Technical Paper: Final Project Plan

Especially for You Jewelers is a small jewelry company in a college town. Over the last couple of years, it has experienced a tremendous increase in its business. However, its financial performance has not kept pace with its growth. The current system, which is partly manual and partly automated, doesn’t track accounts receivables sufficiently, and the company is finding it difficult to determine the reasons why the receivables are so high. The company runs frequent specials to attract customers but has no idea whether these efforts are profitable or if the benefit—if there is one—comes from associated sales. Especially for You Jewelers wants to increase repeat sales to its existing customers; thus, it needs to develop a customer database. It also wants to install a new direct sales and accounting system to help solve the outlined problems. The new direct sales and accounting system for Especially for You Jewelers will be an important element in the growth and success of the jewelry company. The direct sales portion must track every sale, be able to link to the inventory system for cost data, and provide a daily profit and loss report. The customer database must be able to produce purchase histories to assist management in preparing special mailings and special sales to existing customers. Detailed credit balances and aged accounts for each customer would help to solve the problem with the high balance of accounts receivables. Special notice letters and credit history reports would help management reduce accounts receivable. Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you: Suggest at least five (5) expected business benefits that Especially for You Jewelers company might derive from a new system. Provide a rationale for your suggestions. Propose at least five (5) system capabilities for the company. Provide a rationale for your proposals. Ascertain the three (3) possible scenarios in this new direct sales and accounting system. Using Microsoft Visio or an open source alternative such as Dia, develop an activity diagram for each scenario that you have identified. Note: The graphically depicted solution may not exceed one (1) page per diagram. Provide a narrative that gives an overview of your diagram. Using Microsoft Visio or an open source alternative such as Dia, complete a fully-developed use case description for each scenario identified. Note: The graphically depicted solution may not exceed one (1) page per diagram. Develop a system vision document for Especially for You Jewelers, detailing the overall vision or plan for the new direct sales and accounting system. A vision document generally contains: Introduction Business needs / requirements Product / solution overview Major features Scope and limitations Other needs Use at least three (3) quality resources outside of the suggested resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources. Points: 200 Technical Paper: Final Project Plan Criteria Unacceptable Below 70% F Fair 70-79% C Proficient 80-89% B Exemplary 90-100% A 1. Suggest at least five (5) expected business benefits that Especially for You Jewelers company might derive from a new system. Provide a rationale for your suggestions. Weight: 10% Did not submit or incompletely suggested at least five (5) expected business benefits that Especially for You Jewelers company might derive from a new system. Did not submit or incompletely provided a rationale for your suggestions. Partially suggested at least five (5) expected business benefits that Especially for You Jewelers company might derive from a new system. Partially provided a rationale for your suggestions. Satisfactorily suggested at least five (5) expected business benefits that Especially for You Jewelers company might derive from a new system. Satisfactorily provided a rationale for your suggestions. Thoroughly suggested at least five (5) expected business benefits that Especially for You Jewelers company might derive from a new system. Thoroughly provided a rationale for your suggestions. 2. Propose at least five (5) system capabilities for the company. Provide a rationale for your proposals. Weight: 15% Did not submit or incompletely proposed at least five (5) system capabilities for the company. Did not submit or incompletely provided a rationale for your proposals. Partially proposed at least five (5) system capabilities for the company. Partially provided a rationale for your proposals. Satisfactorily proposed at least five (5) system capabilities for the company. Satisfactorily provided a rationale for your proposals. Thoroughly proposed at least five (5) system capabilities for the company. Thoroughly provided a rationale for your proposals. 3. Ascertain the three (3) possible scenarios in this new direct sales and accounting system. Weight: 15% Did not submit or incompletely ascertained the three (3) possible scenarios in this new direct sales and accounting system. Partially ascertained the three (3) possible scenarios in this new direct sales and accounting system. Satisfactorily ascertained the three (3) possible scenarios in this new direct sales and accounting system. Thoroughly ascertained the three (3) possible scenarios in this new direct sales and accounting system. 4. Using Microsoft Visio or an open source alternative such as Dia, develop an activity diagram for each scenario that you have identified. Provide a narrative that gives an overview of your diagram. Weight: 15% Did not submit or incompletely developed an activity diagram for each scenario that you have identified, using Microsoft Visio or an open source alternative such as Dia. Did not submit or incompletely provided a narrative that gives an overview of your diagram. Partially developed an activity diagram for each scenario that you have identified, using Microsoft Visio or an open source alternative such as Dia. Partially provided a narrative that gives an overview of your diagram. Satisfactorily developed an activity diagram for each scenario that you have identified, using Microsoft Visio or an open source alternative such as Dia. Satisfactorily provided a narrative that gives an overview of your diagram. Thoroughly developed an activity diagram for each scenario that you have identified, using Microsoft Visio or an open source alternative such as Dia. Thoroughly provided a narrative that gives an overview of your diagram. 5. Using Microsoft Visio or an open source alternative such as Dia, complete a fully-developed use case description for each scenario identified. Weight: 15% Did not submit or incompletely completed a fully-developed use case description for each scenario identified, using Microsoft Visio or an open source alternative such as Dia. Partially completed a fully-developed use case description for each scenario identified, using Microsoft Visio or an open source alternative such as Dia. Satisfactorily completed a fully-developed use case description for each scenario identified, using Microsoft Visio or an open source alternative such as Dia. Thoroughly completed a fully-developed use case description for each scenario identified, using Microsoft Visio or an open source alternative such as Dia. 6. Develop a system vision document for Especially for You Jewelers, detailing the overall vision or plan for the new direct sales and accounting system. Weight: 15% Did not submit or incompletely developed a system vision document for Especially for You Jewelers, detailing the overall vision or plan for the new direct sales and accounting system. Partially developed a system vision document for Especially for You Jewelers, detailing the overall vision or plan for the new direct sales and accounting system. Satisfactorily developed a system vision document for Especially for You Jewelers, detailing the overall vision or plan for the new direct sales and accounting system. Thoroughly developed a system vision document for Especially for You Jewelers, detailing the overall vision or plan for the new direct sales and accounting system. 7. 3 references Weight: 5% No references provided. Does not meet the required number of references; some or all references poor quality choices. Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices. Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices. 8. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements Weight: 10% More than 6 errors present 5-6 errors present 3-4 errors present 0-2 errors present