BSA 375 (Fundamentals of Business Development) Complete Course Week 1-5 A+ Graded

BSA 375 (Fundamentals of Business Development)

Week 1

Week 1 DQ   1

Why do heuristics and biases play a major role in the success/failure of an IT project? What specific kinds are the most influential factors - in general and for your specific organization?

Week 1 DQ   2

How does organizational culture play a role in the successful reliance on the JAD process to identify and gather business requirements? Would JAD work in your company? Why or why not?

Week 1 DQ   3

Based on Tallon and Scannell's (2007) article, describe information life cycle management (ILM) and the relationship to the cost of storage.

Week 2

Week 2 DQ 1

What is "enterprise-wide analytics technology" and how can it play a part in understanding business processes? What are the challenges in rolling out a Business Intelligence tool?

Week 2 DQ 2

Based on Perkin's (2007) article, list five reasons why projects fail.  Provide an example of a project failure. 

Week 2 DQ 3

Based on Stotz's (2007) article, why is it important to adequately define the use of a system? List five items a typical design document contains.

Week 2 Assignment:

BSA 375 Week 2 Individual Assignment Service Request SR-rm-004; Part 1 (2000 Words)

Week 3

Week 3 DQ 1

What are the differences between the "human-centered" and "user-centered" approaches?  Do you agree that the human-centered approach is more effective? Why or why not? 

Week 3 DQ 2

Based on Rajlich’s (2006) article, do you think that the waterfall model is no longer useful in today’s development environment? Discuss why or why not.

Week 3 Assignment:

BSA 375 Week 3 Individual Assignment Service Request SR-rm-004; Part 2 (400 Words)

Week 4

Week 4 DQ 1

Is testing a distinct phase of the project, or does it comes into play during other phases? Please explain. How can tools help the quality and effectiveness of testing? 

Week 4 DQ 2

Based on Walsh's (2007) article, explain why end user satisfaction should be used in addition to ROI when measuring new systems. 

Week 5

Week 5 DQ 1

When does it make sense to outsource, specifically the maintenance and support of an application system?

Week 5 DQ 2

Based on Gardner’s (2007) article, describe the importance of timing when implementing new projects?

Week 5 Assignments:

BSA 375 Week 5 LT Assignment Service Request SR-kf-013 Paper (3800+ Words)

BSA 375 Week 5 LT Assignment Service Request SR-kf-013 Presentation (20 Slides)

BSA 375 Week 5 LT Assign Draft for Design Approach & Project Feasibility (800+ Words)

BSA 375 Week 5 LT Assignment; Draft for Measures for Success (300+ Words)