BUSINESS CASE A healthy lifestyle advocacy group is aiming to build a bike sharing system within a medium-size metropolitan area. The group has signed a contract with a company to provide the bike sharing technology and hardware (bike stations, bikes, network equipment, a server, and bike sharing software that automates the process of checking out and returning bicycles, and billing customers). The docking station provides a limited number of bike parking spots and is characterized by its location, bike capacity, and by real-time number of bikes parked. Docking stations have computers running on them, credit card reader, and a networking module which allows it to be connected to the Internet. The fleet of bikes has also been purchased.

The information system designed for this case should connect docking stations, as well as manage user registrations and billing.

Directions/Instructions:

Propose the IS architecture for the IS for the bike sharing system. Explain the rationale behind the choice ;

List all the software, and database, and hardware components;

Draw an architecture of the system showing the components using Word shapes, use arrows to show the business process and major data flow between them