Category: Business Studies

ENTD268 week 3
This assignment will address the following objectives:
CO-2: Analyze a business case study by applying Systems Analysis and Design concepts, principles, processes, and techniques
CO-3: Apply industry driven techniques for designing, developing, deploying, and securing enterprise applications.
CO-4: Develop major life cycle deliverables like Vision Document, SRS (Software Requirements Specification) , or SDD (System Design Document).
CO-6: Create models using Structured Analysis and Design (SAD).
Assignment 3 Analysis: SRS Nonfunctional, Other Requirements and DFD
Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to complete SRS Sections 5. Other Nonfunctional Requirements and 6. Other Requirements, for the Case Study and develop and apply the Structured Analysis and Design (SAD) technique to create DataFlow Diagrams that represents the major processes of the Case Study.
Assignment Directions
1. Rename your last submitted SRS.
Use your last corrected SRS from your previous assignment and rename it Assignment3AnalysisSRSDFDLastnameFirstname replacing the names with your name. Make certain that you have made any corrections to your SRS before completing this assignment. Place the DFDs and tables for this assignment in your SRS.
2. Complete Section 5. Nonfunctional Requirements in your SRS.
Nonfunctional requirement categories for this document include Safety, Security,, Software Quality, and Business Rules. Each requirement must have a unique number, name and description.
2.1 Complete Section 5.1 Safety Requirements
Specify those requirements that are concerned with possible loss, damage, or harm that could result from the use of the product. Define any safeguards or actions that must be taken, as well as actions that must be prevented. Refer to any external policies or regulations that state safety issues that affect the product’s design or use. Define any safety certifications that must be satisfied.
2.2 Complete Section 5.2 Security Requirements
Specify any requirements regarding security or privacy issues surrounding use of the product or protection of the data used or created by the product. Define any user identity authentication requirements. Refer to any external policies or regulations containing security issues that affect the product. Define any security or privacy certifications that must be satisfied.
2.3 Complete Section 5.3 Software Quality Attributes
Specify any additional quality characteristics for the product that will be important to either the customers or the developers. Some to consider are adaptability, availability, correctness, flexibility, interoperability, maintainability, portability, reliability, reusability, robustness, testability, and usability. Write these to be specific, quantitative, and verifiable when possible. At the least, clarify the relative preferences for various attributes, such as ease of use over ease of learning.
2.4 Complete Section 5.4 Business Rules
List any operating principles about the product, such as which individuals or roles can perform which functions under specific circumstances. These are not functional requirements in themselves, but they may imply certain functional requirements to enforce the rules.
3. Complete Section 6. Other Requirements in your SRS.
Define any other requirements not covered elsewhere in the SRS. This might include database requirements, internationalization requirements, legal requirements, reuse objectives for the project, and so on. Add any new sections that are pertinent to the project. Follow the numbering convention use in other sections. Include the unique ID, name, and description.
3.1 Complete Section 6.1 Performance Requirements
List each performance requirement for the product components. Include a unique identifier, the name of each requirement, and a description for each requirement.
4. Create a Context DFD for the Case Study
4.1 Create a Context DFD and place it in Appendix C.1.1 of your SRS.
