...Needs Document information: With respect to putting together a needs document, here are components that can or should be included: Define the business need What you need to do | Points to consider | Determine what the organization wants to be able to do. Example: improve efficiency, provide a better quality service. Identify who could provide the requirement; consider potential options for meeting the need. | Important to explore a wide range of possibilities. May need to consider: • customer focus• new ways of working• changes to existing processes Seek expert independent advice if the requirement is not well understood / uncertain. | Establish the requirement in business terms What you need to do | Points to consider | Determine what would meet the need, in business terms.Challenge assumptions - e.g. if providing office workspace for x staff, do they all have to be accommodated all the time? Would other options meet the need? Produce estimates; outline the benefits; make choices relating to risk - e.g. if the benefits are significant, is it worthwhile taking on more risk in a structured way? | Things to think about - what trade-offs? Broad cost / benefit / risk; need for expert advice. | Produce requirements specification What you need to do | Points to consider | In consultation with stakeholders, develop requirements specification. Provide sufficient detail to allow the market to respond, while allowing scope...
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...Requirements Document Tanya Berezin Table of Contents SHOULD YOU READ THIS PAPER? WHAT IS A REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT? WHY BOTHER WITH A REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT? DO I HAVE TO WRITE A REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT? WHO USES THE REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT AND WHY? GENERAL PRINCIPLES IN WRITING A REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT SECTIONS OF A REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT PART I – APPLICATION OVERVIEW PART II – FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS PART III – APPENDICES 3 3 4 5 5 6 9 10 12 15 WHO NEEDS WHAT? SUMMARY OF PURPOSE AND USAGE OF THE SECTIONS OF THE REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT 17 HOW TO GET OTHERS TO READ THE REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT? REFLECTING CHANGES IN REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENTING REQUESTS FOR ENHANCEMENTS TRACING REQUIREMENTS CONCLUSION AND FURTHER READING AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY 18 19 20 21 21 22 Should You Read This Paper? Should You Read This Paper? This paper discusses the purpose and contents of a requirements document for a business application. It is an introduction to the subject and will be most helpful to you if any of the following applies to you: • you are responsible for collecting requirements for a business application • you are leading a business application development project • you are not sure what a requirements document ought to look like or even if you need one • you are not sure what to do with a requirements document even if one miraculously appeared on your desk tomorrow This paper will help you write a professional requirements document. Once you feel you understand what a requirements document is, I...
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...add. You can also type a keyword to search online for the video that best fits your document. To make your document look professionally produced, Word provides header, footer, cover page, and text box designs that complement each other. For example, you can add a matching cover page, header, and sidebar. Click Insert and then choose the elements you want from the different galleries. Themes and styles also help keep your document coordinated. When you click Design and choose a new Theme, the pictures, charts, and SmartArt graphics change to match your new theme. When you apply styles, your headings change to match the new theme. Save time in Word with new buttons that show up where you need them. To change the way a picture fits in your document, click it and a button for layout options appears next to it. When you work on a table, click where you want to add a row or a column, and then click the plus sign. Reading is easier, too, in the new Reading view. You can collapse parts of the document and focus on the text you want. If you need to stop reading before you reach the end, Word remembers where you left off - even on another device. Video provides a powerful way to help you prove your point. When you click Online Video, you can paste in the embed code for the video you want to add. You can also type a keyword to search online for the video that best fits your document. To make your document look professionally produced, Word provides header, footer, cover page, and text box...
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...1.5 Explain how the requirements of security, data protection, copyright and intellectual property legislation may affect the production of business documents • The requirements of security, data protection, copyright and intellectual property legislation may affect the production of business documents. • Data protection-It is important that information is accurately and fairly processed. Certain documents should be authorised by a manager and produced or communicated on a secure system or database • Security- It is important that information does not breach security protocols. If security is breached, production may need to be minimised or stopped, wasting both time and money. Also, storing of business documents may need to be relocated. • Copyright-...
