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I'm at sheridan now. let me know when you guys are here.

-Sarah

I'm at sheridan right now - learning commons. What info from me are you missing Maja? My name and student number are in my conclusions doc.

there please check it changed the conclusion this is the final presentation with all the material that is in the final word doc incorporated please all save and read and replace the other versions I have completed the powerpoint with exception of conclusions the most recently posted document, Maja you can switch out w/e I put for SEO with your own, it's probably better organized than the crap I put in, I just wanted to fill it up lol. I'll try to be @ Sheridan for 2:00pm

Sarah, Jessie and Dany are going to be at Sheridan at 230, ill be at utm at 1 and will take the bus there so I can perhaps meet at 1:30ish at Sheridan. Cris i suppose goes to directly from work, Lisa im not too sure. Are guys ok with going to present first and get this over with?I have my own sides will include them in the final when we meet up.Missing Cris`s student # and Lisas info. Hi, I'll be at sheridan at 1pm. Do you wanna meet before class? Do we need to hand in the slides? Sarah Here it is I am doing the very final editing, it looks pretty good. Do you guys want to meet up to rehearse before class?

I've added what I have for the conclusion into the powerpoint and rearranged the solutions slides so that it goes in the order of the final report. We are just missing 1 more slide but I'm still not sure if it is necessary to have 4 slides for the conclusion as I included the key problem and the 3 solutions. Also, here is what I have for the conclusion and works cited that Jessie can add to the final report.

I've edited the powerpoint to include the points I thought were important in Jessie's part of the writeup... please have a look and add/remove/fix whatever might not look correct. Big warning for the writeup, though, is the whole Oracle section in your document, Jessie, is still 100% copied from the Oracle website, lol. So we're going to have to re-word that (I think Maja did to an extent already). For now, though, let's just focus on putting together the powerpoint. If someone can add the SEO and Conclusion to it once they're done, that'd be swell. I say this 'cause have work at 7am so I'm not sure how early I'll be able to put the rest of the powerpoint together.... Sorry for that :(

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Thumbs up jessie, Its all there! We're almost done guys. We're just missing Maja's oracle and SEO and the girls with the conclusion. I believe what we have so far is great and we should end up with a business plan that is not only professional, but will get use the 25% of our grades that this thing is worth!

why hello SEXY people! hahaha just finished editing and writing my part, PLEAAAAASE read it... sooo, MAJA, please edit your Oracle part because it's kinda confusing and add your SEO that i'm not really sure what to add...then, once you are done, post your version so that SARAH and LISA can add the conclusion and do our bibliography IN MLA FORMAT....  after you girls are done with the conclusion and bibliography, post your version so that I can give a final edit and read over and Chris can see it tomorrow and finish our slides...we should all arrive in Sheridan an hour before class starts so we can discuss who's saying what blablabla, alright? i'm on skype right now and my cell is 647-968-1682, i'll check back on the wiki in a couple of hours :D -Jessie

haha Cris! yes it was copy pasted from the web site i edited it now, still need to add more stuff to it (like i need to give mike more ideas for fb status updates on plagiarism, please go check his last one rofl). I am doing seo dont wait up ill do my own 2 slides for it... Hi, I edited the write-up. Feel free to put it back if it's incorrect.

Sarah Guys, I don't know who edited my part of the write up but you kinda changed their business. Like, i dont care but still... so do you guys mind if I put it back to what it was? Because they manage properties too, they don't just sell and rent, thats one of teh big reasons why they need a new system

Just waiting on finalized proposed solutions, as far as I can tell the Oracle one posted in the write-up section is copied directly from the website, ya? Also waiting on conclusion. As far as the SEO stuff, I don't recall seeing it anywhere in the writeup, is anyone working on it? Or perhaps I've missed it? (i'll check in a sec)

I'm fine with writing the conclusion and any other remaining parts. Chris: If we want more slides, we can perhaps add more headings from the write up into it, although those points may not be necessary. Also, if one slide seems too long for 15 secs, you might want to split it into 2 so we aren't as rushed on time. Thanks guys!

