Requirement Analysis and Modelling:

Printing Incorporated Book Publishing is an independent book publisher located in Melbourne, Australia. It has established itself in the niche market of feminist publications. Though small in size at 50 employees, it is a leader in the growing online publishing industry in Australia. The company sees itself as somewhat of a pacesetter in the field of Internet publishing and e-books, and in 1995 become only the third Australian publisher to have its entire catalog placed online.

Traditionally, aspiring authors had two choices for publishing their work. The preferred option was to convince one of the major book publishers that their work deserved publication. The author would receive an advance payment, let the publisher absorb the costs of printing and promoting the book, and sit back and wait for the royalty checks. However, mainline publishers accept only a few new manuscripts each year. Authors might face many rejection slips and never find a willing publisher. The second option for an author was to self-publish through a vanity press. In this option, authors would pay for the printing, take delivery of a garage full of books, and do all the promotion themselves.

But with the growth of the Internet, a new option has emerged: electronic publishing. An author's work can be converted to an electronic file that can be read on-screen or printed to a printer. From a website, potential buyers can purchase the file and download it. New devices are being developed, such as book-sized LCD screens that accept downloaded books, to make e-books as portable as paper books. eReaders, such as Amazon Kindle, Apple iPad, and Google Android are very popular. There are also developments in mobile reading which eBook version for mobile, such as the iPhone version. Because e-books bypass the expense of printing, they can be produced and sold much more cheaply than paper books. All it takes is someone with the expertise to produce quality e-book files and a popular e-book web site. So far as eBooks are concerned, however, Printing Incorporated publishers eBooks have been available in four formats:

Screen-optimized DRM-free digital editions in PDF format (designed for reading on computers)

Printer-optimized DRM-free digital editions in PDF format (designed for printing on customers printers)

ePub format digital editions, also DRM-free (designed for reading on the iPhone and iPad)

MOBI format digital editions, also DRM-free (designed for reading on the Kindle)

Questions:

What are some of the problems/issues the business (internal and external) currently facing and how they impact on overall business future development?

What are the business current system problems you consider essential to address? You should list them and then pick up two which you consider are the most important for the business and explain why they are important. What are some of the opportunities when these problems are solved? How would the organization be better off by solving this problem or taking up this opportunity?

Clearly explain the current systems objectives and constraints. Please note: you need to read the case description to understand what the current system does.

In this assignment, students are required to develop a workable and stand-alone system using all the knowledge and information that they have learned in the unit to provide possible solutions and make a recommendation which should be able to solve one or more problems that the case company is facing.

Scope and System Requirements (Proposed system)

Description of Proposed System: You are required to provide a brief description of the proposed system and clearly explain the systems objectives and constraints.

Describe how would you apply the requirements gathering techniques effectively to gather system requirements (there are many techniques which you can adopt, such as Interview...).

List all system requirements you identified: List all functional and non-functional requirements for the proposed system. Provide a brief explanation for each of the requirements, particularly those which

are new in the proposed system. You should explain why you added the new requirements and how they help to solve the problems identified.

User Stories and acceptance criteria

A brief explanation of each stakeholders potential interests in the new system

Identify different types of users and write at least one sample user story based on each of the key

stakeholders requirements. You should also list the key acceptance criteria.

Recommendations

Suggest and compare at least three (3) different types of solutions (e.g. develop from scratch, COTS, Cloud-based etc.) and the advantages and disadvantages of each type for the business case. Discuss whether the internal or external development would be more suitable for the proposed solution.

Make your recommendation as to the most appropriate solution for the case with your justification as to why it is the best solution.

Discuss what steps the case business needs to take if they follow your recommended solution and wish it to be successfully implemented and adopted.

Confirm project feasibility by briefly discussing the economic, organizational, technical, and other factors along with the required resources and time schedule. You are not required to provide actual numbers e.g. costings or specific dates.

Briefly discuss the most suitable methodology (e.g., Agile or Waterfall) which you consider the business can adopt for their new systems analysis, design and implementation process.

Justification of the chosen modeling approach compare and contrast the structured analysis and design techniques and models with other modeling techniques (e.g., the object-oriented models and techniques), and clearly identify the strengths and weaknesses of each set. Your justification should be supported by appropriate references and linked to the case.

A brief explanation on how you manage changes (both technical and people).

Please note that this assignment requires research and analysis. You are not just answering what questions, but most importantly why & how questions. You should include relevant references which can support your ideas and points of view.

Your proposal & analysis should be comprehensible to management and to users who are computer literate. Your discussion and points of view should be supported by academic references (Journal articles, books, conference papers, and leading researchers blogs, published industry examples...).

Conclusion

Summarize the whole assignment, your key findings, and limitations.