1. Based on the description and diagram below (and only the diagram below), answer the questions that follow. (IMAGE ATTATCHED BELOW)
Smalltown Engineering, Inc., is a relatively new company that is growing quickly. Founded and located in Smalltown, Arkansas, the company is now expanding its office locations to cities across the country. As a result, a process has been developed for the processing of job applications, management of candidate interviews, and communication with all appropriate personnel and departments. This process will be implemented in all expansion offices to guarantee uniformity and consistency
Questions:
a. An application can be received from an Applicant without a job opening (Job Description) being available. T / F
b. An Engineering Manager and an Applicant have no direct communication with each other within this system. T / F
c. Process 1 (Receive Application) validates applications before storing them in the system. T / F
d. Interviews are scheduled and tracked by Process 3 (Choose for Interview). T / F
e. Process 4 (Evaluate and Hire) requires a minimum number of Interview Evaluations. T / F
f. The Non-Disclosure Form is a paper-based form sent to the Applicant. T / F
g. Process 5 (Purge Year-old Applications) is incorrectly drawn as there must be at least one process connected to either its input or output data flows. T / F
h. There is no limit to the number of interviews an Applicant can have with Smalltown Engineering, Inc. T / F
i. In order to create an employee record in the Employee data store, the system must collect additional information from the Applicant who has been hired. T / F
j. Once hired, a new Employee will have access to her record in the Applications data store. T / F
2) Read the following scenario. Write a letter to the Detroit Free Press explaining your understanding of the situation from the perspective of a well-trained systems analyst with a graduate degree from
Read the following scenario. Write a letter to the Detroit Free Press explaining your understanding of the situation from the perspective of a well-trained systems analyst with a graduate degree from the prestigious Yale University . Be sure you discuss systems development and how it relates to users and management, communication, user involvement, and project management, among others.
You recently read an article in the Detroit Free Press about employee complaints at Megahuge Products, a local manufacturing company. Apparently, Megahuge outsourced some systems development work to LittleKnown Development Corp. in Smalltown, Arkansas (located down the street from Smalltown Engineering, Inc.). After nearly nine months of working on a new order processing system, LittleKnown Development Corp. deliverd a very effective system at 90% of the originally estimated cost and two weeks before the project deadline.
The Free Press article went on to say that the employees of Megahuge, while they were aware that someone on the outside was doing some analysis of their current systems, had no direct involvement with LittleKnown Development Corp. during the last nine months. Megahuge management stated that the project was completely under control, and that the nature of the project was such that the lower-level employees would not have understood the strategic implications, managerial processes, or technical specifications.
The article concluded by saying that the Megahuge employees seemed to be overly bitter given the fact that the new system is over 50% faster than the old system and much easier to use. Also, the article seemed to support the actions of LittleKnown Development Corp. and implied that this was the norm for large-scale systems development projects in this day and age.