Using diagrams.net (https://www.diagrams.net/index.html) create a Context DFD for your Case Study and place it in Appendix C.1.1 in your SRS. Note that the drawing website is also known as draw.io. See the example Tune Source Context Diagram in Figure 5.15, p. 211 in your textbook. Numbering conventions in the literature for DFDs varies. We will not number the Context Diagram. The next level of decomposition is referred to as Level 0.
Details aboutdiagrams.net (draw.io) and videos on how to use it to create DFDs are in the Overview section of the course. Detailed information about the DFDs is in the Content modules and your textbook. See the SRS Appendix C for additional details before you start this assignment.
4.2 Discuss your DFD and place it in Appendix C.1.2 in your SRS.
5. Create a Level 0 DFD (first level of decomposition) for the Case Study
5.1 Using draw.io create a Level 0 DFD for the Case Study and place it in Appendix C.2.1 of your SRS.
Remember that for Level 0 you break the system into sub processes that show the flow of data from process to process and data stores. The elements of the dataflows must balance between levels–you cannot lose data from one level to the next. For example if you have a dataflow named “Request appointment” in the context diagram, it must also be represented in the Level 0 diagram. So you enter a dataflow and its structure in the Data Dictionary tables. More levels of decomposition can be completed, as necessary. Remember that processes and data stores are numbered.
A technique you can use to create DFDs is to use the use cases, create fragments of DFDs, and then combine the fragments to create a full DFD.
5.2 Discuss your Level 0 DFD in Appendix C.2.2 in your SRS.
6. Complete Appendix C.3 Data Dictionary Entries for DFDs for your DFDs.
SRS Appendix C.3 is for your Data Dictionary entries for Data Flows , Processes, External Entities, and DataStores (DataStores only appear on your Level 0 DFD. Enter them in alphabetical order.
6.1 Complete C.3.1 Process Table
Add process names and numbers as well as process description. List data lows and their source or destination for the process.
6.2 Complete C.3.2 External Entity Table
Add the names of external Entities and a description of each.
6.3 Complete C.3.3 DataStore Table
Add the names and number of the DataStores and include a description. Include a list of all elements in the DataStore.
6.4 Complete C.3.4 DataFlow Table
Include the name of the DataFlow, DataFlow description and a list all elements in each DataFlow.
Submission Directions
Grading Rubric
1. SRS Section 5. Nonfunctional Requirements and SRS Section 6. Other Requirements in your SRS (25)
Complete Section 5. Nonfunctional Requirements in your SRS and Section 6.Other Requirements
1.1 Complete Section 5.1 Safety Requirements.
1.2 Complete Section 5.2 Security Requirements.
1.3 Complete Section 5.3 Software Quality Attributes.
1.4 Complete Section 5.4 Business Rules.
1.5 Complete Section 6. Other Requirements in your SRS.
1.6 Complete Section 6.1 Performance Requirements
2. SRS Context DFD in Appendix C.1 (25)
Create a Context DFD for the Case Study.
3.1 Create a Context DFD including External Entities, Process, and DataFlows using draw.io and place it in Appendix C.1.1 of your SRS.
3.2 Discuss your DFD in Appendix C.1.2 in your SRS.
3. SRS Level 0 DFD (first level of decomposition) in Appendix C.2 (20)
Create a Level 0 DFD (first level of decomposition) for the Case Study
4.1 Using draw.io create a Level 0 DFD for the Case Study and place it in Appendix C.2.1 of your SRS.
4.2 Discuss your Level 0 DFD in section C.2.2 in your SRS.
4. SRS Data Dictionary for DFDs in Appendix C.3 (20)
Complete Appendix C.3 Data Dictionary Entries for DFDs.
5.1 Complete C.3.1 Process Table.
5.2 Complete C.3.2 External Entity Table.
5.3 Complete C.3.3 DataStore Table.
5.4 Complete C.3.4 DataFlow Table.
5. Writing Format (10)
Prepare the document in APA format. Grammatical, spelling or punctuation—the writing is grammatically correct, clear and concise. The response is well formulated and easy to read and understand. Correct terminology was used when needed. Original formatting is maintained. Entries are in alphabetical order.

