Riordan Manufacturing Case Study
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Riordan Manufacturing SR-rm-004
Introduction
Riordan Manufacturing 's background of request is to take advantage of a more sophisticated, state-of-the-art, information technology in our human resources department (Riordan Manufacturing, 2008). The method which will be applied to analyze and design the new human resources system for Riordan Manufacturing will be the systems development life cycle, which is known as SDLC. Three sections of the assignment will focus on the phases of the SDLC. In section 1, I will describe the information-gathering techniques and design methods that I would propose to use for the project. Moreover, I will identify the key factors that will help ensure …show more content…
With the development of the new system, time is vital in designing of the new program. In addition, developing a whole new system or keeping the current system along with additional new features for Riordan Manufacturing can be costly. Therefore, the IT department would have to propose a system where it can take the current tools and the new features and compile them into a single web-based or dashboard application. The design of the new system can be achieved by taking advantage of a beneficial software system called Rapid Application Development (RAD). RAD "refers to a type of software development life cycle which uses minimal planning in favor of rapid prototyping" (Wikipedia, 2009) The benefits of the software are that during the planning stages, the software writes itself along with providing speed and flexibility. Furthermore, the IT department can review and define with the employees the business requirements for the system by using the Joint Application Development (JAD). JAD is also used in the SDLC that collects business requirements for the system. According to Wikipedia, the JAD process also includes approaches for enhancing user participation, expediting development, and improving the quality of specifications …show more content…
Moreover, in order to create the fields, schema and tables, use case tools will be used and applied. To create the backend, internal controls, external controls and bridge software which interferes between the HRMS system and the new HR tools system, the IT department would use OOP, along with PHP. PHP is a scripting language originally designed for producing dynamic web pages (Wikipedia, 2009). The advantages of PHP are that it could "interact with the user" and "offers connectivity to other common databases and external libraries" (Indiana University, 2009). Therefore, the newly created software will pull employee information from the HRMS system. The web based interface is linked back to the lightweight directory access protocol connections. To connect and link to the various systems and tools, the IT department has to use PHP and AJAX; a web development technique that creates interactive web applications or rich internet applications. As for the network, the intranet infrastructure WAN and LAN are used and evaluated for speed. To allow the use of existing WAN links, the intranet and web services are used; however,
Riordan Manufacturing SR-rm-004
Introduction
Riordan Manufacturing 's background of request is to take advantage of a more sophisticated, state-of-the-art, information technology in our human resources department (Riordan Manufacturing, 2008). The method which will be applied to analyze and design the new human resources system for Riordan Manufacturing will be the systems development life cycle, which is known as SDLC. Three sections of the assignment will focus on the phases of the SDLC. In section 1, I will describe the information-gathering techniques and design methods that I would propose to use for the project. Moreover, I will identify the key factors that will help ensure …show more content…
With the development of the new system, time is vital in designing of the new program. In addition, developing a whole new system or keeping the current system along with additional new features for Riordan Manufacturing can be costly. Therefore, the IT department would have to propose a system where it can take the current tools and the new features and compile them into a single web-based or dashboard application. The design of the new system can be achieved by taking advantage of a beneficial software system called Rapid Application Development (RAD). RAD "refers to a type of software development life cycle which uses minimal planning in favor of rapid prototyping" (Wikipedia, 2009) The benefits of the software are that during the planning stages, the software writes itself along with providing speed and flexibility. Furthermore, the IT department can review and define with the employees the business requirements for the system by using the Joint Application Development (JAD). JAD is also used in the SDLC that collects business requirements for the system. According to Wikipedia, the JAD process also includes approaches for enhancing user participation, expediting development, and improving the quality of specifications …show more content…
Moreover, in order to create the fields, schema and tables, use case tools will be used and applied. To create the backend, internal controls, external controls and bridge software which interferes between the HRMS system and the new HR tools system, the IT department would use OOP, along with PHP. PHP is a scripting language originally designed for producing dynamic web pages (Wikipedia, 2009). The advantages of PHP are that it could "interact with the user" and "offers connectivity to other common databases and external libraries" (Indiana University, 2009). Therefore, the newly created software will pull employee information from the HRMS system. The web based interface is linked back to the lightweight directory access protocol connections. To connect and link to the various systems and tools, the IT department has to use PHP and AJAX; a web development technique that creates interactive web applications or rich internet applications. As for the network, the intranet infrastructure WAN and LAN are used and evaluated for speed. To allow the use of existing WAN links, the intranet and web services are used; however,