Compare and contrast requirements gathering among traditional and iterative project methods.
Case Study 1: Requirement Analysis and Gathering for the State Firefighters Association
Due Week 3 and worth 110 points
Read the mini case on The State Firefighters Association located in Chapter 3 of the textbook and complete the assignment.
Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:
Identify the business problems in this case.
Determine whether to use a traditional or iterative project method (e.g., RAD and Agile) in this case and explain why or why not.
Determine the requirements analysis strategies in this situation and explain why to choose those strategies.
Choose the requirements-gathering techniques in this case and explain their pros and cons.
Choose the requirements documentation techniques and explain their pros and cons.
Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
Compare and contrast requirements gathering among traditional and iterative project methods.
Apply the project requirements steps of eliciting, analyzing, documenting, and testing to address and solve a proposed business problem.
Develop a business requirements document that addresses and solves a proposed business problem.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in procuring and designing project requirements.
Write clearly and concisely about project requirements and design topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.
1. Th e State Firefi ghter’s Association has a membership
of 15,000. Th e purpose of the organization is to provide
some fi nancial support to the families of deceased
member fi refi ghters and to organize a conference
each year bringing together fi refi ghters from all over
the state. Members are billed dues and calls annually.
Calls are additional funds required to take care of
payments made to the families of deceased members.
Th e bookkeeping work for the association is handled
by the elected treasurer, Bob Smith, although it is
widely known that his wife, Laura, does all the work.
Bob runs unopposed each year at the election, because
no one wants to take over the tedious and timeconsuming
job of tracking memberships. Bob is paid
a stipend of $8,000 per year, but his wife spends well
over twenty hours per week on the job. Th e organization,
however, is not happy with their performance.
A computer system is used to track the billing and
receipt of funds. Th is system was developed in 1984
by a computer science student and his father. Th e
system is a DOS-based system written using dBase 3.
Th e most immediate problem facing the treasurer and
his wife is the fact that the soft ware package no longer
exists, and there is no one around who knows how to
maintain the system. One query, in particular, takes
seventeen hours to run. Over the years, they have just
avoided running this query, although the information
in it would be quite useful. Questions from members
concerning their statements cannot easily be
answered. Usually Bob or Laura just jots down the
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