Maja: including the Oracle part you included in the write up, we've got about 6.5 pages single spaced being 1in margins and 12pt Helvetica font, SO let's do what i said about putting both Oracle and Compiere as our two suggested business solutions and then you can add the SEO part too! and since the 9 block thing doesn't really apply to us then, SARAH AND LISA can﻿ write the conclusion, cover page, index, and bibliography once we're done writing. Once that's done, we can take turns editing the paper and that should give us about 10-11 pages single spaced, which is basically what Jones wants... Chris: I like what you have so far for our slides, thanks!!! one thing though: we will DEFINITELY need 20 slides, so i guess you can add 2 more slides for the SEO part and take out the 9 block thing since we won't be using that anymore... anyone else has any suggestions about our slides? By the way, I'm editing as I go too, so when I'm done I'll post it here! :)

! Here's what I have so far with the presentation. Still needing some more info, but I'm posting the current version for everyone to have a look at: Yes, I did -that- on purpose (you'll know when you open it). You'll love it or hate it, let's hope you love it. Any suggestions for how to make it look nicer? I can change the background completely if you like, but I think i organized it in an acceptable manner. Just let me know and I'll make whatever adjustments! Here it is: (ugh, having trouble with uploads... gimme a min)

The 9 blocks is not a write up in itself, it is just a way to organize the paper (titles are Customer Segments, Customer Relationships, Channels, Value proposition...u get it) in order to link it to the txtbook, BMG but it is not a must since sarah found not many of the blocks are applicable so if everyones ok we can move on without it. Jessie how many page do we have so far roughy? Cuz i am interested in putting up some stuff on Oracle and SEO to support the two obejctives i wrote in the write up. Maja: ﻿ don't think that you wasted your time, your research and write up are pretty good, we can totally put it under the solutions section. like jones said, we're supposed to "Analyze the business current condition and propose feasible solutions that might be helpful"...meaning, we can have MORE than just one solution. I'm writing about Compiere and we'll also put Oracle's thingy, not a problem!!!! Sooo, Chris, since you're doing the slides, under our SOLUTIONS, make 2 slides for Compiere AND 2 slides for Oracle okay? Let's keep this work up guys!!! P.S. Anyone heard anything from Sarah and Lisa? Are you guys doing the 9 blocks write-up? -Jessie

has anybody checked the write up? I think the poposed soltuon should be a SUBSTANTIAL part of the final. I had done quite a research on one, it seems like no one read the write up and I wasted some time. anyhow I want to do the final editing.Also, I dont think the current system needs to be discussed more than simply courtesy of metion. _ __//**PLAN OF ACTION**//__ - ok guys we're on a roll! Jessie is doing the proposed solution. LISA, SARAH and MAJA - you guys can work to put in the 9 blocks model since I have no idea what that is. Chris is working on the slides, I did the first part and will gladly do a conclusion. We're pretty much done! All we need is the 9 block thing!

Slides: 1) About the company 2) Value added through services 3) Break down into the 9 blocks (whatever that is) 4) Current system 5) Issues + Managerial insight 6) Proposed solution 7) Conclusion + possible future actions --> we can have more than 1 slide for each theme, but I believe that is the topics we should cover in a brief presentation of a business analysis. Think you can put some slides together chris?

I think I just went blind, but I like the sound of your solution, Jessie how do you want to arrange the slides and what we wanna say?

So, I'm writing about Compiere right now because: 1) it's open source (NO cost = two thumbs up) 2) it's an ERP for small businesses (like STS) 3) it already has CRM in it (exactly the solution we were looking for, an ERP system that has DMS/CRM implemented) when I'm done, I'll post it on another page and y'all can comment...but hey, don't forget we still need to make up our ignite slides ASAP and decide what the f*ck we're each gonna say....we have sh*t right now...  -Jessie

**Let's clarify the color using:**
Danny - Pink Sarah - Orange Maja - Red Lisa - Greenish - Blue Chris - Green Jessie - Yellow

My bad, forgot to give you guys the website: http://stsrealty.com (mind you its really bad, but they are re-designing it - and you are totally welcome to laugh at the annoying video in the home page, I do all the time and they do too)

I am not a big fan of leaving this up to the last minute but ya, I am extremely busy so will do my best to edit the part that I simply copy pasted from a pfd explaining all the details about Oracle Database, there are more things to be added, i will get to it later tonight, it can be scaled up and down, not very costly, aimed for small enterprises here are some links:The cost is also included, somewhat reasonable. http://www.oracle.com/us/products/database/standard-edition-066490.html http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/pricing/ask-right-questions-070692.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/overview/oracle-database-11g-release2-overvi-128324.pdf

There is a lot of technical data that we need to grasp here in order to be able to explain it well, or else we are going to sound vague. As I was reading trough the docs there is different methods of support Oracle give you, sometimes they would include the cost of training staff, sometimes they wont. It is a matter of digging trough the papers and finding the right answer. If you want I can finish this part, I am trying to go back to the 225 txt book and reread stuff about OLTP and such so I can better understand what is going on. I am going to need some time so I might be able to do it tonight and I say we meet up tomorrow around in the morning to put slides together and rehearse.Also if we find that they do not give support, there is communities and forums such as www.ittoolbox.com and most of them post threads for example, how to transfer data from excel to a newly implemented CRM or whatever? you get the point. I dont think this is the most reliable way, but if we want to go cheao its amazing what there things can offer its just a matter of having the will to learn them. Remember no pain no gain.

