1. Strategy

2. Strategy Phases • Strategy Plan • Strategy Document

3. Strategy Plan Phase • Contents of Strategy Document • Sources of information • Personnel and organization for Document Phase • Identifying end of Document Phase • Who will sign off

4. Strategy Document Phase • Ends with the sign off:A common vision between customer and developer • Developers persuade customer they understand what is needed. • Includes all information gathering, documentation preparation, diagramming leading to strategy deliverables

5. Strategy Deliverables • Strategy document: high level overview • Current and new business processes • Current and new info structures • Plans and narratives • Contract • Protects Developers • Preliminary Project Plan

6. Purposes of Strategy Doc • Define Project: Scope, Deliverables, Assumptions, Limitations • Communicate Nature of Project • Sell the Project

7. Full Scale Strategy Document • Executive Summary • Project Environment • Proposed Solution • Project Plan

8. Executive Summary • Vital Section • Important Sections • Concise project description • Who is affected • Motivation • Solution • Costs/Benefits

9. Current System History Requirements Related Projects interfaces limitations Politics Organizational structure Needs Conflict resolution Project Rationale Environment of Project

10. What will be built H/W S/W Requirements Deliverables Costs & Benefits Business Impact Projected costs Diagrams Strategy ERD PFDs Narratives and Sample Tables for ERDs What project is not (Scope) Proposed Solution

11. Project Plan • Staffing • Phases and Documents • Time and cost ranges

12. Designer in Strategy • Document management • Process Modeling • ER Modeling • Versioning