Developing Methodologies for Three Applications for a Selected Client

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Tasks to be undertaken: AIM: To produce a structured report identifying three applications for a selected and studied client which suggests and evaluates two methodologies for their development. OVERVIEW: This assignment is based round a client you have selected. Following an analysis of the client and their current state and future needs, you will identify three applications based on the different technologies and contexts explored in the module. Following a concise description of the proposed applications, you will identify in outline needs for processing, data, hardware and any other requirements. For each application you will be required to propose two different methodological approaches, offering different benefits and risks. Finally, you will offer an evaluation of the methodologies in summary which identifies the preferred methodology. STEPS The Client 1. Select a real-life client for which enough information is available on the web to gain a good view of their business and the IT systems that support it. This may be a public sector organisation or a commercial organisation. It is likely to be a large organisation for sufficient detail to be available. Consult your tutor if you are unsure. 2. Gain a full understanding of your client’s business and processes. Particularly pay attention to their business models, the way they address processes and efficiency and the customer experience they offer. 3. Identify areas for improvement where new applications or IT interventions might help the client. 4. We will be tackling in outline seven application classes during the course of the module: Mobile Application Development Digitisation AI and machine learning Robotic Process Automation Secure Computing Scaling, interfacing and integration Games Development. At the end of the module you will be allocated randomly three which you will be required to develop as individual application class offerings, for example a mobile app proposal, a machine learning proposal and a games proposal. During the module you should build up a portfolio of application class offering from which you can draw three for refinement and delivery in the assignment. The Application Class Offering 1. You should develop an application offering for each week an application class is considered 2. From your understanding of the client, identify an application which would benefit the client. Outline in a short description of the proposed application. 3. Consider in outline: The process that will be carried out with or by the application The necessary data sources Hardware (Note hardware is likely to be cloud directed.) Other requirements. These should only be considered very much in outline. An expressed as a couple of sentences. 4. Based on the material discussed concerning the application class select two appropriate methodologies 5. Briefly describe how each would apply to you proposed application offering 6. Identify their suitability for the application and state which is a preferable approach and why. Deliverables to be submitted for assessment: The deliverable consists of four sides of A4: a methodologist front form and three application class forms, one for each application class you have been allocated (see templates below). The front form will contain the description of the client and identification of current state of business model, customer experience and process efficiency. An overview of each of the three application class offerings follows, which provides a one or two sentence definition of the application and outline of the selected methodology and its application to the development and delivery of the application. Each of the three application class forms will contain a description of the proposed application offering, brief comments on process, data, hardware and other. Two methodologies will follow with brief few sentence overviews of the steps to be undertaken. The evaluation succinctly identifies the key issues for applying one of the two in preference to the other. Text must be in Calibri 11. Individual forms cannot extend beyond the one page of A4 References must be provided on a separate A4 page. Methodologies, if wished, may optionally be portrayed as diagram(s) in an appendix, referenced in the forms by a figure number. Creativity and Clarity: This is an exercise in creativity. There is no right answer. You should pursue ideas concerning applications based on your understanding of the client, and methodologies based on your study of course material. It is also an exercise in clarity and succinctness. In order to meet the demands of the forms you will need to sketch draft answers and then distil them to fit the limitations of the forms.