System Analysis and Design for Sunshine Motors

This report provides a recommended system acquisition strategy and architectural design for Sunshine Motors' information system. The report includes a system acquisition weighted alternative matrix and a two-tier architecture design.

Running head: SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
BCO2041 System Analysis and Design
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author’s Note

1
SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
Table of Contents
Introduction..........................................................................................................................2
1. Recommended System Acquisition Strategy...................................................................2
1.1. System Acquisition Weighted Alternative Matrix...................................................2
2. Architectural Design........................................................................................................6
Bibliography........................................................................................................................7

2
SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
Introduction
The report is prepared for Sunshine motors for the development of the new information
system for automation of the current manual process of the business. The manual system of the
company should be automated for the reduction of the errors of the current business and maintain
the records of the mechanics, cars and the other facilities provided by the business. The
information system is developed for management of the changes of the current business process
and help the current business for the growth of the organization. For the development of the
information system there is a need to gather the requirement and analyze the needs of the
business for aligning the information system according to the needs.
1. Recommended System Acquisition Strategy
For the development of the sunshine motors information system the stakeholders should
be included and interviews must be arranged with the stakeholders for gathering the requirement
of the information system. An analysis should be made on the functional and the non-functional
requirement of the organization for the development of the information system. Meetings should
be arranged with the stakeholders for and a system development lifecycle model should be
applied for starting the development of the information system.
1.1. System Acquisition Weighted Alternative Matrix
The system acquisition matrix has been applied as a decision making tool for the
evaluation of the alternatives and identification of the criteria for the development of the
information system.
Evaluation
Criteria
Relative
Importanc
Alternativ
e 1:
Scor Weighte Alternative
2: Custom
Scor Weighte

3
SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
e Custom
application
utilizing
Java
e d Score application
utilizing
PHP
e d Score
Technical Problems
Developmen
t of in house
skills
15 Developed
using java
such that
the in
house skill
of using
java is
increased
5 75 Developme
nt of the
information
system
using PHP
does not
helps in
increasing
the in house
skills
2 30
Integration
with the
existing
system
15 The
confirmatio
n mail is
sent to the
stakeholder
s for the
final
approval
5 75 It is used
for
developmen
t of the
database
and email
3 45

4
SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
Prior
Experience
20 The
developme
nt team
requires
previous
experience
5 100 Not much
experience
is required
for the
developmen
t of the
information
system
using PHP
2 40
Economic Issues
Budget 15 An initial
budget is
required for
starting the
system
developme
nt process
1 15 The initial
cost for the
developmen
t of the
information
system
should be
estimated
4 60
Organized
Issues
Customizabl
e interface
15 The
interface
needs to be
2 30 Less time is
allocated for
the
4 60

5
SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
customized
according
to the needs
of the users
using the
information
system.
developmen
t of the
information
system
Time 20 Should be
completed
in a limited
time
5 100 4 80
Total 100 395 315

6
SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
2. Architectural Design
Figure 1: Architecture design of the information system
(Source: Created by author)
The architecture design is created following the two tier architecture for the identification
of the components and accomplishing the design. The specific parts of the project are considered
for the development of the information system and the different areas of risk are analyzed for
mitigation of the errors.

7
SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
Bibliography
Buede, D. M., & Miller, W. D. (2016). The engineering design of systems: models and methods.
John Wiley & Sons.
Coronel, C., & Morris, S. (2016). Database systems: design, implementation, & management.
Cengage Learning.
De Vasconcelos, J. B., Gouveia, F. R., & Kimble, C. (2016, July). An organisational memory
information system using ontologies. In Atas da Conferência da Associação Portuguesa
de Sistemas de Informação (Vol. 3, No. 3).
Giachetti, R. E. (2016). Design of enterprise systems: Theory, architecture, and methods. CRC
Press.
Hoepman, J. H. (2014, June). Privacy design strategies. In IFIP International Information
Security Conference (pp. 446-459). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.
Laudon, K. C., & Laudon, J. P. (2016). Management information system. Pearson Education
India.
Miettinen, R., & Paavola, S. (2014). Beyond the BIM utopia: Approaches to the development
and implementation of building information modeling. Automation in construction, 43,
84-91.
Power, D. J., Sharda, R., & Burstein, F. (2015). Decision support systems. John Wiley & Sons,
Ltd.
Vaishnavi, V. K., & Kuechler, W. (2015). Design science research methods and patterns:
innovating information and communication technology. Crc Press.

8
SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
Wasson, C. S. (2015). System engineering analysis, design, and development: Concepts,
principles, and practices. John Wiley & Sons.