was no longer valid because of a reduction in anticipated benefits and increased costs. The information systems auditor should recommend that the: Which of these is a key element in a risk analysis? What processes include defining and authorizing a project or project phase? What processes include devising and maintaining a workable scheme to ensure that the project addresses the organization’s needs? Reporting performance is where project stakeholders can identify any necessary changes that may be required to keep the project on track. This is a common part of which process? Which processes include administrative activities, such as archiving project files, closing out contracts, documenting lessons learned, and receiving formal acceptance of the delivered work as part of the phase or project? The project scope management knowledge area maps to which process group through the activities of scope validation and scope control? The project schedule management knowledge area maps to which process group through the activity of schedule control? The project cost management knowledge area maps to which process group through the activities of estimating costs and budget determination? Which is an example of a pre-initiation task? What is 1 of the main outputs of the initiation process? The main purpose of a project management plan is: The project management plan is the output of which project planning process? What is often the most difficult and unappreciated process in project management? What tool provides a basis for creating the project schedule and performing earned value management for measuring and forecasting project performance? Apply: Project Controls and Testing Continue working as IT manager on the business plan for the new HWE Accessories website for this assignment. Part 1: Project Controls Identify the control objectives and techniques that will ensure the completeness, accuracy, validity, and authorization of transactions and data for the new HWE Accessories website. Justify your decisions in a 1- to 2-page summary. Cite at least 2 sources to support your summary. Format your summary according to APA guidelines. Part 2: System Testing Document **For the system, create a system testing document in which you explain how the system will be tested. Include the following: Black box testing White box testing Functional testing Environment Security testing User acceptance testing (UAT) Unit testing Submit your summary and system testing document. Discussion: Acquisition Considerations Includes FIVE Discussion Question Responses! A+ Work!** Examine and discuss important considerations when deciding to build or buy an information system. Use examples from your own research or experience in your answer. Provide a detailed explanation about why most businesses choose to purchase office automation systems.


BSA/515 Week 5 Everything listed for Week 5 is included in purchase!! *Get ALL Assignments for the week for one LOW Price!* Practice Quiz: Migrate and Implement Information Systems (includes Answers) A+ Perfect Score! Which process involves working with stakeholders to create the document that formally authorizes a project? The outputs of which process include change request status updates, project management plan updates, and project document updates? Which stage of information technology (IT) planning outlines business processes that are central to achieving strategic goals and helps determine which processes could most benefit from IT? Which process includes defining project scope, benefits, and constraints? Which process involves selecting information technology projects and assigning resources? What are new requirements imposed by management, government, or some external influence referred to as? What term is used for benefits minus costs? What statement is true regarding a return on investment (ROI)? What term is used for the minimum acceptable rate of return on an investment? A project’s internal rate of return (IRR) can be determined by finding what discount rate results in a net present value (NPV) of which of the following values for the project? Which information is included in a business case? What document is used to coordinate all project planning documents and help guide a project’s execution and control? Which section of the project plan lists the planned dates for completing key deliverables? Which section of the project management plan provides the planned cost of deliverables? What is the majority of time on a project usually spent on? Apply: Implementation Plan Your next step as IT manager developing a business plan for the new HWE Accessories website is developing an implementation plan. Write a 2- to 4-page implementation plan for the HWE Accessories website that includes the following: Changeover approach: Describe how you plan to complete the project and fully transition. Data insertion and migration: Explain how to migrate data to the new system and maintain data integrity, including related processes and tools. Configuration management: Determine how to verify, maintain, and document the functional and physical characteristics of the project’s deliverables, including tools you recommend. Release process for updating the system: Recommend a plan for how system updates will be rolled out to users. Cite references to support your assignment. Format citations according to APA guidelines. Submit your assignment. Discussion: Conversion and Migration Includes FIVE Discussion Question Responses! A+ Work! Create 3 conversion and migration tasks specific to a system implementation. Discuss why those tasks are important for a successful implementation.


BSA/515 Week 6 Everything listed for Week 5 is included in purchase!! *Get ALL Assignments for the week for one LOW Price!* Practice Quiz: Review and Close Projects Which term is used for a standard of measurement in quality management? Performing quality assurance is a subprocess of which project quality management stage? Validated changes and validated deliverables are the outputs of which subprocess of project quality management? Which term is used for the degree to which a system performs its intended function? What are the system’s special characteristics that appeal to users? What term is used for the ability of a product or service to perform as expected under normal conditions? What process is used to generate ideas for quality improvements by comparing specific project practices or product characteristics to those of other projects or products within or outside the performing organization? Which process correct(s) or prevent(s) quality problems based on quality control measurements? Which process involves choosing part of a population of interest for inspection? What term is used for a bell-shaped curve that is symmetrical regarding the mean or average value of the population (i.e., the data being analyzed)? What term is used for any instance where the product or service fails to meet customer requirements? Which test is done to test each individual component, often for a program, to ensure that it is as defect-free as possible? Which testing involves an independent test performed by end users prior to accepting the delivered system? Which system involves a 3-part, continuous cycle of planning, controlling, and documenting quality in an organization? Which term is used for a cost that relates to all errors not detected and not corrected before delivery to the customer? Apply: Post-Implementation Plan As you continue working as IT manager for HWE Accessories, you’ll work this week to compile components developed throughout this course and create a post-implementation plan. Finalize your business plan for the new HWE Accessories website by Incorporating your instructor’s feedback into a well-integrated, cohesive document that includes all previous content submitted for the following assignments: Wk 1 - Apply: Preparing a Business Case Wk 2 - Apply: Project Plan and Risk Matrix Wk 3 - Apply: Contract Plan and Milestones Wk 4 - Apply: Project Controls and Testing Wk 5 - Apply: Implementation Plan Create a 3- to 5-page post-implementation review plan in which you: Determine the criteria for ensuring project results are consistent with the business case. Identify how you will know if project goals are attained. Explain how to address stakeholder satisfaction. Analyze project cost and benefits. Identify future development needs. Analyze lessons learned. Cite references to support your assignment. Format citations according to APA guidelines. Submit your final business plan and your post-implementation review plan. Discussion: Project Closure Includes FIVE Discussion Question Responses! A+ Work! Imagine you are project manager who has just completed a project. Discuss which project closure activities are required and how these activities help the business meet business objectives.

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