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Chapter 8
Integrated
Project

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Learning Objectives










LO#1 Plan and manage a business analysis project
LO#2 Develop an integrated UML Class Diagrams for a
business
LO#3 Develop activity models of multiple business
processes and use those models to assess potential
risks and opportunities for process improvements
LO#4 Use the UML Class Diagram to design and
implement a relational database system in Microsoft
Access™
LO#5 Employ the relational database to answer a
variety of business performance questions
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LO# 1

Sy’s Fish Company
Sy’s Fish Company owns a chain of wholesale fish
stores. The company has grown rapidly over the last few
years and now operates eight different stores. The
company is poised to expand further, but first needs to
develop a better accounting information system. This
project involves
a thorough analysis of Sy’s Fish Company business
processes to assess opportunities for improvement
and
2)
implementation of a prototype integrated database to
provide financial and management information.
The Sy’s Fish Project is based on a project developed by Bill McCarthy, Professor, Michigan
1)

State University.

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LO# 1

Sy’s Fish Company Overview


You will focus on five processes

1.

Selling fish

2.

Purchasing fish

3.

Paying employees

4.

Purchasing miscellaneous supplies and services

5.

Providing refunds to customers

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LO# 1

Sy’s Fish Company Information





Summary of interviews with key
employees available separately
EXCEL spreadsheet with all necessary
data available separately



Sy’s Fish uses accrual accounting



Sy’s Fish uses a calendar fiscal year

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LO# 1

Suggested Project Steps

Prepa re
Activity
Diagram s
Prepare
Project Plan

Determ ine
Requirem ents

I m port Data

into Access

Cre ate Tables
a nd Establish
Re lations

Prepare
Queries

Prepa re
Structure
Diagram s

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Prepare
Report


Project Deliverables








LO# 2, 3,
4, 5


Project Plan
Integrated UML Class Diagram
encompassing the five processes
BPMN Activity Model for each of the five
processes
Access database with all tables efficiently
organized, relationships set to match your
UML diagram, and referential integrity
enforced
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Query Requirements










Company income statement for 1st
quarter
Company balance sheet at the end of the
1st quarter
Stores’ income statements for 1st quarter
Accounts receivable for each customer

(showing all customers)
Each of these may require several
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queries, but the final query in each


Report Requirements






LO# 2, 3,
4, 5

Financial performance evaluation for 1st
quarter
Risk assessment and recommendations
for risk management based on the BPMN
activity diagrams
Assessment of potential benefits of the
use of information technology


Refer to BPMN activity diagrams



Consider costs and benefits


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Good luck!

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