INFO203 Analysis and Design Project 2024.T2SQL

Java Python 2024.T2 INFO203 Analysis and Design Project

Sketchbook

Purpose: The purpose of a sketchbook in system analysis and design is to give you a space to think about different elements of your project. A sketchbook serves as documentation or evidence of the evolvement of your thinking. You can use it as a stimulus for dialogue with yourself during your analysis and design journey. You can also use it for dialogue between you and others in workshops, activity-based discussion sessions, etc.

Task: In the following weeks (weeks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, and 10), during the second half of Firday’s activity-based discussion, you will receive questions and work on those questions. Instructors will be around and offer tips and answer questions you may have.

Evaluation: Your sketchbook is a vehicle for evolving reflection on your analysis and design process. We are NOT looking for complete, perfect or structured answers.

Instead, we expect to see thoughts and a rough plan of attack. You can put down drawings and provide a brief explanation. For questions that you may not have answers to, you may discuss how you are going to make progress. There is no page limit for the sketchbook. It can be concise and to the point, or it can contain many notes and drawings. The bottom line is that you benefit from this exercise and move your project forward.

There are three questions each week. Each question is worth 1%.

•   Satisfactory (1%) – an understanding of the question and providing relevant responses

•   Unsatisfactory (0.5%) – completely irrelevant

•   Invalid (0%) – not submitted or random text

The table below shows three questions for Week 2. To give you an idea:

•   For Q1 you could begin to think about your Information Gathering Plan,

which includes the information you’d like to gather, where you might get this information from (the sources – primary and/or secondary), how you’ll get this information (techniques such as interviews, observations, document analysis,    etc.), and the order in which you will gather it.

•   For Q2 you can focus on the information a bit more, considering how you’re going to gather it, and the type of information it is (will you use primary and/or secondary information, and where will you get it from, i.e. news sources as a secondary data source, and/or interviews, observations, etc. as a primary source). You should also try to describe why you are collecting that information.

•   And for Q3, you can start to think about the characteristics of your

stakeholders, which can include their role in the cost of living crisis (i.e. are   they users, developers, etc.?), some use cases (i.e. what role does information systems currently play?), their motivation for tackling the cost of living crisis, and how do they behave when considering these challenges.

Questions

1. For your project, what are you going to put into your Information Gathering Plan? (i)  What informatio INFO203 Analysis and Design Project 2024.T2SQL n are you trying to gather? (ii) The source of that information (iii)The techniques you’ll use to gather it (iv)The order in which you’ll gather it

2. How will you gather the information you need, and why are you gathering it? (i)        What type of information are you looking for (primary and/or secondary) (ii)       Where will you get that information from (Google search; news sources; Google Scholar; set up a survey and/or observations, etc.)

3. What are the characteristics of your stakeholders? •   What is their role? •   Key use cases (usage scenarios) •    Motivation •    Attitudes •   Behaviours

Condition: This is an individual project.

Submission: You must complete three sets of sketchbooks in accordance with the schedule below.

1.   Sketchbook 1 (entry for weeks 2 and 3; 6%) due at 5 pm on Friday,2ndAugust

2.   Sketchbook 2 (entry for weeks 4, 5, and 6; 9%) due at 5 pm on 6th  September

3.   Sketchbook 3 (entry for weeks 7, 9, and 11; 9%) due at 5 pm on 4th  October

Creating and Submitting your Sketchbook

You can use any tool you wish (e.g., pen and paper, Miro, PowerPoint, etc) to create your sketchbooks.

You must submit all the sketchbook entries in a single file. For example, using PowerPoint, each slide must represent one sketchbook entry. If you use pen and paper, take a photo of your sketchbook and copy it to a Word document or

PowerPoint. If you are using Miro, export your sketchbook as a PDF. Here is how to export Miro Boards

Make sure you have labelled your entries clearly (e.g., Sketchbook 1 – Entry 1: Empathise Part 1)