Please follow the instructions step by step and think about the learning outcomes when writing (the learning outcomes are really important.) I provided you links that we used in class to better your understanding. Please use the links and PDFs to understand everything and use what we used in class. I provided you the chapter book we used in the downloads since you wont be able to find it and that’s mostly what we used in class just see the pages/chapters we went through to know exactly what we took so far. make sure to cite everything and use in-text citations whenever needed. If any of the links don’t work let me know. Keep it specific, simple and understandable. Please please always think about the learning outcomes when writing the essay and add the footnotes. If you have any questions please ask. Thank you. (Don’t use anything from AI)

Overview
You have recently been hired as a business analyst for Financial Charm Bank, a large retail bank operating in the United States. The bank’s headquarters are located in Charlotte, North Carolina, and the bank earns most of its revenues from its operations in the East Coast and Midwest. In the Q4 review, it was observed that one of the larger branches in Florida failed to meet the earnings guidance. Originally, senior management had tasked the business analysis team to conduct a comparative review of the three largest branches in Florida, but after initial review, have decided to add an additional branch for analysis.
The vice president of business analytics has tasked you with the initial data analysis and to compose a final report for stakeholders. The purpose of this analysis is as follows:
Determine how products and services are performing at each branch location
Review customer traffic at the drive-up and lobby areas to ensure staff availability of each branch location
Prescribe optimal business outcomes by applying simple predictive algorithms
The vice president has also added an additional purpose for this analysis, which is to analyze online banking versus in-person banking utilization for each of the four branch locations.
In addition to the cleaned data set from Milestone One, the data team has provided you with the data set for the added branch, the data set for online versus in-person banking, a set of business rules, and additional product and service information.
Prompt
In this project, you will use Power BI as a visualization tool to communicate your analysis effectively. In your final report, include the following criteria:
Using the Financial Charm Project Data Set Online vs In-Person Banking as well as the Financial Charm Project Data – New Zip Code, merge the two data sets with the cleaned Financial Charm Project Data Set from Milestone One.
Explain the techniques that you used to merge the data sets together.
Using the merged data set as well as the Financial Charm Bank Branch Product and Service Information document, create three different visualizations that best represent the descriptive patterns and trends in the data set. Justify your reasoning for using each visualization. You must include a visualization of each of the following:
Type of transaction by hour to ensure staff availability at each branch
Product and service performance at each branch
Online versus in-person banking at each branch
Using the Project Business Rules document, conduct a quality assurance process on the data set using the given set of business rules.
Do the business rules help ensure data integrity and quality when being collected? Explain your reasoning.
Explain how a data quality process should be applied to clean the data for later use.
Determine the impact of the data attributes on business decisions. Explain your reasoning.
Explain whether the data is useful for meeting business needs.

Read the instructions carefully and let me know if you’re able to do it
Also, please let me know how many pages/slides/charts are required for this order, thanks

Overview
In the highly competitive automotive market, it is critical to keep up with current technology to stay in or get ahead in the marketplace. To remain competitive, companies must innovate and integrate new technologies within their product lines and services.
Scenario
You work as a middle manager for one of the top U.S. producers of luxury and mass-market automobiles and trucks.
The chief technology officer (CTO) of the company from the course scenario has been monitoring new technology developments that the company could integrate into its vehicles to enhance the usefulness of and improve access to the data acquired by the many digital sensors integrated into vehicle subsystems over the past 20 to 30 years. The technology trend of particular interest is the internet of things (IoT)—the interconnection of embedded devices, such as sensors and computers, over the internet. By taking advantage of this trend, the CTO believes the company can seize an opportunity to provide better service and predictive maintenance to its customers, improving customer satisfaction and adding additional revenue streams.
Based on briefings by the CTO and your Module One memo, senior management has decided to implement IoT into its product line. Your CTO has asked you to lead a cross-functional team to take this initiative forward. Your first task is to create a presentation that will include your recommendation for how the company should approach this business problem: should you use incremental or discontinuous innovation?
Specifically, should the company:
Design a completely new product line, based on the new technology (discontinuous innovation)
or
Add new technology features first into one model and then incrementally into the broader product line (incremental innovation)
The recommendation you and your team will make is an important first step in pursuing this new technology. Your presentation and recommendations will be reviewed by senior management. Until senior management approves your approach to this innovation, your cross-functional team will not have a budget and will not be able to start work on the innovation. You should utilize your work from the Module Two presentation and data analysis when making and justifying your recommendation in this first milestone. In Milestone Two, you will subsequently develop a go-to-market strategy. For your project in Module Nine, you will compile your work from Milestones One and Two, and include a proposed organizational structure to best integrate, produce, and market the new technology.
Prompt
Create a PowerPoint presentation to make a recommendation for how the company should pursue the IoT technology to remain competitive: either by discontinuous or incremental innovation. To make your recommendation, you will need to identify how the evolving IoT (sensor) technology fits into the company’s products and services and determine potential risks and benefits. You will also need to look at your competitors to see what they are doing. Finally, you need to analyze the company’s capability (resources) for pursuing the innovation. Use the information and data from the CTO Brief, Comparative Growth Data, Comparative Operating Statistics, and Comparative Product Plans to complete this milestone. Note: Remember to use both on-slide text and narration or speaker notes to convey your information effectively. If narration is not possible, precise and extensive speaker notes should be used, while addressing all of the rubric elements in the presentation. For example, you can use brief, bulleted lists on the slide and include detailed explanations in your narration or speaker notes.
Explain potential risks and benefits for options A and B.
Overview (1 slide): Present the business problem and options A and B.
Option A (1–2 slides): Explain at least two potential risks and benefits for option A.
Option B (1–2 slides): Explain at least two potential risks and benefits for option B.
Compare your competition’s products and services.
Competitors (3–4 slides): Evaluate the competitors’ current products and services.
What are your competitors’ current products and services?
Are your competitors expanding in the current market? Explain how this impacts their market strength.
Analyze your company’s capability to pursue the innovation.
Complete a partial gap analysis (2 slides):
Does your company own the technology, or does it need to be purchased?
How is the technology currently being used in today’s products and services?
What type of technology is available to purchase?
Recommend the innovation approach your company should pursue.
Innovation approach (2 slides): Explain which innovation approach you are recommending and why.
Consider the different stakeholders—research and development (R&D), marketing, finance—when communicating your recommendations.
Include a description of the incremental or discontinuous product that you are recommending for R&D.
Include the sales forecasts for marketi

