...Service Request SR-rm-022, Part 3 Brett Persons BSA/375 December 17, 2015 Timothy Phillips Part 3 of the Service Request SR-rm-022 incorporates the transition from design to implementation. Throughout this section the implementation stage will be described along with each of these six major activities: coding, testing, installation, documentation, training, and support. I will describe each of these six activities and how each would be specifically planned for the individual project. Lastly, I will discuss the benefits of using defined and repeatable processes for accomplishing these activities. Piecing together each function of the new HR system to work as a reliable source for Spike’s to manage their database has been a tough and time consuming process. Developing a system from scratch requires a lot of moving parts to come together and function as one. Getting all these parts together and in place requires writing code, writing code can be a time consuming process and take many hours of concentration by a software developer. These individuals have spent countless hours ensuring each line of code has been properly written and functions as intended. Software developers spend a number of hours writing code for the new programs that sometime they overlook the testing phase. Testing phase is a very important step in the implementation process, it gives the developer a chance to see how their system functions. This phase also...
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...Service Request SR-rm-022, Part 1 Clarence D. Spence BSA / 375 May 12, 2015 Charles Bocage Service Request SR-rm-022, Part 1 Riordan Manufacturing’s COO Hugh McCauley would like to merge the accessible selection of tools in use into a single integrated application. The business would also like to take advantage of the more advanced state-of-the art information systems technology that readily exists within the company’s human resources department. The information gathering techniques and the planned design methods that will be utilized will be outlined. The business requirements for the improvement of an HR system to maintain the intention of this request will also be defined. Significant points that will assist in making sure that the information required for this project is collected effectively will be identified and a thorough project plan will be produced. This plan will make available a list of all day to day tasks, resources, and a schedule coupled with a financial plan required to complete the project. Information Gathering Techniques and Design Method Developing a plan is important to Riordans success, it is very crucial to gather information from numerous sources to make sure the designed plan performs its intended application. Initiating the information gathering process will begin with an essential meeting with key management personnel, the end user and most important the IT staff to discuss the project. This business meeting will consist of a question...
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...Service Request SR-rm-022, Part 3 Ryan Finch BSA/375 Implementation for this design would be where Riordan Manufacturing will find some challenges with certain parts of the overall design including the end user results. Having a complete team of design analysts, IT techs, Business analyst and end users all working together will help make the difference in producing successful and efficient program in the end. Moving through each phase of the project from start to finish will be dependent on the teamwork aspect of the design as a whole. The system implements a new automation that is built off of an IT platform, which means the IT and HR departments will be heavily involved in the project, but other departments that are not directly involved will be affect by certain changes such as the operations, and financial departments. Coding It is the coder’s job to ensure the essentials necessary for the new system that is being created for the HR department are being fulfilled. Our team wants to assure that this new system will be well equipped and correctly developed to handle all the needs and requirements, also to ensure if any issues were to arise in the system they can be resolved in a timely manner. The new features that will be incorporated into the new design of the system are created as an application software that the end users will operate their business from. A new database will be used for storing multiple categories of information, and it...
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...Service Request SR-rm-022 Part 3 Implementaion for this design is where Riordan Manufacturing will find some challenges with some parts of the design that include the end user. Having a complete team of design analysts, IT Technicians, Business analysts, and end users working together cohesively is what will make the difference of having an efficient and successful program (Valacich, 2012). Moving through the entire phase of this project from start to finish will be cruicial to the teamwork aspect of this design. The new system implements a new automation that is built off of an IT platform. The departments involved in this is the HR resource management, and the IT department. The other departments that aren’t directly involved but will be affected by the change are the operations and finance departments. Coding It is our job to ensure the essentials necessary for the new system that is being created for the HR department. Our team wants to assure that this new system is well equipped, and correctly developed in a way that if any issues arrive they can be taken care of in a timely manner. The new features that are incorportated with the new design are created as a form of application software that the end users will operate their business from. A new database will be used for storing multiple categories of information making this the foundation of the new system. System developers will generate the best software for Riordan Manufacturing while keeping end user satisfaction...
