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BUA 3305: MIS Analysis and Design

Milestone 4: SWOT Analysis and Systems Analysis​ Guidelines and Rubric Throughout this course, you have been researching and gathering the information needed to complete your final project. So far in previous milestones you have identified a pressing business problem or need, defined the scope of a project addressing the issue, assessed what data must be gathered to support the project, and identified the requirements that the information system must address in order to solve the problem. Now it is time to start analyzing the information you have been collecting and make a recommendation for a new solution for your small business or organization. For this milestone assignment, you will conduct a SWOT analysis and ​organize the information required for ​the system design section of your final paper in order to determine what type of information system you will recommend as a solution for the business problem. Follow these steps to complete this milestone:

1. Conduct a SWOT analysis of the existing system and the needs of the business and summarize your analysis in about a page. For a refresher on how to conduct a SWOT analysis, review ​How to Conduct a SWOT Analysis​ (2:14).

2. Then, gather the following information in a bulleted list beneath each category to help you prepare for analyzing the existing system and its perceived problems from the client’s vantage point when you write the systems analysis section of the final paper:

● Overview of Existing System:​ What is the current system’s technology architecture or manual system? ● Definition of User Needs:​ How will various user groups use the system? ● Problem and Opportunity:​ Based on the SWOT analysis, identify a problem that, if exploited, provides an opportunity for the

organization ● Technique Used While Gathering Study Facts:​ What strategies you will use to get the information needed for analyzing

the system (e.g., interviews, questionnaires, observations)? ● Statement of Alternative Solutions:​ List at least three possible solutions for a system that would solve the current

system’s problems ● Recommendations:​ Based on defined problems and data collected and analyzed, recommend whether the project is worth

pursuing Note that you will need to translate this information into narrative prose for your final project submission. However, for the purposes of this milestone, you should be simply organizing your thoughts in a bulleted list for each of the system area categories above.

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Guidelines for Submission:​ Your milestone should be submitted as a Microsoft Word document about two pages in length (including the one-page SWOT analysis), in 12-point type, with any sources cited according to APA style. Instructor Feedback:​ This activity uses an integrated rubric in Blackboard. Students can view instructor feedback in the Grade Center.

Rubric Criteria Exemplary (100%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Overview of Existing System

Identifies current system’s technology architecture or manual system.

Identifies current system’s technology architecture or manual system, but lacks in clarity or contains inaccuracies.

Does not identify current system’s technology architecture or manual system.

15

Definition of User Needs

Identifies how various user groups will use the system.

Identifies how various user groups will use the system, but lacks in clarity or contains inaccuracies.

Does not identify how various user groups will use the system.

15

Problem and Opportunity

Identifies a problem that if exploited, provides an opportunity for the organization.

Identifies a problem that if exploited, provides an opportunity for the organization, but lacks in clarity or contains inaccuracies.

Does not identify a problem that if exploited, provides an opportunity for the organization.

20

Technique Used While Gathering Study Facts

Identifies strategies for getting information needed for analyzing the system.

Identifies strategies for getting information needed for analyzing the system, but lacks in clarity or contains inaccuracies.

Does not identify strategies for getting information needed for analyzing the system.

15

Alternative Solutions

Identifies at least three possible solutions for a system that would solve the current systems problems.

Identifies one or two possible solutions for a system that would solve the current systems problems.

Does not identify at least three possible solutions for a system that would solve the current systems problems.

20

Recommendation Identifies a system and whether the project is worth pursuing.

Identifies a system but not whether the project is worth pursuing.

Does not identify a system and whether the project is worth pursuing.

15

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Total = 100%

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