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Notes:
- A Systems Development study was used to document and
create Design Specifications needed to operate the
“Smart Catalog/Adviser.” Systems Development is
a design methodology consisting of four phases that map
out functional processes and the data within them: 1)
Feasibility Study, 2) Analysis, 3) Design Specifications,
and 4) Implementation Phases. As research is performed
and information is gathered, it is used to fill in the
sections of the Systems Development.
- The WGU Design Team, consisted of Western Cooperative for
Educational Telecommunications staff members. Assistance
in design methodology was provided by Burnett Blakeley of
IBM. Above is an outline of the steps that were taken to
specify and document the CWIS. This was accomplished with
two methodologies:
- Scenario Development with “Education
Experts” - a planning technique that helps
define the functions and how people relate to
them. Planning participants perform a
step-by-step analysis of the processes that
comprise each function. Participation of the WGU
leadership, contractors, and outside experts is
critical to successfully developing a blueprint
of the WGU through the scenario process.
Rapid Application Development (RAD) tools, such
as Prototyping with WWW Management Packages,
setting up a local web server and determining
Design Specifications, Cost Analysis, and Time
Management Projections to proceed.
