ASSIGNMENT BRIEF

HTU Course No: HTU Course Name:

30202450 Management Information Systems
BTEC Unit Code: BTEC UNIT Name:

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Student Name/ID Number/Section
HTU Course Number and Title 30202450 Management Information Systems
BTEC Unit Code and Title
Academic Year 2023-2024 Spring
Assignment Author Nayef Aqeel
Course Tutor Nayef Aqeel
Assignment Title Business Process Automation
Assignment Ref No 1
Issue Date 12/05/2024
Formative Assessment dates From 13/05/2024 to 30/05/2024
Submission Date 14/06/2024
IV Name & Date Ahmad Bataineh 11/05/2024
Submission Format
Project Plan Report
The assignment should be submitted to the university’s eLearning system within the deadline specified
above from the link: https://elearning.htu.edu.jo. The assignment is in the form of a report that follows the
below guidelines. In your report, you should make use of headings, paragraphs, and subsections as
appropriate. The expected word limit is 5000-10000 words, although you will not be penalized for exceeding
the total word limit, do your best to be within the word limit. Your report should be:
In the form of a Microsoft Word (.docx) file uploaded to the university’s eLearning system.
Written in a formal business style using single spacing and font size 12, of times roman.
Must be supported with research and referenced using the Harvard referencing system.
Submitting the declaration form separately is required.
Presentation:
Prepare a final power point presentation that describes your Project Plan.
Note: Soft copies submissions of your Presentation and Project Plan Report should be done through the
university’s eLearning system within the deadline specified above from below link:
https://elearning.htu.edu.jo/

Unit Learning Outcomes

LO1 Utilize conceptual frameworks to align IT investments with business strategy.
LO2 Specify business requirements as information system specifications.
LO3 Assess the fit between business requirements and enterprise systems features.
Assignment Brief and Guidance
You have recently joined an organization as an Information Systems Specialist. As a member of a task force,
you were asked to evaluate the organization’s current business processes in order to find an opportunity for
automation.

PART 1
Automate a Business Process
Select a health organization and then identify a business process that could benefit from some level of
automation.
Describe the level of automation in the selected business process. Levels of automation include
Decision Support, Decicion Augmentaion, and Decision Automation.
Compare the major variants of the SDLC.
Describe how the selected organization provides context for the selected SDLC variant.
Write a system request for the identified business process.
The system request should include the following five elements:
Project Sponsor
Business Need
Business Requirements
Business Value
Special Issues or Constraints
Feasibility Analysis
Prepare a feasibility analysis for the automation of the above business process. Your analysis should include
the following dimensions:
Technical Feasibility

Explain the following items:

Familiarity with the business application
Familiarity with the proposed technology
Project size
Integration requirements
Economic Feasibility
Calculate the Net Present Value (NPV) of the proposed process improvement. Attach a
spreadsheet that shows the project cash flow and the calculated NPV
Show Sensitivity of Cost of Capital for 5%, 10%, 15%, and 20% values
Estimate the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for the proposed system
Organizational Feasibility
Describe how the proposed system align with organization’s strategy and goal. Determine who will
resist and who will champion the new system. Identify major stakeholders, list their roles, and
describe what you plan to do with each stakeholder to enhance organizational feasibility.
Analysis Phase
Include the following items in your analysis.
Prepare a list of functional and non-functional system requirements (See section 2.1-3)
Data Flow Diagrams (DFDs)
Evaluate whether the DFD is decomposed to the proper level.
Entity Relationship Diagrams (ERDs)
Project Plan
The project plan should contain the following sections.
Table of Contents
Executive Summary
Business Process Automation
Feasibility Analysis
Analysis Phase
 Appendices
Presentation:
Prepare a final power point presentation that describes your Project Plan. You will be required to present this
part in class before the end of the semester.
Your presentation should contain the following slides.
Slide 1: Project title, your name, date
Slide 2: Outline
Slide 3-6: Business Process Automation (number of slides is flexible)
Slide 7-10: Feasibility Analysis (number of slides is flexible)
Slide 11-14: Analysis Phase (number of slides is flexible)
Slide 15: Conclusions

PART 2
Part 2 will be an on-campus examination on Monday, June 17, 2024 at 12:00PM-2:00PM.
Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
Learning Outcome Pass Merit Distinction
D1 Calculate Net Profit
Value (NPV) and produce
P1 Understand IT M1 Align IT investment
a detailed evaluation of IT
governance and its decisions with the goals
LO1 Utilize conceptual projects.
significance. and strategies of the
frameworks to align IT organization.
D2 Articulate how a
investments with business P2 Understand Operating
proposed IT project fits
strategy. Model & Maturity of M2 Incorporate risk in IT
with the IT investment
Enterprise Architecture. investment evaluation.
portfolio of an
organization.

P3 Describe how an
organization provides
context for the SDLC. M3 Understand the
LO2 Specify business components of Data Flow D3 Evaluate whether DFD
requirements as P4 List the major variants Diagrams (DFD) and is decomposed to the
information system of the SDLC. Compare Entity Relationship proper level.
specifications. and contrast rapid Diagrams (ERD).
application development
with waterfall.

LO3 Assess the fit P5 Understand

D4 Understand ERP
between business procurement, production, M4 Understand the ERP
implementation best
requirements and and business fulfilment selection process.
practices.
enterprise systems processes.
features.