Also, if someone wants to volunteer and find out what a web site ( danny, do they have any so far?) cost is and have an actual company that can do that for us, if they have one than we only need to find an SEO provider. Wont be on my computer for the majority of the day 4165572315 is my cell feel free to give me a shout.

M.T.

I think he extended the written report to Fri Dec 3rd. - Lisa

BTW, i thought i should mention in case anyone might have missed him say it... that Jones gave us an informal extension on the writeup itself, i think up to -next- monday. he said he'd be grading a billion other things so he probably wouldn't even get a chance to get around to it 'till then anyhow. but we still have to present on monday.... lol, so i think we should focus on a more basic solution first so we can present it, then we'll have time to work out details over the next week. Just wanted to mention that in case anyone was panicked about the deadline.

I also like the idea of framing it with the 9 building blocks, but (RE: the enterprise idea from oracle) while the idea is fine, i think one of the constraints was that the employees shouldn't have to spend much time learning an entirerly new system...right? But a DBMS is pretty much necessary here... can we change the wording on that constraint? or would a DBMS not have such a large impact on the way employees interact with the system itself? I don't even know, I usually need to see these things before understanding them...<_<;;.

^ that was referring to: " - Any new software introduced has to be extremely user friendly and simple. The existing system might not be so effective but at least the realtors are already familiar with it, a new system should not require additional (extraneous) training to use. "

-Chris

> Cheers.M.T.
 * I like the idea of using the 9 building blocks from BMG to frame the paper (however some do not apply/and or add unnecessary work)
 * we need to focus on a specific technology name, cost it is 20 page
 * I was thinking of going with an ASP (use a web based application for CRM, this is basically cloud computing concept ) but however since we are not a sturtup and already have computer infrastructure in place and we need to propose solution that is less costly, we can buy license for medium sized enterprise from Oracle`s web site). we can provide Jones with this reasoning.if someone can find any cost effective solutions for marketing go ahead https://shop.oracle.com/pls/ostore/f?p=ostore:home:589916266127794
 * this document discusses licensing, pricing and combination enterprises can make as well as a guide to asking the right Qs when we need to set any new database in place http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/pricing/sig-070616.pdf

Oh, OK, fair enough. That can be your part then. Conclude how the solutions we intend to implement contribute to the internal success of the company (more efficiency in jobs done) and how that reflect in the value added for clients (better customer relations = better quality service = satisfied customers = returning costumers + more efficient market = more customers). Just write that as a conclusion for the proposed solutions, think its ok?

- D.

Hi, My point is we need to explain the actual values we provide to the customers. Yes, we are aiming at being efficient. but what's the point of being efficient? What is the extra values we could add to the company? It's not clear in the write-up.

Sarah

Sarah, all you asked for about customer is already in the part I wrote (I think, take a look at the write up), what else would you like to include? I don't think we need to do market research or have number about sales and customer research and what not because they are a realty company, its intangible, its not like they have a particular revenue estimated by the amount of sales they make. Plus this is due monday so its not like we have all that much time to complicate it. I think we are already analazing it through the 9 building blocks no? We can change subtitles and include some more info if you guys think its necessary. The financial accounts will be taken into consideration because whatever we choose as options for solutions has to be CHEAP. Lisa, the plan for change management would be how to conduct the conversion of the current system to the new one. How to handle data, inform employees and so on. That is easy to do. All we need now, is the actual ideas for solutions. I don't know if I'll be available on skype this weekend, that's why I started this off beforehand. Here are some solutions I found for cloud ERP and CRM
 * http://www.netsuite.com/portal/home.shtml - Netsuite has a pretty cool cloud computing solution for ERP aaaand they have CRM solutions. Its always a good thing to have everything from the same vendor so that would be a good option. I couldn't find prices through. Also, I think Netsuit is more for a company that actually produces goods, but it seems like the most complete option and cheap for a small business
 * article comparing ERP systems: http://ezinearticles.com/?Small-Business-ERP-Software&id=352918 - From this I think Compiere could also be a good solution since its open source and allows it to adapt to the company's needs (here is their website: http://www.compiere.com/), also brings up Netsuite
 * another article on ERP (interesting because it focuses on small businesses as well - really short, worth a read): http://www.erpwire.com/erp-news/erp-free-software.htm - This article also talks about Compiere as a possible solution and raises the possibility of free ERP.
 * for CRM, this site has a list of top 10 software: http://www.smallbizcrm.com/

I don't think we'll need a database management system with an ERP and a CRM systems implemented. If we have good choices for those, they should take care of handling the data effectively (we can include that as a conclusion to our choice of software). Actually, with a prper ERP in place, we don't even need CRM. ERP is a full solution so I think we should focus on that. We have to sort out who's going to do what though, I agree with Lisa on that. I don't mind putting everything together and editing as long as we are done within a reasonable time frame

- Dany

Yes, I agree with Sarah on analyzing it through the 9 building blocks. As he said to include "analyzing the business through the lens of the business model generation text and should include a plan for change management". Let's plan for a meeting (on skype?) to assign the tasks.

