Information System Analysis and Design

This report discusses the development of an information system for International Charity Foundation partnering with Australian OAGDS organization. It covers the approaches to system development, system requirements, project cost benefit analysis, project schedule, and system information requirement investigation techniques. The report also includes a table of contents, work breakdown structure, and stakeholder list.

Running head: INFORMATION SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
Information System Analysis and Design
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author’s Note

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Task 1: Approaches to system development..............................................................................2
Task 2: Systems Requirements..................................................................................................4
Task 3: Project Cost benefit Analysis........................................................................................5
Task 4: Project Schedule............................................................................................................8
Task 5: System Information Requirement Investigation Techniques......................................13
Reflections and Conclusions....................................................................................................14
Bibliography.............................................................................................................................15

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Introduction
The report is prepared for the development of an information system for International
Charity Foundation partnering with Australian OAGDS (Overseas Aid gift Deduction
Scheme) organization. The current manual process of the organisation for recording the
personal details for enrolling the children is need to be automated for reducing the errors in
the manual process and reduce the complexity of management of the information. The report
is prepared for describing the approach used for the development of the information system
and identification of the techniques needed for the development of the system. A list of
requirement is created and a project schedule, cost benefit analysis is used for the removal of
the problems and increase the efficiency of the organization.
Task 1: Approaches to system development
International Charity Foundation needs to do a market analysis and identify the
current problem faced by them for the management of the records of the children’s. A
predictive or adaptive approach should be selected depending upon the requirement of the
project. Both the predictive and the adaptive approach utilizes the SDLC model for the
development of the project. The system controls should be developed for designing and
integrating the modules with the developed framework. The waterfall model is selected for
the development of the information system and the phases involved for the project are given
below. The activities involved in the software waterfall model are given below:
Planning phase –
 Defining the scope and objectives of the business – A feasibility study is made
on the project for performing the set of tasks.
 Development of the project schedule – The project manager prepares a gantt
chart for management of the activities.

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 Confirmation of the feasibility of the project – The feasibility is confirmed
from the group of stakeholders by arranging stakeholder meetings.
 Management of the resources of the organization – Each of the activity
requires resources and thus the resources are allocated for the completion of
each of the activity.
Analysis phase -
 Identification of then problems for the development of the project – A risk
analysis is done for the identification of the barriers in the project.
 Building the prototypes for the project
 Prioritizing the requirement – the requirements are prioritized for completing
early.
 Defining the requirement of the project
 Identification of the alternatives of the project
Design Phase -
 Designing and integrating with the current framework
 Designing the architecture for the system
 User interface development
 System interface development
 Integrating with the database
 Integrating the system controls with the design
Implementation phase –
 Development of the software components
 Testing and verification of the components
 Conversion of the data elements

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 Provide training to the users
 Installation of the system components
Maintenance Phase –
 Maintenance of the current system
 Installation of small patches
 Enhancement of the system by upgrading the system components
 Provide support to the user
The waterfall model is the simplest software development lifecycle model and the use
of the waterfall model helps in creating a project schedule and manage the different activities
involved in the project. The project manager can monitor and control the activity of the team
members for the development of the project and eliminate the errors in the earlier stage for
increasing the efficiency of the project.
Task 2: Systems Requirements
The requirement of the information system can be broken down into functional and
non-functional requirement and given below:
Functional Requirement
The functional requirement for the development of the information system are given
below:
 To allow the children to enrol with their details in the information system
 To record the personal details of the children and the staffs for the
management of the information
 To allow the user to connect their bank account and donate money or sponsor
specific program

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 To create separate login accounts for the users and store the information under
the table
 To record the details of the stocks for the management of the supplies
automatically
 To eliminate the manual process and manage the information for improvement
of the business process
Non-Functional Requirement
The non-functional requirement identified for the development of the information
system are as follows:
 The information residing the server such as the bank details, personal
information should be kept secured from the external agents.
 The information system should be developed to handle large number of user
request and it should never be down
 The user interface should be kept simple such that the user does not face any
difficulty while using the information system.
It is important to create a project planning, analysis, design, implementation and
supporting the needs for the development of the information system. A feasibility plan should
be created in the planning stage and it should be approved from the project manager for
proceeding with the next stage of project development. The business needs should be
understood and processed and the solution should be based on analysing the decisions.
Support should be provided to the development team for maintaining continuous
improvement and eliminate the errors identified during the development of the system. The
building of the prototype model would help in create a prototype framework of the
information system.

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Task 3: Project Cost benefit Analysis
Project Cost-
Benefit
Analysis
Analysis
Variables:
Discount Rate
Used
10.00
%
Annual
Benefits
$
1,80,0
00.00
Annual
Operational
Costs
$
7,200.
00
One-Time
Development
Cost
$
2,50,0
00.00
Year
of
Project
0 1 2 3 4 5 TOTA
LS

