Description
Project Description:
Blackboard Enhancement Initiative
The “Blackboard Enhancement Initiative” aims to improve the Blackboard, as a Learning Management System in Saudi Electronic University, by implementing new features and enhancing the user experience. This enhancement initiative focuses on addressing user feedback, integrating modern technologies, and creating a more engaging learning environment for students and instructors.
As a project manager in an IT related organization located in Saudi Arabia, you, and your development team, must identify specific features such as improving user interface for better accessibility, integrating AI for personalized learning paths, and enhancing communication tools (forums, chat, etc.) to achieve the Blackboard enhancement initiative. The first stage of the project goes through several phases including planning, analysis, and design.
The main activities are as follows:
In the Planning phase:
1. Scope and Objectives Definition.
2. SWOT Analysis (to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats).
3. Stakeholders Identification.
In the Analysis phase:
4. User Requirements Collection.
5. Use Cases Development (to understand user interactions).
In the Design phase:
6. New Interfaces Design.
7. Database Design.
8. Prototypes Creation.
The activities 2 & 3 are conducted in parallel. It is the same case for the activities 6 & 7; they are conducted in parallel. Table 1 illustrates the sequence of the activities.
Table 1: Sequence of activities within the Blackboard Enhancement project
ACTIVITY PRECEDING ACTIVITIES Duration
1. Scope and Objectives Definition – #
2. SWOT Analysis 1 #
3. Stakeholders Identification 1 #
4. User Requirements Collection 2 & 3 #
5. Use Cases Development 4 #
6. New Interfaces Design 5 #
7. Database Design 5 #
8. Prototypes Creation 6 & 7 #
Project Instructions:
1. You are required to complete the tasks given in the next pages.
2. You need to use any available drawing tool (not Word Processors) to draw the required diagrams.
Planning Phase :
1. Suggest a proper system service request-SSR (as a table) and clearly describe the Blackboard enhancement initiative. (1 mark)
2. Create a Gantt Chart showing the project’s activities, durations, and preceding activities. (2 marks)
3. Construct a Network diagram to determine the critical path and expected completion time (in weeks) for the Blackboard enhancement project. You need to randomly generate the duration in weeks (values from 2 to 6) for each activity using (or any similar software) and fill in the last column in Table 1 above. (2 marks)
Analysis Phase :
1. Suggest at least eight functional requirements the user needs in the enhanced Blackboard system. The suggested requirements must help to enhance the functionality, usability, and overall effectiveness of the Blackboard. (2 marks). Conduct a brainstorming with your colleagues to suggest the requirements.
2. Based on the suggested functional requirements, draw the following diagrams:
Project
Deadline: Monday 02/12/2024 at 23:59
[Total Mark is 14]
Student Details:
CRN: ###
Name: Student1 (Leader)
Name: Student2
Name: Student3
Name: Student4
ID: 123456789
ID: 123456789
ID: 123456789
ID: 123456789
Instructions:
• You must submit two separate copies (one Word file and one PDF file) using this template on Blackboard
via the allocated folder. These files must not be in compressed format.
• It is your responsibility to check and make sure that you have uploaded both the correct files.
• Zero mark will be given if you try to bypass the SafeAssign (e.g. misspell words, remove spaces between
words, hide characters, use different character sets, convert text into image or languages other than English
or any kind of manipulation).
• Email submission will not be accepted.
• You are advised to make your work clear and well-presented. This includes filling your information on the cover
page.
• You must use this template, failing which will result in zero mark.
• You MUST show all your work, and text must not be converted into an image, unless specified otherwise by
the question.
• Late submission will result in ZERO mark.
• The work should be your own, copying from students or other resources will result in ZERO mark.
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Project Description and Instructions
Project Description:
Blackboard Enhancement Initiative
The “Blackboard Enhancement Initiative” aims to improve the Blackboard, as a
Learning Management System in Saudi Electronic University, by implementing
new features and enhancing the user experience. This enhancement initiative
focuses on addressing user feedback, integrating modern technologies, and
creating a more engaging learning environment for students and instructors.
As a project manager in an IT related organization located in Saudi Arabia, you,
and your development team, must identify specific features such as improving
user interface for better accessibility, integrating AI for personalized learning
paths, and enhancing communication tools (forums, chat, etc.) to achieve the
Blackboard enhancement initiative. The first stage of the project goes through
several phases including planning, analysis, and design.
The main activities are as follows:
In the Planning phase:
1. Scope and Objectives Definition.
2. SWOT Analysis (to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and
threats).
3. Stakeholders Identification.
In the Analysis phase:
4. User Requirements Collection.
5. Use Cases Development (to understand user interactions).
In the Design phase:
6. New Interfaces Design.
7. Database Design.
8. Prototypes Creation.
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The activities 2 & 3 are conducted in parallel. It is the same case for the activities
6 & 7; they are conducted in parallel. Table 1 illustrates the sequence of the
activities.
Table 1: Sequence of activities within the Blackboard Enhancement project
PRECEDING
ACTIVITY
Duration
ACTIVITIES
1. Scope and Objectives
#
Definition
2. SWOT Analysis
1
#
3. Stakeholders Identification
1
#
4. User Requirements Collection
2&3
#
5. Use Cases Development
4
#
6. New Interfaces Design
5
#
7. Database Design
5
#
8. Prototypes Creation
6&7
#
Project Instructions:
1. You are required to complete the tasks given in the next pages.
2. You need to use any available drawing tool (not Word Processors) to draw
the required diagrams.
3. Project leader needs to upload the project in the dedicated space on the
Blackboard in both Word and pdf.
4. The project must be original work. Any matching with an online work or with
another student’s work will receive a ZERO.
5. This is a group-work activity. Each group must contain 3-4 students.
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Planning Phase
Learning
Outcome(s):
1. Suggest a proper system service request-SSR (as a table) and clearly
describe the Blackboard enhancement initiative. (1 mark)
CLO3: Recognize
different
concepts,
principles, and
software
modelling
techniques.
2. Create a Gantt Chart showing the project’s activities, durations, and
preceding activities. (2 marks)
CLO5: Illustrate
most common
analysis and
design techniques
in the form of a
group project.
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3. Construct a Network diagram to determine the critical path and expected
completion time (in weeks) for the Blackboard enhancement project. You
need to randomly generate the duration in weeks (values from 2 to 6) for
each activity using (or any similar software) and
fill in the last column in Table 1 above. (2 marks)
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Analysis Phase
Learning
Outcome(s):
CLO3: Recognize
different
concepts,
principles, and
software
modelling
techniques.
CLO5: Illustrate
most common
analysis and
design techniques
in the form of a
group project.
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1. Suggest at least eight functional requirements the user needs in the
enhanced Blackboard system. The suggested requirements must help to
enhance the functionality, usability, and overall effectiveness of the
Blackboard. (2 marks). Conduct a brainstorming with your colleagues to
suggest the requirements.
2. Based on the suggested functional requirements, draw the following
diagrams:
• Use Case Diagram. Suppose the key actors are the student, the
instructor, and the system admin. (2 marks)
• Level-0 DFD (1 marks)
• E-R Diagram. You need to show the entity types, attributes, relationships,
and cardinalities. (2 marks)
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Design Phase
Learning
Outcome(s):
1. Transform the E-R diagram drawn in the Analysis phase into relations and
do the necessary normalization. (2 marks)
CLO3: Recognize
different
concepts,
principles, and
software
modelling
techniques.
CLO5: Illustrate
most common
analysis and
design techniques
in the form of a
group project.
End of project
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