Unit 9.assignment Brief 1 (2018 - 2019)
Unit 9.assignment Brief 1 (2018 - 2019)
Unit 9.assignment Brief 1 (2018 - 2019)
Submission Format:
Scenario
Tune Source is a company headquartered in southern California. Tune Source is the brainchild of three
entrepreneurs with ties to the music industry: John Margolis, Megan Taylor, and Phil Cooper. Originally,
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John and Phil partnered to open a number of brick and mortar stores in southern California specializing in
hard-to-find and classic jazz, rock, country, and folk recordings. Megan soon was invited to join the
partnership because of her contacts and knowledge of classical music. Tune Source quickly became known
as the place to go to find rare audio recordings. Annual sales last year were $40 million with annual growth
at about 3%–5% per year. Tune Source currently has a website that enables customers to search for and
purchase CDs. This site was initially developed by an Internet consulting firm and is hosted by a prominent
local Internet Service Provider (ISP) in Los Angeles. The IT department at Tune Source has become
experienced with Internet technology as it has worked with the ISP to maintain the site.
System Request
The marketing department views this as a strategic system. The ability to offer digital music
downloads is critical in order to remain competitive in our market niche. Our music archive of
rare and hard-to-find music is an asset that is currently underutilized.
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Many of our current loyal customers have been requesting this capability, and we need to
provide this service or face the loss of these customers’ business.
Because customers have a number of music download options available to them elsewhere we
need to bring this system to the market as soon as possible.
You need to discuss the following Tasks:
Task 1
You are a project manager of ABC company. Your company now collaborating with Tune Source to
complete the project. You have to create a report about SDLC models which could be used in Tune
Source. You report should contain the following content:
Describe 4 SDLC models: Waterfall, V-Model, Spiral, Rapid Development. Which method is best for Tune
Source and why?
Your report also should list some risks and offer an approach to manage risks.
Task 2
Discuss why a team need to conduct feasibility study and what areas should be conducted in feasibility
study?
Task 3
Your team now is offering several technical solutions for Tune Source. Describe how can you choose a
solution over the others.
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Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
P1 Describe two iterative and two M1 Describe, with an example, why D1 Assess the merits of applying the
sequential software lifecycle a particular lifecycle model is Waterfall lifecycle model to a large
models. selected for a development software development project.
environment.
P2 Explain how risk is managed in
the Spiral lifecycle model.
P3 Explain the purpose of a M2 Discuss the components of a D2 Assess the impact of different
feasibility report. feasibility report. feasibility criteria on a software
investigation.
P4 Describe how technical
solutions can be compared.
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