Lisa

Hi, I think we can analyze the situation through the 9 building blocks of an organization. Customer segments: who are our most important customers? Now we have four types of clients in the report. Can we have some numbers about the sales or profits to help us find the key market? Or percentage if the numbers are too sensitive? We can also do some research about the customer behaviors. Value propositions: what value do we deliver to the customer? Then we can analyze those services based on our research. Through the values we identify in this part, then we can show the system we are gonna implement really helps to add value. Customer relationships is the key block of the business as well, including customer retention and reaching new customers. Then we can have some solutions aiming at adding value to the unsatisfied customer needs. Financial aspects should be taken into account as well cuz we have to compare the implementation cost and value added.

- Sarah

Responses: Chris: The solution my dad usesreally is a ERP system but he said its so crapy its not even worth mentioning, we should look for something better. We need to present but keep in mind that it has to be a very brief presentation. Maja, the problem is already identified, as I said I will go back to it and define it a bit better this weekend. The problem is that its inefficient. They can't access information properly and the information isnt properly connected. Also, they can improve their marketing by a CRM system and by properly administering their information. We can add an extra subtitle for problem deffinition if you think that's better. Keep in mind that he wants a business analysis, so any systems we compare have to be more or less equally good, or at least plausible to implement. This is supposed to be somewhat like an actual document we would hand in for a business (not an essay). Any solution we give has to be cheap (according to jones) because it is a small company. Other than that then we have a clear for the first part?

- Dany

*takes green* Yeah, I'm impressed with how much info there already is! Did you want to use the solution your dad's company already uses? Or will we come up with one for ourselves after all? Or a mix of both, maybe? lol. I think we should have a bit of a meeting just to establish what each of us should take care of (can be online, though). Also, how do we want to present? Each person takes over a few slides?

Looking great so far, Chris

HI,

Looks good, we need to define the problem (inability to market at seasonal customers before the season starts, using MS Access is very simple and inefficient. More advanced DBS may be the solution b/c they make frequent alerts for example), the situation is well defined already.i say we do some research on DBM systems.We can briefly outline two and compare and contrast their solutions to find the best fit for the rest of the paper.

Cheers, M.T.

Hey all,

since I knew the company best, I took the liberty to start the write up. I did the company summary, the interview with management, their current system and what are possible e-business formats we can adopt (the whole thing is about 4 pages long). Feel free to edit whatever you think is necessary from that part (I copy pasted it in a new page in the wiki too for editing). All we are missing now is proposing actual software possibilities (like program names, strength, weaknesses and so on) and a conclusion I think. Other than that I think we are covered! I'll probably check back on the part I wrote about the company and write some more details later on. We can also expand on the explanantions of CRM, ERP and database management system to take up space and show him that we know what we are talking about.

Anyhow, here is the .docx file:

let me know what you think!! (any resemblance to the finance project format is not a coincidence =P) - Dany

Hi guys, Welcome to the Final Project wiki!

Does anyone go to last week's class? Here is the project requirement quoted from the course outline which is very limited.Did he talk about this project on Monday?

Sarah

Here is the project requirement quoted from course outline:

Business Analysis Consulting Project (proposal due Nov 8; final due November 29 (25%)

 * local organization with an eye towards looking to improve their e-business strategy.


 * stay away from a simple off-the- shelf e-commerce implementation or something more aligned with marketing and advertising online. Picking a project that is too simple or off-base will negatively affect your mark.
 * personal contact with principals in this business is important – you’ll need to learn about their practices, their current technological infrastructure, and their ability and willingness to adopt new technologies. Attempting to do this without personal contact usually leads to disastrous results.
 * By the interim proposal deadline of November 8, you should have a strong idea who you will be working with and why, and what types of investigations and research you have/will be engaging in to complete the project. (Do we have a proposal?)
 * The final presentation will be presented in class November 20 (last sat?). Presentations will be “ignite presentations” as done in the article analysis segment of the course. Given the size and group nature of the project, it is expected that these presentations will be harder – however, at this point, you will all have experience in getting your thoughts across in an efficient manner. Plan accordingly – given time constraints on presentation, you will be cut off if you go over the alloted time.
 * The final deliverable will be a proper business analysis document (approximately 20 pages) that could inform further development by a technical team. This means it must clearly delineate existing and potential future business processes in a manner that can easily be interpreted and rendered into a e-business system.