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...the Riordan project may prove to be the most challenging yet, but one that is worth all the effort. It would take a team of experts in various fields to successfully see this stage successfully through to completion, it cannot be a one-man show. Several departments within the organization have to be given priority when it comes to rolling out the new human resource management system. Since this system is automated and rests on an Information Technology platform, the first two departments to consider would be the human resource management and Information Technology departments. All the teams of professionals within these departments would have to be part and parcel of the entire system design and development process. The other departments to consider would be those of finance and operations management as they too are a fundamental part of the organization’s decision making framework. Coding As the new human resource management system is designed for Riordan Manufacturing, it is imperative to consider all its essential features and functions so as to ensure a flawless module is developed. These features and functions are tied firmly to computer programs for end users as well as those for system administrators. Databases for keeping and maintaining all the information within the system are also of prime importance during the implementation stage. It is therefore imperative that the group of professionals from the Information Technology department, more so the system developers...
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...Service Request SR-rm-022, Part 1 Crystale Wyche BSA/375 September 4, 2014 Prescott Lerch Service Request SR-rm-022, Part 1 This paper will the discuss the key stakeholders in Riordan Manufacturing who will provide requirements in the human resources project, describe information-gathering techniques and system analysis tools used for the project, explain what project scope is and the importance of it and describe the areas of project feasibility that are examined in the analysis phase of the SDLC. Key Stakeholders There are many stakeholders at Riordan Manufacturing, the key stakeholders that requirements would be gathered from are as follows: President and CEO Dr. Michael Riordan, Executive Assistant Jane McCall, SVP-R&D Kenneth Collins, Chief Operating Officer Hugh McCauley, VP International Operations Charles Williamson and the IT service managers. The stakeholders who can directly use the new system are also important as well. Information-Gathering To complete the system will require a set of information that will be categorized into numerous parts. This will make sure the system and processes are doable to the demands set by the SR-rm-004. SR-rm-004 is an analysis request for Riordan Manufacturing current human resources system for future integration. "Many techniques are available for gathering requirements, sometimes multiple techniques are needed to gain a complete picture (Mochal, 2008)." 1. One on one Interviews: A sit...
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...Individual: Service Request SR-rm-022, Part 1 Name BSA375 August 3 2015 Individual: Service Request SR-rm-022, Part 1 In this service request we look at the organization, Riordan Manufacturing. We will look at the stakeholders in this corporation. We hope to gather information that will benefit in the development of a system for this corporation and we will discuss how we went about gathering said information. We hope to identify the key factors of the information that we have gathered for this system to ensure the information’s validity and that it was gathered correctly. We will explain what the projects scope is and why it is important by describing the areas of project feasibility that are examined in the analysis phase of the SDLC. In the end we will have gained a better understanding of how a system analyst does their job. * Looking over the human resources side of the pillar at the Riordan manufacturing it seems that there is a good representation of each group that is a part of the Riordan family with there being four different locations three in the continental United States and one abroad in China. With that tidbit of information there is not a consistent system that like communications from the China facility to any other but the corporateeadquarters in fact the corporate head quarters is the only way there is any communication from one sister company to the other it is like a giant game of telephone. For instance what if a shipment from MI went to the China...
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...SR-rm-022 HR System Analysis XXXX BSA/375 January 14, 2013 XXXXX SR-rm-022 HR System Analysis The SR-rm-022 service request calls for developing a new application for Riordan Manufacturing’s human resources department. According to the Apollo Group Inc. simulation (2011), Riordan Manufacturing wishes to, “Integrate existing variety of HR tools into a single integrated application. We would like to take advantage of a more sophisticated, state-of-the art, information systems technology in our Human Resources department.” In this paper I will address the key factors to analyze the HR system tools such as; Riordan key stakeholders, Joint Application Development, Use Cases, Process Models, Data Models, successful information gathering, and project scope. Riordan HRIS According to the Apollo Group Inc. simulation (2011), on the employee site under HRIS, the company’s HRIS was developed in 1992 and is a part of the financial systems package. It keeps track of the employees’ personal information, pay rate, personal exemptions for tax purposes, hire rate, seniority date, organizational information, and vacation hours. Changes to this information are submitted via special forms by the employee’s manager and entered into the system by the payroll clerk. Training and development records are kept in an Excel worksheet by a training and development specialist. Recruiters maintain applicant information for open positions, résumés are filed in a central storage area, and an Excel...
