You were hired as an analyst to develop a new information system to automate the

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You were hired as an analyst to develop a new information system to automate the payroll transactions in a mid-size organization. The proposed system will contain employees’ data and interface with the organization’s General Ledger system (GL). The new system will include information such as Employee ID, Employee Name (broken down into last name, first name), Employee SSN, Employee DOB, Employee Number of Dependents, Employee Title, Employee Grade, Employee Gross Salary, Tax Deducted, Employee Net Pay, Pay Interval, Cost Center, Payroll Account Number, etc.

The proposed system total financial benefits exceed the total costs by $65,000 a year over the next five years.

Create the following documents for the proposed system and deliver each SDLC documents by the end of each designated module, as shown below Submit your group project work for the Design phase. Requirements are listed below:

A- Alternative matrix

B- Architecture report

C- Hardware and software specifications

D- Interface design

E- Physical process model

F- Program design

G- Database and file specifications including physical data model

***My portion is part E Physical Process Model and Part G database and file specifications including physical data

Explanation / Answer

A. Systems request:

Project Name: Automated payroll System for the mid-size organization

Project Sponsor: CTO of the mid-size organization

Business need: The mid size organization currently enters the payroll transactions manually and maintains inofrmation about details loke gross pay, tax deducted, net pay, employee name, etc. This is an old and inefficient system.

This project is aimed at obtaining a system that will automate the payroll transactions. All different information regarding an employee's pay can be tracked in a structured way.

B. Feasibility study:

Operational feasibility: The proposed project will make the task of entering all payroll associated information simpler. It will also make easier for a HR person to go through different information regarding an employee or a department or a division in terms of payroll related data.

Economic feasibility: The project will lead to positive economic benefits to the organization to the tune of $65,000 a year.

C. Project plan:

(I have not entered the cost figures and left it blank due to absence of quantitative information)

Labor hours Labor cost Materials Cost Project design Project tasks Develop functional specifications Develop preliminary design Develop test plan Project development Develop components Procure hardware and software Integration test Project delivery System installation Training Acceptance test

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