Foundation Degree IT Project

Milestone 2: Research and Analysis

Background research

Richard Hancock3

Relates to the project area Web design Networking Multimedia Education Business processes

You need to look at your project area and comment on some of the most important themes or topics that affect that area

Can be very difficult as each project area probably has many topics

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Background research

Richard Hancock4

You can look at this from your own perspective relating to your experience in the work environment What data comes into their area? How is it processed? What data leaves? How do they fit into the rest of the organisation?

Try to document issues that are likely to affect your project in some way

For example: web design Using the web as a delivery platform Accessibility/usability Interaction issues

For most projects you ought to consider what good practices there are relating to your fields

You DO NOT need to document background information relating to the company in this section21/04/23

Implementation specific research - Methodologies

Richard Hancock5

"the analysis of the principles of methods, rules, and postulates employed by a discipline";

"the systematic study of methods that are, can be, or have been applied within a discipline"; or

"a particular procedure or set of procedures." Reference: Wikipedia

1.Research approximately 3 methodologies that you deem useful to your project

2.Choose one and justify your choice3.You can then apply this methodology to your

project by carrying out its activities The Gantt chart should show evidence of the

methodology stages

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Implementation specific research - Technologies

Richard Hancock6

Software Development environments Programming languages Operating systems/Servers Database management systems

Hardware Network equipment Server hardware Machine specification

Other issues HCI Security Web hosting

Look into how the features of technologies are most suitable/relevant to your project

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Analysis

Richard Hancock7

It must be clear why your chosen methodology is appropriate to the project Contrast the advantages and disadvantages of

methodologies What process did you use to make your choice?

If done correctly this should aid in project management

Once a choice is made you need to go deeper into the methodology, make sure you understand the various stages and then follow them Describe the application of the chosen analysis

method, indicating problems arising and how they were overcome

Your project planning (Gantt charts) should be amended to account for the various stages

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Analysis

21/04/23Richard Hancock8

When analysing the system think about: Where does data come from? How does it enter the system? How is it processed within the system? What happens to the data after processing?

Does it leave the system? If so how? Is it retained indefinitely?

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Analysis models

Richard Hancock9

DFDs and supporting descriptions E-R diagrams Use cases Business models Other appropriate modelling techniques Be sure to look into the techniques described

in your chosen methodology! Make use of appendices where possible and

refer to then in the body of the report if you are running out of your word count currency

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Project requirements

Richard Hancock10

The analysis should derive the requirements for the project

Once the analysis is complete you should be in a position to develop a detailed list of requirements of the new system or solution You can look at similar systems to see how they achieve

their objectives for comparison Functional requirements:

What a system is supposed to accomplish i.e. functions This is defined by:

Technical details, calculations, data manipulation, processing

Non-functional requirements: Criteria that specify the operation of a system, NOT the

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Summary

Richard Hancock11

Background research Should relate to your project

Implementation specific research Methodologies, software, hardware, other resources

Analysis Use your chosen methodology in order to analyse your

project and define requirements Requirements

Functional – What the system is supposed to do Non-functional – How the system is supposed to be

Development models Graphical representations of the current system

Using something like RAD is NOT an excuse for not performing analysis and design!!

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Questions...

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...are there any?

Richard Hancock13

End!

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