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...longer sufficient to meet the needs of Simple Getaways, Inc. This proposal will address the requirements for file storage and management, collaborative communication, information sharing within and between offices and the automation of administrative workflow. CHALLENGES AFFECTING KEY STAKEHOLDERS The processes currently being used at Simple Getaways for communication and the distribution of information are no longer suitable for the organization. Documents from each office are stored onsite on a Microsoft Windows file server, making it difficult for other offices to access and use the information they contain. Currently the method used to share files with other offices is via email. This results in multiple copies of the same document residing on various computers at multiple office locations. The duplicate versions are not updated when the original document is modified which leads to different versions of the same document being used. Some business decisions are being made using information from the outdated documents. For example, a document containing airline ticket pricing may be used when creating price quotes for customer travel, but the price for airline tickets fluctuates regularly. If these inaccurate prices were used in a quote, the company has the potential to lose money on the transaction and may be obligated to fulfil the terms of the quote even though it was based on incorrect information. Additionally, when a document is shared between multiple offices...
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...Writing a Software Requirements Document Tanya Berezin Table of Contents SHOULD YOU READ THIS PAPER? 3 WHAT IS A REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT? 3 WHY BOTHER WITH A REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT? 4 DO I HAVE TO WRITE A REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT? 5 WHO USES THE REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT AND WHY? 5 GENERAL PRINCIPLES IN WRITING A REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT 6 SECTIONS OF A REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT 9 PART I – APPLICATION OVERVIEW 10 PART II – FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS 12 PART III – APPENDICES 15 WHO NEEDS WHAT? SUMMARY OF PURPOSE AND USAGE OF THE SECTIONS OF THE REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT 17 HOW TO GET OTHERS TO READ THE REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT? 18 REFLECTING CHANGES IN REQUIREMENTS 19 DOCUMENTING REQUESTS FOR ENHANCEMENTS 20 TRACING REQUIREMENTS 21 CONCLUSION AND FURTHER READING 21 AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY 22 Should You Read This Paper? Should You Read This Paper? This paper discusses the purpose and contents of a requirements document for a business application. It is an introduction to the subject and will be most helpful to you if any of the following applies to you: • you are responsible for collecting requirements for a business application • you are leading a business application development project • you are not sure what a requirements document ought to look like or even if you need one • you are not sure what to do with a requirements document even if one miraculously appeared on your desk tomorrow This...
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...Sales and Distribution (SD) Release 4.6C MYSAP.ROLES_S_SD Sales and Distribution (SD) SAP AG Copyright © Copyright 2001 SAP AG. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of SAP AG. The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice. Some software products marketed by SAP AG and its distributors contain proprietary software components of other software vendors. Microsoft , WINDOWS , NT , EXCEL , Word , PowerPoint and SQL Server are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. IBM , DB2 , OS/2 , DB2/6000 , Parallel Sysplex , MVS/ESA , RS/6000 , AIX , S/390 , ® ® ® AS/400 , OS/390 , and OS/400 are registered trademarks of IBM Corporation. ORACLE is a registered trademark of ORACLE Corporation. INFORMIX -OnLine for SAP and Informix Dynamic Server Informix Software Incorporated. ® ® ® ® ® ® TM ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® are registered trademarks of UNIX , X/Open , OSF/1 , and Motif are registered trademarks of the Open Group. HTML, DHTML, XML, XHTML are trademarks or registered trademarks of W3C , World Wide Web Consortium, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. JAVA is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. JAVASCRIPT is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc., used under license for technology invented and implemented by Netscape. SAP, SAP Logo, R/2, RIVA, R/3, ABAP, SAP ArchiveLink, SAP Business Workflow, WebFlow...
