A.

Mini Case Study

Should Low-Voltage develop a system to connect with

TX Industries’ purchasing system? Why or why not?

Yes, because EDI is needed so they have to develop a system that could handle it. And
it will be more convenient for them to connect if they develop a new system.

What terms or concepts describe the proposed

computer-to-computer relationship between Low-Voltage
and TX Industries?

Low-Voltage has a computerized accounting system but is not capable of handling EDI
which is needed for the transactions. So they have to develop a new system in which
could handle every transaction needed.
A connection between Low-Voltage and TX Industries.

Is Low-Voltage’s proposed new system a transaction

processing system? Why or why not?

Yes, Low-Voltages proposed new system in transaction processing system.

it will be used to receive the purchase order. check the inventory for the availability
of the quantitty.Based on the resulth either complete the order immediately or informs
the manufacturing department for the
required numbera od circuit boards

Before Low-Voltage makes a final decision, should the

company consider an ERP system? Why or why not?
Yes, for them to facilitate information flow between all business functions inside the
organization, and manages connections to TX Industries.

B. Mini Case Study

What are the four organizational levels in a typical

company?

1. Top Management

Top managers develop long-range plans, called strategic plans that define the
company’s overall mission and goals. Strategic planning focuses more on issues that
affect the company’s future survival and growth, including long-term IT plans. Top
managers focus on the entire business enterprise and use information systems to set
the company’s course and direction. To develop strategic plan, top managers also need
information from outside the company, such as economic forecasts, technology trends,
competitive threats, governmental issues and shareholder concerns.
2.Middle Management
Middle managers focus their goals on a shorter time frame, usually ranging from one
month to one year. They develop plans to achieve business objectives in a process
called tactical planning. Middle managers delegate authority and responsibility to team
leaders or supervisors and then provide direction, necessary resources, and feedback
on performance as tasks are completed. They need more detailed information than top
managers do, but somewhat less information than team leaders and supervisors. They
also use business support systems, knowledge management systems, and user
productivity systems to perform their jobs.

3. Lower Management
Supervisors and team leaders oversee operational employees and carry out day-to-day
operational plans. They coordinate operational tasks, make necessary decisions,
and ensure that the decision support information, consults knowledge management
systems, and relies on user productivity systems to carry out their day-to-day
responsibilities.
4. Operational Management

Operational employees primarily use TP systems to enter and receive data they need to
perform their jobs. In many companies, operational employees also
need information to handle tasks and make decisions that were assigned to
supervisors. This trend, called empowerment, gives employees more responsibility and
accountability.

How can you classify companies based on their mix of

products and services?

2.The plan for how the business determines which products it will make or stock May
develop completely new products May expand or modify their current product lines. If
you are in business you will have gathered very quickly that the customer is king (or
queen). Unless you have a total monopoly of a product or service there are plenty of
other suppliers that your customers can turn to because the strength of your products or
services forms the foundation for your entire business.

A strong product or service is one that lots of people want, or even better – must answer
the question:

Does your product or service solve a problem?

Does your product or service deliver some amazing benefits?

What is empowerment?

EMPOWERMENT is the process of increasing the capacity of individuals or groups to

make choices and to transform those choices into desired actions and outcomes.
Central to this process are actions which both build individual and collective assets, and
improve the efficiency and fairness of the organizational and institutional context which
govern the use of these assets.
What types of information systems might a large
company use?

Types of Information Systems:

a. Office Information Systems ( OIS)

b. Transaction Processing Systems (TPS)

c.Management Information Systems (MIS)

d.Decision Support Systems (DSS)

e. Executive Suport Systems (ES)

: The most common information systems might large company use are the major types
these are the ESS, DIS and MIS.

C. Mini Case Study

What are the main differences between structured, O-O,
and agile development methods?

Agile software development refers to a group of software development methodologies

based on iterative development, where requirements and solutions evolve through
collaboration between self-organizing cross-functional teams.
Object-oriented programming (OOP”’) is a programming paradigm that uses “objects” –
data structures consisting of data fields and methods together with their interactions – to
design applications and computer programs.
What is a CASE tool and what does it do?

CASE, stands for Computer Aided Software Engineering. To put it simply they are tools
to help you design software systems. Anywhere from simple applications to complex
multiple component distributed systems.
Typically they provide support for a variety of design methodologies from simple
flowcharts, to state diagrams, etc. You use them to “draw” out your system and it’s
components. Some can even go so far as to generate code based on how detailed your
definition is.
You can draw the objects in your system, identify their attributes and behaviours, and
relationships with other objects in the system. When I say objects these code me low
level classes within an application or system components (whole applications,
databases, etc.).

What is business process modeling and how is it done?

Business Process Modeling (BPM) in systems engineering is the activity of representing

processes of an enterprise, so that the current process may be analyzed and improved.
BPM is typically performed by business analysts and managers who are seeking to
improve process efficiency and quality. The process improvements identified by BPM
may or may not require information technology involvement, although that is a common
driver for the need to model a business process, by creating a process master.
Business process modeling results in the improvement of the way tasks performed by
the business.
They can pick up errors or cons about the way processes are currently being performed
and model an improved way of carrying out these processes.

What is prototyping and why is it important?

A prototype is basically a mock-up. In the database world you can use software to
simulate a situation or even build a mock-up database. A Mock-up database will be a
‘simple’ version of the intended end product. It will not have all of the tables that the
finished product would have, or all of the fields in the tables it does have.
An example might be a billing engine that you are building. If you are going to embed
busines logic into the database
you might put together a functional mock-up of a certain core component of this system,
say the tables that contain computed interest and Billing rule logic. From there you
might write stored procedures that are to computer these values; and run it to verify the
results.
This is important because if you have some ideas or thoughts on how to handle a given
situation you can produce a mock-up of a couple implementation strategies and test
these for best result.
If you simply build out your entire database and application without testing some of your
concepts you will often find yourself with a completed project that is less than optimal in
functionality, scale, and performance.
Always consider your implementation options and test each (or your top two or three
methods) to determine your best of breed approach. You may know in your head what
will work best but you would be surprised at the results when tested; at times.
or Evolutionary prototyping is the process of developing the final software system by
enhancing the prototype-that is, the prototype evolves into the final product