Enterprise Project

5 dot points across 4 inquiry questions, in syllabus order. Each dot point has a focused answer, with exam-style questions and worked answers where available.

Identifying and defining

Describe the tools and processes used to manage and document the development of an enterprise system, including problem definition, time and resource management including Gantt charts, an iterative approach, production process and technical skills, and testing and evaluation; explain the effect of the changing nature of enterprise on the development of projects, including offshore development, working remotely, freelance work and enabling the growth of start-ups

The tools and processes for managing and documenting an enterprise system project (problem definition, Gantt charts and resource management, iteration, production and technical skills, testing and evaluation), and how offshore development, remote work, freelancing and start-ups are changing how projects are developed.

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Testing and evaluating

Verify and validate an enterprise computing system, including evaluating test data, trialling the operation and maintenance documentation, reviewing the impact of system implementation within relevant environments, modifying designs to improve functionality, and testing, evaluating and maintaining the developed enterprise computing system

The difference between verification (built the system right) and validation (built the right system), and how to evaluate test data, trial operation and maintenance documentation, review the impact of implementation, modify designs to improve functionality, and test, evaluate and maintain the finished enterprise computing system.

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Producing and implementing

Apply tools to inform the requirements and limitations of an enterprise system, including interviews, surveys, analytical reports, prototypes and presentations of research results; explore and apply the most suitable development approach to develop, modify and implement an enterprise system, including waterfall (structured), agile, prototyping, end-user and outsourcing

How interviews, surveys, analytical reports, prototypes and presentations of research results reveal an enterprise system's requirements and limitations, and how to choose between the waterfall (structured), agile, prototyping, end-user and outsourcing development approaches.

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Develop an implementation plan and test its feasibility for an enterprise computing system, including design thinking, thinking and design tools including storyboards, Gantt chart and decision tree, risk analysis, hardware and software integration, training, preferred system implementation method and methodology for testing the system

What goes into an implementation plan for an enterprise computing system (design thinking, storyboards, Gantt charts, decision trees, risk analysis, hardware and software integration, training, the choice of direct, parallel, phased or pilot implementation, and a testing methodology) and how to test the plan's feasibility.

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Researching and planning

Investigate tools that support the design and development of an enterprise system, including online collaboration, time/task action plans, process diary including ongoing evaluation, budget, system flowcharts, data flow diagrams and decision trees; describe how computational, design and systems thinking skills are used in the design and development of an enterprise system; select key collaborating and managing criteria appropriate to the development of an enterprise project, including designing for ease of operation and maintenance, clarifying each of the relevant informatics within the new system, outlining the role of the participants, data and components used in the system, negotiating user/client needs and wants and working collaboratively

The tools that support designing an enterprise system (online collaboration, action plans, process diary, budget, system flowcharts, data flow diagrams, decision trees), how computational, design and systems thinking are used, and the collaborating and managing criteria NESA lists for an enterprise project.

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