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...system and as such documents require regular review by competent persons to ensure their effectiveness, suitability and the information is current. It allows for consistency and uniformity in the application of procedures and specifications for health and safety in the workplace. It applies to all documents created as part of the College’s OHS. This includes documents such as policies, procedures, guidelines and fact sheets • OHS Documentation: Plans, policies, procedures, guidelines, forms and any other document which forms part of the OHS • Local Documentation: Local OHS documents are those which are created by a faculty or division to meet the local area needs e.g. computer room procedure. • Controlled Document: Any document for which distribution and status are required to be kept current by the issuer to ensure that authorised holders or users have the most up to date version available. • Document Control: The process established in this procedure to define controls needed for the management of OHS documentation. 2. Responsibilities • Manager Occupational Health and Safety: The Manager OHS has the responsibility for the development of central OHS documentation for the college. • Health and Safety Advisor: The Health and Safety Advisor has the responsibility for the creation, modification and review of central OHS documentation. As well providing advice to local document controllers on the requirements of any locally produced documents. • Deans and Directors:...
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...could have on its QMS and the results it intends to achieve.• Monitor information about your organization's context. • Consider the impact changes in context could have on your organization's quality management system (QMS). | 4.2 Clarify the needs and expectations of interested parties | • Identify the parties who affect or could affect your QMS. • Consider how interested parties affect or could affect your ability to provide products and services that meet customer requirements. • Consider how interested parties affect or could affect your ability to provide products and services that meet statutory and regulatory requirements.• Clarify and understand their unique needs and expectations.• Monitor and review information about your interested parties. | 4.3 Define the scope of your quality management system | • Clarify boundaries and think about what your QMS should apply to. • Use boundary and applicability information to define your scope. • Consider your organization's context when you define your scope.• Document the scope of your quality management system (QMS). • Use your scope document to describe the boundaries of your organization's QMS and to explain what it applies to.• Use your scope document to identify and describe the products and services that will be...
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...what you need to demonstrate in each task to achieve each mark band. Mags Estate Agents is a new company that is planning to open an office in a town or village near you. Like all estate agents, the company will sell and rent homes for their clients, arrange mortgages for buyers and provide other services. In this assignment you will: • compare business documents used by three different companies • look at different methods of communicating information and the technologies that support them • create documents/communications for Mags Estate Agents. Task 1 – to be handed in on or before……………………………….. Estate agents use many different types of documents to communicate with buyers and sellers. You should collect (or your teacher will give you) two different documents from each of three different estate agents. For example you may collect an information sheet from each estate agent and then visit their website. Study the documents carefully and then write a report that describes and compares the documents. You will need to consider these points when describing and comparing the documents: • What is the purpose of each document? • How is each document laid out? • What is good and what is bad about the way each document is presented? • How does the presentation of similar documents compare? • What is good and what is bad about the way each document is written (the style of language used)? • How does the writing style of similar documents compare...
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...subject. All of the points here need to be addressed, but there are variations in order. Introduction * Present the Subject. Write a paragraph introducing the subject to the reader by 1) Over-viewing the “big-picture” of your subject, its influence on people, why it’s important to evaluate, and 2) Establish the evaluative criteria you will be using to prove your thesis. 1. The Inclusion of Students with Special Education Needs Post Primary Guidelines (DES, 2007) is a document outlining the requirements that must be met by Irish teachers in relation to special needs students. Incorporating special needs learning within post primary schools is a national and international development that has progressed hugely in recent years. The recent notable increase of diverse learners enrolling in mainstream schools means that set guidelines must be enforced around Irish schools to ensure that each and every student with special needs receives their best opportunity at full time education. These guidelines act as a template for not only teachers, but for parents and special needs assistants alike, as it advocates a whole-school approach to policy development and implementation. This approach enables the management and teachers of a school to work within a co- ordinated strategic structure and to contribute effectively to the running of appropriate education for these special needs students. 2. Therefore, this manuscript acts as a pivotal document in Irish schooling and can be...
