The document discusses a business analysis project for Lowmill Corporation where the maintenance department needs reorganization from a physical and systematic level as they are unable to provide data on failing production equipment. A new system is needed to understand high failure production areas so the engineering department can improve equipment uptime and maximize manufacturing capacity. The paper will analyze the business process related to Lowmill's maintenance department issues.

1. BSA 411 Week 1 DQ 1
• What impact does lack of previous research have on the analysis of a
business situation?
Projects large and small will always need some previous research conducted to collect
existing data. Previous research is the foundation of a business plan it includes a
thorough examination of internal and external factors affecting a business. It creates
an overview of the organization that will lead to a better understanding of the factors
that will influence its business solutions.
BSA 411 Week 1 DQ 2
What are examples of being unrealistic in a business systems analysis?
There are many reasons for there being unrealistic goals or expectations, but I feel
that the two main reasons are arrogance and ignorance. At a recent job I had a
manager that felt he could do no wrong and when he was questioned he would
become irate. This lead to his employees to stop questioning him as they did not
want the grief. This lead to many problems such as being over budget, unrealistic
deadlines, and oversight of potential problems. I can think of one instance where all
three of these came into play.
BSA 411 Week 1 DQ 3
How does ignorance of corporate culture impact the analysis of a
business situation?
BSA 411 Week 1 DQ 4
Based on Woodhouse’s (2007) article, expand by discussing the topic of
the interaction of IT strategy and corporate culture.
BSA 411 Week 1 DQ 5

2. Based on Dupius, Lee, and Kim’s (2007) article, describe how you would
set up a good selection criterion to be sure that your system analysts
will be effective.
Week Two Discussion Questions
 What are the major differences between functional and process-based structures?
 How do value chain principles apply to system analysis?
 What is a major motivation for reverse engineering?
 Scheibler, et al. (2008) developed a software application integration
product delivered as a service (SaaS). Discuss how you can use this service,
specifically to speed up integrations of disparate software environments in
your company.
 Wang and Li (2008) present an applications integration schema for
bringing together Geographic Information System (GIS) and Decision Support
System (DSS) applications. Taking their approach, discuss the specific
integration of a new Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system and
tying it to your existing accounting system.
Week Two Discussion Questions
 What are the major differences between functional and process-based structures?
 How do value chain principles apply to system analysis?
 What is a major motivation for reverse engineering?
 Scheibler, et al. (2008) developed a software application integration
product delivered as a service (SaaS). Discuss how you can use this service,
specifically to speed up integrations of disparate software environments in
your company.
 Wang and Li (2008) present an applications integration schema for
bringing together Geographic Information System (GIS) and Decision Support
System (DSS) applications. Taking their approach, discuss the specific

3. integration of a new Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system and
tying it to your existing accounting system.
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Business Application System Proposal
NAME
Systems Analysis Methodologies
BSA 411
4/11/2012

5. Business Application System Proposal
There are a lot of different business problems or business opportunities in the business
world that have to change in order to work correctly. I have never, personally, had the
opportunity to work on a project that would correct problems, but I have few friends that did, and
always listened to them carefully, to try to understand, and to assimilate, the different approaches
they took. I would like to discuss the projects that made me really like System Analysis
Methodologies, because, I believe, I was able to be part of successful problem solving, by
brainstorming along with him.
Week Three Discussion Questions
What are the reasons for object orientation?
What is the relationship of the object model to the data structure?
After reviewing the Wang, et al. (2008) article, discuss three software development
methodologies from the article and how you can apply them in your programming.
Week Three Discussion Questions
 What are the reasons for object orientation?
 What is the relationship of the object model to the data structure?
 After reviewing the Wang, et al. (2008) article, discuss three software
development methodologies from the article and how you can apply them in
your programming.
Modeling Methodologies

