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Backyard Adventures is a tour and water sports rental company that needs to update its reservation and accounting systems. The systems analysis and design process will be used to evaluate options and develop a new system. A feasibility study will determine the costs and benefits of updating the current system or buying a new one. User requirements will be documented by analyzing end user needs. A logical design will be created to meet the requirements. The system will be tested to ensure it meets business goals before implementation. Training and evaluation will occur during implementation. Maintenance will include updates to improve system performance over time.

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SAD Report Activity

Backyard Adventures is a tour and water sports rental company that needs to update its reservation and accounting systems. The systems analysis and design process will be used to evaluate options and develop a new system. A feasibility study will determine the costs and benefits of updating the current system or buying a new one. User requirements will be documented by analyzing end user needs. A logical design will be created to meet the requirements. The system will be tested to ensure it meets business goals before implementation. Training and evaluation will occur during implementation. Maintenance will include updates to improve system performance over time.

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Assignment

System Analysis and Design refers to the procedures of examining or developing business
systems with the intent of improving it through industry standard methodology and framework.
For this assignment, you will write one report that covers the seven steps in the system analysis
and design process based on a hypothetical firm's business profile. Your report should focus on
defining, justifying, and planning the project, and on the tasks associated with testing,
implementing, and maintaining the proposes system. Your report should be a minimum of 2,000
words.

Scenario
Backyard Adventures (BA) is a guided tour and water sports rental company in Jacksonville,
Florida run by two brothers, Shawn and Harry Weaver. They advertise Backyard Adventures in
several local and regional magazines and web sites, but the Weaver's don't feel that it is attracting
new business. BA rents space at a nearby marina, where Shawn runs the office, and handles
rentals on the days Harry's busy with the tour groups. BA has two main business segments:
rentals and guided tours but also does some instruction on the side if needed. Customers are
required to make reservations in advance for scheduled tours but sometimes space is available
for extra customers. Rentals are booked by reservations and walk-in customers. Melissa Smith, a
local college student, handles the telephone inquires and reservations. Daily she enters the
reservations in a binder, with tabs for each business activity. This list is used to back-up the
Microsoft Access database that she uses to record reservations. Each morning, she runs a report
that will print out the reservation list for the day. Not only does she maintain the reservation
database, but she also uses an accounting software to keep BA's books. Although the BA
database handles the basic information, Harry has noticed some drawbacks. On several occasions
the reservations for the tours have conflicted with his availability. Shawn and Harry would like
to get information about rental patterns, customer profiles, advertising effectiveness and future
business opportunities. They have been talking about either updating their system or replacing it
with a new information system that would meet their current and future needs but needs more
details on which option is feasible for the company. Your job is to help come up with a plan to
address these issues.

Writing the Report


You will have some discretion as to how you would like to structure your report to best deliver
your proposal, but your report must address the following questions about each step in the
systems analysis design process:

1. Planning: Define the scope of the problem. You know that BA has a mix of manual and
computer-based techniques and they want to update their system or buy a new system.
Explain the steps in a feasibility study to determine the anticipated cost and benefits for
the best option for BA.
2. Requirements: Justify the functional requirements. Explain what documentation will be
used to analyze the needs of the end users to ensure the new system can meet their
expectations?
3. Design: Use the information that you received from the system requirement
documentation to explain how you will design the new or updated system. What are the
necessary specifications and operations of the user interface that will meet the functional
requirements? Will you use a logical design or a physical design and why?
4. Development: Explain the development paths that will help start production using these
three key topics: the impact of the Internet, software outsourcing, and in-house software
development.
5. Testing: Discuss how the system will be tested to determine if the proposed design meets
the business goals.
6. Implementation: How will the system be implemented? Who will use it and what is the
training plan. Discuss the post-implementation evaluation plan, does the system meet
specified requirements.
7. Maintenance: Does the system need any updates to improve performance? Identity all
maintenance activities that will help with making the system operate more efficiently.

Goodluck!
NzD

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