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...is a statement or a theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved (Dictionary.com). In this case the thesis is persuasive because the writer chooses one quality of Scott Fitzgerald writing over others that could also describe his writing as the most obviously notable quality. The purpose of the document is to convince the audience that the thesis is a correct statement. In order to convince the audience, the writer needs to provide information that is representative of the claim about the topic (p.358). The thesis suggests that “the biographical element in Fitzgerald’s writing is one of the most obviously notable qualities about his novels”. To prove the statement correct, the writer needs to provide information about Fitzgerald’s novels in relation with his life. In the document only one novel is cited, The Great Gatsby, but there is no specific information about how the novel is related to Fitzgerald’s biography. Although there is little information about Fitzgerald work as a writer, there is a considerable amount of biographical information. The biographical information lost its reliability because it isn’t properly cited. The document has citations but it doesn’t have a...
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...com/us/products/middleware/top-10-criterias-for-ecm-wp-1939579.pdf 2. Core ECM Capabilities When considering an ECM system, it’s important to consider the breadth of unstructured content types that you will manage, as well as the actual product features needed to support that content throughout its lifecycle. Unstructured content comes in many forms, including Microsoft Office® documents, PDFs, scanned images, production graphics, videos, engineering documents and operating procedures. As your company continues to grow, so will the types of content that need to be managed, shared, archived and properly disposed of. Make sure that your ECM system can properly manage the entire lifecycle of these different content types and support the different search needs, rendering, and retention policies that are associated with these different file types. In order to effectively mitigate risk and provide real productivity benefits, an ECM system must be the “single source of truth” within an organization. It is the one authoritative place to go to get the latest version of a file, the most current procedural document, the approved marketing imagery, current sales collateral and much more. ECM systems simplify content discovery for employees while providing flexible and appropriate levels of access. When it comes to managing all of this content, it must be done across the entire lifecycle of the item, from creation to disposal. Items are created or imported into the ECM system where they are...
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...important characteristics of effectively written documents are clarity and concision. Always a mathematician, she believes sound, logical arguments are the keys to achieving this in her writing. This practice helps her eliminate wordiness and omit superfluous information as well as achieve brevity in her overall document. Keeping her documents brief and to the point, she says, is a sign of respect toward her readers and their valuable time. Sound arguments also help ensure that readers will be able to follow her thought process and arrive at the conclusion she desires. NAME writes for many different audiences, often with varying levels of knowledge. These may include the department chair, faculty and occasionally staff from other units. It is important, she says, to keep the needs of the readers in mind. Even readers with the highest level of knowledge about a subject need to be kept informed about changes and advancements. She also advises that writers remember that documents are often passed along to other readers (perhaps outside the intended audience). She feels it is important to take care in what is written so as not to offend or place blame on others. Especially in a business setting, these things have a way of coming back to haunt you. The writing process of brainstorming, outlining, obtaining feedback, reviewing and revising is common to most writers, and NAME is no exception. She follows this process for most documents, including large-scale projects...
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...Competency details BSBADM506 Manage business document design and development This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to establish standards for the design and production of organisational documents and to manage document design and production processes to ensure agreed standards are met. It applies to individuals employed in a range of work environments who require well-developed skills in the use of a range of software packages to establish, document and implement consistent standards of document design within an organisation. Assessment outline All assessment tasks must be completed to pass the unit. Assessment task Word limit Assessment 1: Auto-mark quiz Requires you to answer quiz questions online. N/A Assessment 2: Document standards and processes Requires you to complete a set of document processes and standards with a template. 700 words + Template Assessment 3: Testing, training and review Requires you to submit evidence of training, testing and reviewing documents. 1100 words + Evidence requirement The auto-mark questions (Assessment 1) are stand alone, and must be completed separately from Assessments 2, and 1.3. These are completed online. You are required to complete Assessments 2 and 3 with reference to: (a) a workplace project, or (b) the MacVille cafes study provided. Instructions Once you feel confident that you have covered the learning materials for this unit, you are ready to attempt this assessment. Construct...
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