CS507: Information Systems: Assignment No. 03
CS507: Information Systems: Assignment No. 03
Assignment No. 03
Spring 2020
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Virtual University of Pakistan
Objectives
All questions in this assignment cover the topics from lecture 22 to 30. For all questions, your
answer must be concise, to the point, and compact not more than 4 to 5 lines.
The objective of this assignment is to;
1. Evaluate the student understandings Information System Analysis
2. Evaluate the student's understandings of Information System Design.
3. Practice Information System Design Tools DFD, ERD.
It should be clear that your assignment will not get any credit if:
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Question No 1. (2+5+5)
Read the following software fault management process for Computer Based Information
systems(CBIS) used by ZS technologies and answer the questions given at the end of the paragraph.
The customer support team collects the defect information based on the complaints and suggestions
from the user of the CBIS. The software defects are added to a system that is used to monitor the
status of defects. A specialized team analyses the reported defects and decide whether a specific
defect can be reproduced in their lab. If it cannot be reproduced, then a list of all possible causes is
prepared and Root-Cause-Analysis(RCA) is performed, and a solution is estimated. If the defect can
be reproduced in the development environment, the same team determines the required solution to
fix it. The team also determines the required changes to be made in the system. These changes require
management approval before being incorporated in the system. The management decides whether
the changes are suitable for their product Lifecycle and approves or rejects the changes. If the changes
are rejected, the team coordinates with users regarding how to avoid faulty behavior with best
practices. If it is approved by management, a team of developers outline a design for the requirements
and plane the necessary software development activities. Once the solution is developed, it is tested
in development environment and released to users as a beta solution. The results of the test and
feedback from the users are used to make permanent changes and incorporate the changes in the new
software release. Notification to users is sent about the new release and the problems it solves. Once
satisfactory feedback is received from the users, the defect is marked as resolved in the defect
monitoring system.
a) What system analysis technique is most suitable to present the above process in a pictorial
form to show the sequences of activities, decisions, and results? (2)
b) Enlist all the components, symbols, and meanings used in above technique. (5)
c) Draw and label the pictorial representation of the above process. (5)
b) For the process described in the paragraph in Question -1, Enlist any 4 critical success factors.
(4)
Best of Luck
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