6. NAME
Systems Analysis Methodologies
BSA 411

7. Modeling Methodologies
A model methodology is necessary to implement our real time system, to make sure the
scheduling works correctly and will meet the deadlines; this is due to historical gap problems
between the real time scheduling and the actual result.
A computer engineer will be responsible to draw a working model, and, until the system works
to perfection, the model will be continuously changed, adjusted and tweaked, and tested to
determine its best performance. Methodologies are also addressed as strategies, steps, or
directions, and can be either purchased from other businesses, which have already tested them
and perfected, or, as we mentioned above, a better choice would be to just let an engineer draw a
new one, tailored for success. Most businesses, though using a similar infrastructure, use slightly
different methods, therefore any methodology already in existence, might not perform for all of
them in the same way.
What is the difference between questions asked during analysis and questions asked during
design?
Different steps within development of a system require different quetions to be asked. During the
analysis phase, "what" questions will be answered and asked. These questions will and should
bring up fewer choices, and work on problem space. What is the issue we need to fix? What is
the company currently doing? What system would be best for this company? During the design
phase, these questions are "how." How should we set up the layout? How should the users
interact? This section will work with solution space and involve many choices as apposed to the
analysis phase. The analysis phase needs to be preformed before the design phase to ensure the
what questions are answered so the how questions can come next.
What is the difference between questions asked during analysis and questions asked during
design?

8. What benefits do state diagrams bring to the analysis process?
State diagrams actually supply tons of information for various types of applications. The tool is
very simple to use because there are only a few rules and simples and offers a wide load of
options and direction to the developer. To start, the diagram has circles and arrows. The circles
represent stations like outputs and reactions. Arrows mean transitions, which are inputs and user
actions.
What does this bring to the analysis process? The benefits help reduce a buggy application or
system because it helps see all the functionalities. The graph will show all states possible like
drop down menus. State diagrams also show the analyst all user interactions.
Based on Sauve’s (2009) article,
What is the business driven IT management (BDIM) methodology?
The Sauve's (2009 article describes BDIM methodology as "the application of
a set of models, practices, techniques and tools to map and to quantitatively
evaluate interdependencies between IT solutions and business
performance". The methodology has emerged through the introduction of
Control Objectives for Information
and Related Technologies (COBIT) [1] and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act [2]
compliance requirements.
Process Analysis and System Concept Development
NAME
Systems Analysis Methodologies
BSA 411

10. Process Analysis and System Concept Development
The first thing that needs to be addressed when implementing a new system, is to make
sure we can correctly collect all the old data, and migrate it to the new system. Once the data is
migrated, then the implementation will continue in parallels. Both the new and the old system
have to be ran simultaneously to make sure the results are the same, and that every aspect of the
new system is working as intended.
Real time process solves several problems for the enterprise, mainly because it react instantly to
any entry that is generated, and it gives an up to the last minute correct count of anything that
goes on in the industry. By being able to obtain the correct data any time is needed, material can
be reordered, or stored, as needed.
What is the difference between relational database management systems and object-oriented
database management systems?
While relational database management systems and object-oriented database management
systems may seem very similar as they both offer management in databases, they have many
large differences.
Relational database management systems consist of rows and columns of data. The rows and
columns are turned into tables as a whole. All rows are considered to be a record. Each table has
a key identifier. These tables are all linked together in a relationship. Structured query language
is used to communicate and work the data. Relational database management systems are
typically not as robust as object-oriented database management systems, however RDMS can be
easier to learn and make because many application exist that help create the product in a
graphical user interface. This also makes them easier to learn and making the database larger is
easier.
What is the difference between a procedure-driven and an event-driven strategy for controlling
an application?

11. Procedure-driven strategy for controlling an application is based on steps from a beginning to an
end. Essentially the application is preformed in a step-by-step manor. Think of a slide show. The
user would start on the first slide and work its way till the end. Web applications are an example
that I can think of, which operates in procedures.
Event-driven strategy for controlling an application is an interactive approach. When a user
presses or interacts with the application, the application responds right away. It doesn't matter
what order the user will interact in. Example is Visual Basic or Java. The user could chose a drop
down, move something around the screen, make font green, or click point and scroll. These are
just examples.
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12. Introduction
This paper is an analysis of a business process related to Lowmill Corporation (Lowmill).
Lowmill has indicated that their maintenance department is in need of reorganization from a physical and
systematic level. The maintenance department is currently unable to provide data on what production
equipment is failing, how often and why. There is a need to understand the high failure production areas
of the company so that the engineering department can be provided a strategic direction on what
improvements can be made to production equipment in order to improve equipment uptime and therefore
ensuring the maximum productive capacity of Lowmill manufacturing.