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...Riordan Manufacturing Service Request SR-rm-022 (Section 1) Seth Stafford BSA/375 May 11, 2015 Todd Feuerherm Riordan Manufacturing Service Request SR-rm-022 Riordan Manufacturing was established in 1991 by Dr. Riordan. He started this company in San Jose, CA where currently the corporate office is and where the Research and Development Department is located. Riordan is a global plastics manufacturing company that is now employing 550 people. The annual revenues are 46 million and they have plants in Albany, GA, Pontiac, MI, and Hangzhou, China. The plant in Albany produces plastic beverage containers. The one in Pontiac products custom plastic parts and the one in China produces plastic fan parts. Riordan Manufacturing is a subsidiary of Riordan Industries, Inc a global plastics manufacturing company that is a Fortune 1000 enterprise with revenues that will exceed 1 billion (Apollo Group, 2011, 2013). The C.O.O. of Riordan Manufacturing Hugh McCauley has submitted a service request SR-RM-022 the goal to improve the human resources information system. This request will affect all plant locations throughout the company. Riordan wants the system to be state of the art and will take advantage of the newest technology out there. The expected results will define the business requirements needed to me this proposed enhancement. The overall objective is to create a detailed system and an aggressive project implementation plan that Riordan Manufacturing can plan to utilize...
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...Service Request SR-rm-022 - Part 1 Joshua Proctor BSA/375 November 4, 2013 Laura Smith Service Request SR-rm-022 - Part 1 This paper will describe each of the key stakeholders or stakeholder groups in Riordan Manufacturing who provide requirements for the service request, explain two separate information gathering techniques used during proposed projects, identify two factors that are necessary to ensure that the information required for the project is gathered successfully, define the scope of the project by specifying business functions that will be included in the project, describe the project’s operational, technical, and economic feasibility areas that are examined in the SDLC analysis phase summary. Key Stakeholders Riordan Manufacturing has many stakeholders and most of its stakeholders that would remain influential to the change process would gain the focus and those who can directly use the new system are also given importance. The stakeholders of the firm include CEO Michael Riordan, Executive Assistant Jan McCall, SVP-RD Kenneth Collins, COO Hugh McCauley, VP international operations Charles Williamson and the IT service managers. Further, before the input and revisions as per the information gathering steps are finalized, the individual users of the final app will be consulted for advice. Information-Gathering The completion of the system requires collection of information and it is categorized into ten parts that makes sure that system and processes...
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...t Service Request SR-rm-022 - Part 1 Joshua Proctor BSA/375 November 4, 2013 Laura Smith Service Request SR-rm-022 - Part 1 This paper will describe each of the key stakeholders or stakeholder groups in Riordan Manufacturing who provide requirements for the service request, explain two separate information gathering techniques used during proposed projects, identify two factors that are necessary to ensure that the information required for the project is gathered successfully, define the scope of the project by specifying business functions that will be included in the project, describe the project’s operational, technical, and economic feasibility areas that are examined in the SDLC analysis phase summary. Key Stakeholders Riordan Manufacturing has many stakeholders and most of its stakeholders that would remain influential to the change process would gain the focus and those who can directly use the new system are also given importance. The stakeholders of the firm include CEO Michael Riordan, Executive Assistant Jan McCall, SVP-RD Kenneth Collins, COO Hugh McCauley, VP international operations Charles Williamson and the IT service managers. Further, before the input and revisions as per the information gathering steps are finalized, the individual users of the final app will be consulted for advice. Information-Gathering The completion of the system requires collection of information and it is categorized into ten parts that makes sure that system and processes...
