Question

The Business Club at Elk College

Our VP of Marketing just learned the Business Club at Elk College (BCEB) is hosting the State Conference of Business Clubs on April 9 – 11, 2018 at the Central Downtown Campus in Dallas, Texas. Jack Morton director of the club has requested an Information System to register, monitor and house participants for the conference. BCEB has requested through the Director of Computer Systems Support that (You), one of our Marketing officers, investigate and recommend an Information Systems for these tasks.

Background Information

The BCEB is the local chapter affiliated with the state organization which will Conduct and coordinate the conference. The primary need will be to register the estimated 250 students from 14 schools which are part of this Business Clubs organization. The students will be participating in one of four areas; interviewing skills, business presentations, financial planning or research, and development. Some of the schools have requested the registration can be handled online to eliminate tracking forms. Each school will have a faculty representative who will be responsible for their students.

The Old Downtown Inn will be the base hotel for the faculty and students while in Dallas. Manager, Jill Thomas, has worked with the school previously on other conferences. Jill calls and sends emails that she prefers handling the room reservations in a paperless manner.

As host of the conference, Jack Morton will need to be able to locate any student or faculty representatives at any time while in session between 8am and 6pm, during all 3 days. The registration system will also be used to schedule students into their events and also any special trips during the conference.

Your proposal (Student Summary Report) should contain your analysis information and details of a typical preliminary investigation, including your SWOT analysis, Internal / External analysis, data, charts, recommendations, and thoughts on the following:

1) What type of hardware and software platform would be needed to support this computer based system.

2) Based on the scope described in this Case studies background information, will this development need any outside contractors or help desk support?

3) Consider the use of online systems for the project.

4) What is the feasibility of completing and testing the system in the time frame between now (our case study timeline date) and April 2, one week prior to the conference?

5) For your proposal use the System Requirements Document section format and other document templates provided within your on-line course resources

Answer 1