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1. BSA 385 Tutorials / bsa385dotcom

2. BSA 385 Tutorials BSA 385 Entire Course BSA 385 Week 1 DQ 1 • BSA 385 Week 1 DQ 1 • BSA 385 Week 1 DQ 2 • BSA 385 Week 2 Individual Assignment Frequent Shopper Program 1 • BSA 385 Week 2 DQ 1 • BSA 385 Week 2 DQ 2 • Based on the Keston (2010) article, under what circumstances would you consider using Agile software development methodologies? • Why has flexibility become so important in developing viable system solutions?

3. BSA 385 Tutorials BSA 385 Week 1 DQ 2 BSA 385 Week 2 DQ 1 • Why is cost-effective software engineering so important in today’s design and development of Information System solutions? • When you are analyzing your software/system development project, you need to adequately set the stage for your Design Phase. One way to do this is to have an Analysis Phase documentation package that can guide your design efforts and delineate how your software/system is to function.

4. BSA 385 Tutorials BSA 385 Week 2 DQ 2 BSA 385 Week 2 Individual Assignment Frequent Shopper Program 1 • Based on the Woodward (2010) article, what affect does Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) have on the traditional SDLC? Why has SOA had such a dramatic influence on system development? • Background: Smith Consulting is a firm that has been contracted to develop the Frequent Shopper Program for Kudler Fine Foods. The student will complete the following individual assignments in Weeks 2-4, in the context of the firm working on the project.

5. BSA 385 Tutorials BSA 385 Week 3 DQ 1 BSA 385 Week 3 DQ 2 • User Interface delineations are a key aspect of the Physical Model design description of your proposed system solution. Discuss the importance of the user interface and the different kinds of interfaces that you could use in a system solution. • Your test plan and strategy is extremely important to the overall success and realization of your information system/software system development efforts. What different kinds of testing would you employ during the design and development of your system?

6. BSA 385 Tutorials BSA 385 Week 3 Individual Assignment Frequent Shopper Program Part 2 BSA 385 Week 4 DQ 1 • Hardware platform: Describe the hardware environment to support the development and production of this system. • Network connections between the stores and headquarters: A network diagram is required. • Based on the Kercher (2011) article, what affect does Microsoft Office Live® have on how small medium size businesses design, develop, implement, deploy, and support office systems?

7. BSA 385 Tutorials BSA 385 Week 4 Individual Assignment Frequent Shopper Program Part 3 BSA 385 Week 5 DQ 1 • Quality assurance process and procedures to ensure the functionality and performance requirements are met • Testing procedures to ensure the application is operational at all levels (program, network, systems, and interfaces) • How important is it to choose the right tools given the paradigm shift to user-facing, web-based application solutions? How has this affected the traditional SDLC analysis phase?

8. BSA 385 Tutorials BSA 385 Week 5 DQ 2 BSA 385 Week 5 Smith Team Assignment Software Testing Environment Presentation • Should an enterprise architecture strategy be established before an enterprise SDLC methodology is established? Do you think an emphasis on architecture preempts the traditional reliance on the SDLC methodology to ensure IT governance? • Submit the Smith Consulting Management presentation.

9. BSA 385 Tutorials BSA 385 Week 5 Team Assignment Smith Software Testing Environment Paper • Submit the paper describing standards and testing environment.

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