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...Service Request SR-rm-022, Part 1 According to "Smith Services Consulting Incorporated" (2011), Riordan Manufacturing requests that we provide them with a “more sophisticated, state-of-the art, information systems technology” in their Human Resources department (SR Number, SR-rm-022). To ensure that we reach our goal, we will need to interview all of the key stakeholders and look at all the current systems that Riordan Manufacturing is using to consider what information will be required and needs to be collected. We have to make sure that we discuss the key factors and provide the best information to them in an effort to receive the required information back from the stakeholders. This will help get us the tools we need to create a project management system that will help us organize the information properly so that everything is covered. Key stakeholders in Riordan Manufacturing we would gather requirements from? To ensure success we would first start by collecting information from the very top of Riordan management, including; President and CEO, Dr. Michael Riordan; COO Hugh McCauley; Director of Human Resources, Yvonne McMillan. She will be instrumental in helping us know exactly what is expected of the new system, how it will be implemented, who made the request and what deadlines will need to be met. Next, we will gather information from the Director of Human Resources Yvonne McMillan, who directs and coordinates human resources activities. Her feedback will help...
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...Service Request SR-rm-022 - Part 1 Antonio Walden BSA/375 December 8, 2014 Bill Schuyler Service Request SR-rm-022 - Part 1 This paper will identify key stakeholders in Riordan Manufacturing who can provide requirements for the service request, and describe information gathering techniques and system analysis tools that can be used for the project. It will also identify key factors that assist in tracking necessary information for the project, the scope of the project, and the areas of project feasibility that will be focused on. Key Stakeholders There are many stakeholders of this project at Riordan Manufacturing. These stakeholders include the requester of service and COO Hugh McCauley, CEO Michael Riordan, Executive Assistant Jan McCall, HR department employees, and IT service managers. Stakeholders would also include any end users of the HR tools and applications involved in this project. Any supporters and opponents of the project should also be identified. Information Gathering The identification of the system requirements involves eliciting information from stakeholders (Mochal, 2008). There are multiple information gathering techniques to use to gain a complete view of the requirements from different perspectives. These are not procedural, can occur in any order and revisited multiple times to obtain a clear picture of system requirements. 1. One-on-One interviews: This is a method where the analyst will sit down with stakeholders on a one-on-one basis...
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...Service Request SR-rm-022 BSA357 January 29, 2014 Service Request SR-rm-022 Riordan Manufacturing an international plastics manufacturer employs 550 personal and has estimated annual earnings of $46 million. Riordan Manufacturing has a plant in Albany, GA that produces plastic beverage containers, a plant in Pontiac, MI that produces custom plastic parts, and a plastic fan parts facility in Hangzhou, China. Riordan Manufacturing’s corporate office is located in San Jose, CA along with the corporations Research and Development Department. Mr. Hugh McCauley, the current COO of Riordan Manufacturing has submitted a Service Request (SR-rm-022) to Smith Services Consulting Inc. requesting to combine the existing Human Resource (HR) tools into a single application using today's existing tools in the HR system. This request will affect all plant locations. Riordan Manufacturing is looking to benefit from a more state-of-the-art information systems in its HR department. The service request will include information gathering about what the new system should include, the current system needs to be analyzed, the information gathered needs to be verified, and the scope of the work needs to be determined. A. What key stakeholders in Riordan Manufacturing would you gather requirements from? To gather all the proper requirements for the new HR system all the key stakeholders within the Riordan Manufacturing must be asked. The key stakeholders are the upper management of Riordan...
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...Service Request SR-rm-022 Part 1 Janaya Hoskins BSA/375 June 29, 2015 Anjit Bose Table of Contents 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Stakeholders & Requirements 1.3 Information-gathering techniques & Systems analysis tools 1.4 Scope & Feasibility 1.5 Conclusion References Service Request SR-rm-022 Part 1 1.1 Introduction Hugh McCauley, COO of Riordan Manufacturing wants to combine existing variety of tolls that are used in a single integrated application. Riordan Manufacturing wants to take advantage of a more sophisticated state of the art information systems that already exist in the company’s human resource department. This paper will discuss what key stakeholders in Riordan Manufacturing would gather requirements from, describe the information-gathering techniques and systems analysis tools you would propose for the project, identify the key factors that help ensure the information required for the project is gathered successfully and explain what project scope is and why it is important. I will also describe the areas of project feasibility that are examined in the analysis phase of the SDLC. 1.2 Stakeholders & Requirements A stakeholder is any person, organization, social group, or society at large that has a stake in the business. Thus, stakeholders can be internal or external to the business. A stake is a vital interest in the business or its activities. It can include ownership and property interests, legal interests and obligations, and moral rights. A legal...
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