MBA 620 Milestone One Guidelines and Rubric
Scenario
You are a former Navy officer and fighter pilot who is now the controller of a division of TransGlobal Airlines, which utilizes a fleet of corporate jets for charter at several airports in the southeast part of the United States. Your division’s private charter clients include several Fortune 500 companies in the region. The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) has informed you that the company is considering the acquisition of two smaller aviation firms in the Caribbean specializing in chartered flights for luxury vacations using light aircraft (60 passengers or less). The CFO has tasked you with assessing the organizational benefits of acquiring these aviation firms. The CFO intends to develop a new business plan for the organization if your analysis recommends moving forward with the acquisition.
After an initial assessment, the company has shortlisted two airlines they want to examine further for acquisition. To understand all aspects of the two airlines under consideration, you have visited each proposed site to assess their performance. The assessment includes creating and analyzing a balanced scorecard for each airline with all four components—financial, internal processes, customers/market, and learning and growth—that will impact the acquisition.
In this milestone, you will use the given information to create balanced scorecards for Company A and Company B.
Prompt
Use the Basic Balanced Scorecard Template to create a balanced scorecard for each company. Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
Use the data given in Company A Information and Company A Financials to create a balanced scorecard for Company A. The balanced scorecard should highlight key performance indicators, such as net profit, annual growth, and market share, and include the four components:
Financial: Complete the financial section of the balanced scorecard template, identifying two of the most relevant key performance indicators.
Explain your rationale for the KPIs chosen, with an explanation of the cause-and-effect relationship between the chosen KPIs.
Internal Processes: Complete the internal processes section of the balanced scorecard template, identifying two of the most relevant key performance indicators.
Explain your rationale for the KPIs chosen, with an explanation of the cause-and-effect relationship between the chosen KPIs.
Customers/Market: Complete the customers/market section of the balanced scorecard template, identifying two of the most relevant key performance indicators.
Explain your rationale for the KPIs chosen, with an explanation of the cause-and-effect relationship between the chosen KPIs.
Learning and Growth: Complete the customers/market section of the balanced scorecard template, identifying two of the most relevant key performance indicators.
Explain your rationale for the KPIs chosen, with an explanation of the cause-and-effect relationship between the chosen KPIs.
Use the data given in Company B Information and Company B Financials to create a balanced scorecard for Company B. The balanced scorecard should highlight key performance indicators, such as net profit, annual growth, and market share, and include the four components:
Financial: Complete the financial section of the balanced scorecard template, identifying two of the most relevant key performance indicators.
Explain your rationale for the KPIs chosen, with an explanation of the cause-and-effect relationship between the chosen KPIs.
Internal Processes: Complete the internal processes section of the balanced scorecard template, identifying two of the most relevant key performance indicators.
Explain your rationale for the KPIs chosen, with an explanation of the cause-and-effect relationship between the chosen KPIs.
Customers/Market: Complete the customers/market section of the balanced scorecard template, identifying two of the most relevant key performance indicators.
Explain your rationale for the KPIs chosen, with an explanation of the cause-and-effect relationship between the chosen KPIs.
Learning and Growth: Complete the customers/market section of the balanced scorecard template, identifying two of the most relevant key performance indicators.
Explain your rationale for the KPIs chosen, with an explanation of the cause-and-effect relationship between the chosen KPIs.
What to Submit
Submit two completed Excel spreadsheets using the provided template.
Milestone One Rubric
Criteria Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (80%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Company A Balanced Scorecard: Financial Component Develops the balanced scorecard’s financial component for Company A with two of the most relevant key performance indicators in that component; shares the rationale for the choice of KPIs; identifies cause-effect relationships between chosen KPIs Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include identifying relevant KPIs in the fina

