Feasibilty Study (1 Viewer)

[Tahu]

Hey all,

For my major project one of the requirements is a feasibilty Study. Could someone please explain what this is to me. Any help appreciated.

 

[Rahul]

big idea is to check whether the project is worth doing/ is it possible/ wat r the constraints. its divided up into 4 areas, operational, scheduling, techinical and budgetry

the texts explain each of them in detail, but here is a SHORT summary:l
OPERATIONAL: whether the user will b able to operate the software or not.
SCHEDULING: what kind of deadlines are involved, in ur case it will b ur due date. also maybe a testing due date to test ur product and leaving enuff time to do changes.
TECHNICAL: whether u, the developer has enuff skills to implement a product
BUDGETRY: any sort of costs that may be associated with ur proect. for u it should be none really

i am sure there is other stuff for each. best to check ur text.

are u in year 11 or 12?

 

[Tahu]

Im in year 11. What text is the recommended for year 11 SDD?

 

[Rahul]

thought so

try to stay clear of fowler's text. its not a great book. i think u will find the sam davis one better, having heard that from most ppl on the forums.

if u want a tip to do well in sdd next year. get the excel sdd book now and start reading it. it will defintely have links with the stuff u do in prelim. of course u will have to learn the prelim stuff. but u can learn some of the content of sdd by repetition

u r starting yr 12at the end of the term rite? then u should get a start on the excel book. i highly recommend it. it will give u a feel for the course. u might even want to get the hsc text and start reading that. only if u want to do well

 

[Ragerunner]

sdd is a dodgey subject

 

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feasibility report, if u do IPT u should know wat it is...coz its a pretty important thing...

 

[Kn1ght_M4r3]

Stay away from the Carole Wilson ones. Lots and lots of mistakes in that one. Some of the things they describe don't make sense =0P i like excel one and i also use Fatmuscles notes along with it.
Rahul is right its best to start early. i regret not reading the excel book as soon as i got it. c0z iM lazy lol.
just stay away fr0m Carole Wislon

 

[haz_it_all]

i think the best textbook for sdd is the Excel one.....its got everythin u need in it but not that many algorithms but u can find heaps of websites on how to write algo's

 

[Beaky]

you forgot Social and Ethical Issues included in the feasiblity study...

- What affects will my project have on society?
- Will it require mass training?
- Any copyright or patent restrictions (such as using fats of texts)

 

[Tahu]

Thanks everyone.

Just a side note - is the Heineman series of texts any good?

 

[Rahul]

no thats "toilet man" fowlers book.

try to get the davis one its better. > www.pedc.com.au <

 

[del]

in year 11 the fowler book is okay.... in year 12 use davis' book.

 

[Kn1ght_M4r3]

i think i g0t the CD for the Sam E davis book. pretty sure its his one. ehehhe its got the text book stuff in it i think haven't checked it out that much just got it from the teacher. Told him i needed it to check some answers and stuff and he gave it too meeh.

 

[Beaky]

I'd watch out... Sam Davis lurks these forums...

You should read the section about Social and Ethical Issues...

 

[Kn1ght_M4r3]

oh wait its actually n0t Davis one. Itz Carole wilsons answers we have it at our skool and u g0tta ask teacher for it, but old teacher never let [she got questions from book] but new teacher is a st0oge s0 we can get the CD and use it in the library. was using it this arv0 and n0ticed its n0t davis yeaah heheeh don't think our skool has it but we have his text book only one copy but [teacher uses it]

bleh s0o n0tin t0o worry about. Though thanx f0r the conCern

 

[Rahul]

nice cover up

 

[Fosweb]

combine sam davis's with the excel one - and you have a heap of useful stuff. lots of different examples of scenarios. But i think (and if you are lurking) there was an error in the binary chapter somewhere... i cant remember where.

but the questions are often a little beyond what you need in the davis one. like - the last couple in each chapter test thing are just stupid.

 

[Kn1ght_M4r3]

hey rahuL s0rry if im wrong or anything just maken sure in case i get it wrong in my exam hehe

technical feasibility - isn't it also what hardware and software being used. Then the analyst must determine whether the h/w and s/w will be appropriate for building the solution. if it can be then its technically feasible

 

[Rahul]

Originally posted by Kn1ght_M4r3
hey rahuL s0rry if im wrong or anything just maken sure in case i get it wrong in my exam hehe

i was talkin about u saying making copies of sam d's answers. then u found at that he comes on the forums, then all of a sudden u had carole wilsons answers ......heheh j/k man.

umm....i'm pretty sure ur right abt technical feasibility. i'll have a look.....yep ur right.

 

[Kn1ght_M4r3]

ahaha

okay kwelz just makeN sure c0z me exam dis wednesday and yeah ehheeh theres just s0o much crap t0o learn bleh