Student Activities


Student Activity 1

Answer the following questions:

  1. List the 5 stages in the System Development Cycle
  2. How is the exact nature of a problem determined?
  3. What is a preliminary investigation?
  4. List three types of questions in an interview
  5. Outline the disadvantages of surveys as a method of data collection
  6. What types of statistics are obtained from measurements?
  7. Describe a requirement report
  8. What is a project plan?
  9. Why are Gantt Charts a popular management tool?

Student Activity 2

Scenario

A Systems Analyst has developed a new point-of-sale system for a jeans store.  

The following times have been estimated for tasks in the system design:  
  • create input design - 6 days, create output design - 2 days; identify data structures - 4 days; create internal specifications - 6 days.  
These tasks occur in the order given and do not overlap  
  • You are told by the Project Manager you need to add an additional task to run at the same time as 'create internal specifications' is to 'produce a quality plan - 4 days'

Task : Draw a Gantt Chart for these tasks. 
  1. Download the the Project Management tool provided below and install it on your computer.
    1. http://sourceforge.net/projects/projectlibre/ - for the latest version
    2. Also, copy from Network: Student Common \ Software for IST SDD IPT

  2. Create a new Project and call it "Developing Jeans POS Systems"

  3. Add a High Level Task/Activity for each of the Stages in the sample Gantt above.

    1. HINT: All Activities and Tasks involve DOING something, and should NOT be the DELIVERABLE from that Task - 

      Therefore, TASKS must start with a VERB not a NOUN

      1. e.g. Making...,Designing..., Investigating...., Researching ...

      2. NOT: "Statement of Problem", "Feasibility Report"
        1. These are NOUNS not VERBS
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