(You may discuss any type of Project management career)
For CT Module 2, please identify the target organization you will use throughout the course, your position (actual or likely), your actual or likely managerial level (top, middle, or operational), and for those at middle and operational managerial levels, the functional area of your work (e.g., human resources, marketing, management information systems, finance, etc.). Define and describe two strategic and two non-strategic decisions. What types of strategic and non-strategic decisions are made in this area/function? Remember that strategic decisions include a long-term focus, a long-term commitment that included resource dedication, and alignment to support achieving the strategic outcome. Non-strategic decisions are short-term, easier to accomplish, and easier to undo if needed as compared to strategic decisions.
Identify and apply an appropriate analytical tool to analyze external factors that affect company performance. Given the findings of your analysis, and from your individual career perspective, assess the firm’s opportunities and threats. Remember opportunities and threats are external factors identified from the external environment. From your individual career perspective, identify and apply an appropriate analytical tool to analyze resources and capabilities that affect company performance. Given the findings of your analysis, and from your individual career perspective, assess the firm’s strengths and weaknesses. What recommendations do you have for the company? What opportunities or risks relate to your long-term employment with this organization? What actions can you take to act on the opportunities and mitigate the risks?
Your paper should be 2-3 pages in length. Include at least 2 scholarly references including the course textbook. The CSU Global Library is a good place to find these references (available in the left-hand navigation panel).

The instructor only paired us with one student. He never gave out any role play information for the negotiations. I want to know if this assignment could be done. On the agreement, any names could be put in the seller & buyer spot. I can change that if the assignment can done. There are 8 questions to be answered as well.

Comprehensive Marketing Plan Outline
1-Title Page
2- the name of the product/ brand for which the marketing plan has been prepared
3- the time period for which the plan is designed (e.g., 2021-2023)
4- the persons and positions of those submitting the plan
5- the date of submission of the plan
II- Executive Summary
One- to three-page summary of the entire plan (include a brief introduction, the major aspects of the plan, and a budget statement)
III- Table of Contents
1- Introduction
a- Highlights of the brand’s historical and recent operations. It is useful to prepare graphs of the brand’s performance that show its sales.
– Situation Analysis
– SWOT (environmental conditions such as economic, social, political, legal, or cooperate environments)
– Industry analysis
– Customer analysis
– Company analysis+ Competitive analysis +Core competency and sustainable competitive advantage of your business (brand/product)
IV- Strategic Focus and Plan
1- Mission
2- Goals and Marketing objectives
V- Market-Product Focus
1-Segmentation
2-Target markets
3-Points of difference and positioning
VI- Marketing Program
1- Product strategy
2- Price strategy
3- Promotion strategy
4- Place strategy
VII- Financial Data and Projections
1- Historical sales revenues
1- Financial projections
VIII- Implementation Plan, Evaluate and Control
1- Plan to implement the strategies
1- Plan to evaluate and control the strategies
NB- The paper should be written in a word document (New Roman 12 font and double spaced)

Comprehensive Marketing Plan Outline
1-Title Page
2- the name of the product/ brand for which the marketing plan has been prepared
3- the time period for which the plan is designed (e.g., 2021-2023)
4- the persons and positions of those submitting the plan
5- the date of submission of the plan
II- Executive Summary
One- to three-page summary of the entire plan (include a brief introduction, the major aspects of the plan, and a budget statement)
III- Table of Contents
1- Introduction
a- Highlights of the brand’s historical and recent operations. It is useful to prepare graphs of the brand’s performance that show its sales.
– Situation Analysis
– SWOT (environmental conditions such as economic, social, political, legal, or cooperate environments)
– Industry analysis
– Customer analysis
– Company analysis+ Competitive analysis +Core competency and sustainable competitive advantage of your business (brand/product)
IV- Strategic Focus and Plan
1- Mission
2- Goals and Marketing objectives
V- Market-Product Focus
1-Segmentation
2-Target markets
3-Points of difference and positioning
VI- Marketing Program
1- Product strategy
2- Price strategy
3- Promotion strategy
4- Place strategy
VII- Financial Data and Projections
1- Historical sales revenues
1- Financial projections
VIII- Implementation Plan, Evaluate and Control
1- Plan to implement the strategies
1- Plan to evaluate and control the strategies
NB- The paper should be written in a word document (New Roman 12 font and double spaced)