System Analysis and Design for Printing Incorporated Book Publishing

Executive Summary
The primary objective of the assignment is to learn about system analysis and design aspects for
a real-life scenario. From this assignment expertise in system analysis and design can be
improved. Information systems are important for businesses. So business are sometimes in hurry
while selecting the right information system. A business or system analyst is responsible for the
system analysis and design phase.
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Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Organisation Background................................................................................................................4
Scope of the current system.............................................................................................................4
Challenges........................................................................................................................................5
BA Roles and Challenges................................................................................................................5
Use Case Modelling.........................................................................................................................6
Key Functional and Non-Functional Requirements........................................................................7
Event Table......................................................................................................................................7
Context Diagram............................................................................................................................10
Process Description...................................................................................................................11
Level 0 DFD..................................................................................................................................11
Process Description...................................................................................................................11
Level 1 DFD..................................................................................................................................12
Process Description...................................................................................................................12
Entity Relationship Diagram.........................................................................................................13
Data Dictionary for the ER diagram..............................................................................................14
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................18
References......................................................................................................................................19
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Introduction
System analysis and design is an important part of an information system development project.
Businesses implement information systems to integrate it with their business operations and to
make it more profitable. That requires understanding of the current process, finding out the scope
of improvement possible by introducing an information system for the business and then
deploying the same. System analysis and design phase helps to understand system requirements.
If the system requirements are not clear then the primary objective of developing the information
system for a business will not be fulfilled (Dennis, Wixom, & Roth, 2012).
The purpose of the work is to present information about the current process and information
systems being used by the book publishing business, Printing Incorporated Book Publishing. The
business is planning to make changes in their current business operations and want to develop an
automated system to maintain their supply chain management process. The aim of the report is to
present various system models and description on how those can be useful and that will help to
identify the requirements of the proposed information system in future.
In the following sections of the report, there are information about the scope of the system, the
challenges being faced from the current system in relation to Business Analytics, key functional
and non-functional requirements, and system design diagrams like use case model, data flow
diagrams, event table, ER diagram etc.
All data for the report has been collected from the associated case study and relevant books.
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Organisation Background
The Printing Incorporated Book Publishing is one of the old and major book publishing
companies in the Australia. It prepares, promote and sells eBooks. They produces eBooks from
the manuscripts of the authors. Then promotes and eBooks on the basis of sharing of royalty with
the authors. Other than selling from their own website, the company sells eBooks and printed
copies of the eBook from third party channels like the Amazon. From there they collect
revenues. The company is a leading name in feminist publishing domain and they offer different
formats of an eBook. For example PDF, MOBI, and ePub formats. All of their published work
are DRM free.
The company has staffs includes the sales staffs, admin staffs and so on. When an author submits
a manuscript, then it goes through many bins set for different phases of the publication process.
When an author asks for a manuscript or searches for the same, then the staffs need to search
each bin one by one.
When a customer purchase an eBook, they are delivered the book when the payment is received.
But when a customer submits an order for hardcopy then the book is printed and delivered to the
customer.
Management and accountant are interested in having a system that would fulfil all of their
accounting needs.
Scope of the current system
Currently, there is a semi-manual business process for the supply chain. The scope of the current
system is limited within the manuscript to eBook formation, promotions and sales of the eBook.
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