[Year 12 SofDev] Feasibility

[Allan Barnes]

You're right, it isn't spelt out literally, but I guess at a pinch you could
squeeze it in as an end result of:


Unit 3 Outcome 1 
. the design phase of the SDLC, including identification of the components
(people, procedures,
data and equipment) that will enable the logical design specifications to be
implemented;

i.e. by asking the students why did you design it this way rather than that
way?; 

or


Unit 4 Outcome 2
technical, human, procedural, economic and management factors influencing
the acquisition of
specific hardware and software components to fulfil design specifications;


Either way it doesn't explicitly mention feasibility factors but I guess
implicitly it could if you wanted it to.

I always found that students found this one a hard one as they didn't have a
good grasp of how systems can be different and how this might affect the
choice of which way to go - generally I used an example of a computer-based
system as opposed to a hand-written long-hand system to illustrate the
differences, but they struggled when it came to comparing two computer-based
systems, other than looking at the costs of the hardware and software
involved.


Kind regards


Allan Barnes, CEO
Australian Institute of Education and Training
Phone: (03) 9387 2051
FAX: (03) 9387 3470 
E-mail: abarnes at aiet.com.au







-----Original Message-----
From: sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au]
On Behalf Of Kevork Krozian
Sent: Wednesday, 7 March 2007 5:00 PM
To: sofdev at edulists.com.au
Subject: RE: [Year 12 SofDev] Feasibility

Hi David,

 This does seem like a contradiction.
The word feasibility appears once in the Assessment handbook on p 61 as you
have so astutely highlighted, yet there is no mention of it in either the
study design or the descriptors of the performance in each range of marks.
 Or perhaps it is just skimming over the feasiblilty factors in a generic
way without the old matrix etc.

 Can anyone explain this ?

Regards
Kevork

>>> dgdawson at mgs.vic.edu.au 03/06/07 09:25am >>>
I just uncovered this old email:
In the assessment guide it states -
*	learn what the systems analyst does in the analysis and design
phases and what deliverables are produced, such as feasibility factors of a
proposed design for a new system

David Dawson

-----Original Message-----
From: sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au
[mailto:sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Timmer-Arends
Sent: Thursday, 11 January 2007 1:39 PM
To: Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Year 12 SofDev] Feasibility

Hello Frank

"...feasibility analysis is not specifically required in the new design."

I agree, there appears to be no explicit dot point in the new study design
about evaluating the feasibility of alternative design options.

Regards
Robert T-A 

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