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The Case Studies: Case Study A - Large Corporate IT
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Title
Case Study A - Large Corporate IT
Boundaries
Environment: Energy Sector - Refining, Distribution and Retail
Enterprise: Corporate IT
System: Microsoft (Client Server and Web Based Applications) and SAP (Enterprise Resource Planning)
Roles
Internal Roles: 40 under Group Manager, 15 under Microsoft Development Team Leader, 4-5 Members in Project Teams
External Roles: IT and Enterprise Architects, Auditors, Business Analysts in Business Units, User Representatives, Project Managers, Help Desk, Systems Administrators and Engineers, Infrastructure
Software Development Process
Methodologies: Software Architecture and Software Engineering using concepts from Rational Unified Process (RUP), Structure Software Development Methodology (SSDM), Rapid Application Development (RAD) and Zachmann Frameworks
Life Cycle: Iterative Process
Analysis and Design: Information Modeling (Business), Entity Relationship Diagrams, Object-Relational Mapping and the Unified Modeling Language
Software Architecture
Objective: To implement methodology, standards, processes and procedures for group, provide technical leadership and mentoring, architect in-house development and integrate outsource development
Period: 2 Years
Number of Project Iterations: Between 1 to 5
Involvement in Project: Assigned to multiple projects. Technical lead, advisor/consultant.
 
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