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Economic
Benefit
$0.00 $
1,80,0
00.00
$
1,80,00
0.00
$
1,80,0
00.00
$
1,80,0
00.00
$
1,80,0
00.00
Discount Rate 1.0000 0.9091 0.8264 0.7513 0.6830 0.6209
PV of Benefits $0.00 $1,63,
636.36
$1,48,7
60.33
$1,35,
236.66
$1,22,
942.42
$1,11,
765.84
NPV of all
BENEFITS
$0.00 $
1,63,6
36.36
$
3,12,39
6.69
$
4,47,6
33.36
$
5,70,5
75.78
$
6,82,3
41.62
$
6,82,3
41.62
One-Time
COSTS
$
(2,50,0
00.00)
Recurring
Costs
$0.00 $
(7,200.
00)
$
(7,200.
00)
$
(7,200.
00)
$
(7,200.
00)
$
(7,200.
00)
Discount Rate 1.0000 0.9091 0.8264 0.7513 0.6830 0.6209
PV of
Recurring
Costs
$0.00 $
(6,545.
45)
$
(5,950.
41)
$
(5,409.
47)
$
(4,917.
70)
$
(4,470.
63)
NPV of all
COSTS
$
(2,50,0
$
(2,56,5
$
(2,62,4
$
(2,67,9
$
(2,72,8
$
(2,77,2
$
(2,77,2

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00.00) 45.45) 95.87) 05.33) 23.03) 93.66) 93.66)
Overall NPV $
4,05,0
47.95
Overall ROI
1.4607
Task 4: Project Schedule
Work Breakdown Structure
Figure 1: Work break down Structure
Development of
information system for
international Charity
Foundation
Initialization phase
Searching of the
project
Finalizing of the
project
Planning Phase Devlopment phase
Building the
prototype
Program and data
modeling
Designing phase
Preparing Context
level DFD
System designing
Flow chart of the
system and all level
DFDs
Report and form
designing
Coding Phase
Coding of the
project
Testing Phase
Testing of the model
with validation
Integration of the
module with the
system
Integration with the
system
System testing
Documentation Phase
Completion of the
documentation
Release or
implementation of
the product

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(Source: Created by author)
Figure 2: Gantt Chart
(Source: Created by author)
Task Name Duration Start Finish Predecessors
Development of information system for
international Charity Foundation
70 days Thu
09-
08-
18
Wed
14-11-
18
Initialization phase 3 days Thu
09-
08-
Mon
13-08-

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18 18
Searching of the project 2 days Thu
09-
08-
18
Fri
10-08-
18
Finalizing of the project 1 day Mon
13-
08-
18
Mon
13-08-
18
3
Planning Phase 7 days Tue
14-
08-
18
Wed
22-08-
18
Development phase 15 days Wed
22-
08-
18
Tue
11-09-
18
Building the prototype 7 days Mon
03-
09-
18
Tue
11-09-
18
8
Program and data modelling 8 days Wed
22-
08-
18
Fri
31-08-
18
8

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Designing phase 22 days Mon
03-
09-
18
Tue
02-10-
18
Preparing Context level DFD 3 days Mon
17-
09-
18
Wed
19-09-
18
11
System designing 10 days Mon
03-
09-
18
Fri
14-09-
18
11
Flow chart of the system and all level
DFDs
4 days Thu
20-
09-
18
Tue
25-09-
18
13,14
Report and form designing 5 days Wed
26-
09-
18
Tue
02-10-
18
15
Coding Phase 9 days Wed
03-
10-
18
Mon
15-10-
18
Coding of the project 9 days Wed Mon 16,14,15

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03-
10-
18
15-10-
18
Testing Phase 17 days Tue
16-
10-
18
Wed
07-11-
18
Testing of the model with validation 3 days Tue
16-
10-
18
Thu
18-10-
18
18
Integration of the module with the system 5 days Fri
19-
10-
18
Thu
25-10-
18
18,20
Integration with the system 4 days Fri
26-
10-
18
Wed
31-10-
18
21
System testing 5 days Thu
01-
11-
18
Wed
07-11-
18
22
Documentation Phase 3 days Thu
08-
Mon
12-11-

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11-
18
18
Completion of the documentation 3 days Thu
08-
11-
18
Mon
12-11-
18
23
Release or implementation of the product 2 days Tue
13-
11-
18
Wed
14-11-
18
25
Task 5: System Information Requirement Investigation Techniques
Stakeholder List
 Project Manager
 Developer
 System analyst
 Software tester
 Designer
There are different activity that can be used for gathering information and develop the
activity required for the development of the project.
Gathering detailed information – The system analyst is responsible for gathering
data from the environment and the user using different techniques such as arranging
interviews and reviewing different document. The different existing system are observed and

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analysed that have similar business needs for starting the development of the information
system.
Defining the requirement – The requirement of the system should be categorized as
functional and non-functional requirement and the issues with the system should be identified
for the improvement of the security, reliability and performance of the current system. After
gathering the requirement a model of the system needs to be created for expressing the needs
of the user and analysed for refining the requirement and eliminate the errors in the system.
Prioritizing the requirement – After the identification of the requirement the crucial
requirement should be identified and prioritized for analysing the scope of development of
the information system. If the requirement is clear more improvement in the system can be
made and it helps in development of a model for proceeding with the development of the
project.
Development of the user interface dialogue – It is required for creating user
interface, interaction diagram and activity diagram for interpretation and validation of the
model. The validation of the model is important for the development of the interface and
documentation of the requirement.
Evaluation of the requirement – An iterative process is used for the validation of the
input of the user and additional inputs that are needed for the management of the information
residing in the information system should be identified. The models should be refined
according to the user needs for elicitation of the requirement.
Reflections and Conclusions
From the above report it can be concluded that the creation of the project schedule
helps in estimation of the resources required for the development of the information system.
The system is developed with the identification of the resource required for the development

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of the project. A research has been done on the targeted group of user for the identification of
the needs and align the system according to their needs for eliminating the risk of failure of
the project. A cost benefit analysis is done for the identification of the cost associated with
the development of the information system and complete the project within the estimated
time and budget.

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