Rocky Mountain Outfitters

Like any other complex structure, software must be built on a solid foundation. Failing to see the big picture or consider key scenarios, failing to design for common problems, or failing to appreciate the long term consequences of key decisions can put your application at risk. Modern tools and platforms help to simplify the task of building applications, but they do not replace the need to design your application carefully, based on your specific scenarios and requirements. The risks exposed by poor architecture include software that is unstable, is unable to support existing or future business requirements, or is difficult to deploy or manage in a production environment. Software architecture must be distinguished from lower-level design (e.g., design of component internals and algorithms) and implementation.

“During the object-oriented analysis (OOA) phase object-modeling techniques are used to analyze the functional requirements for a system and create models which reflect the logical design of the system. During the object-oriented design (OOD) phase of the system, models are elaborated upon to include implementation specific details that show how the physical design of the system will come together. OOA focuses on what the system does (its static structure and behavior), OOD on how the system does it (its run-time implementation).”

The Silverman family first founded American Eagle Outfitters in 1977. They operated specialty clothing stores under the name Retail Ventures. In 1980 the Silverman's encountered financial troubles when the Schottenstein family bought out 50% of the Retail Ventures. In 1991 the Schottenstein family bought the rest of Retail Ventures and opened 153 American Eagle Outfitters. By late 2000 the company had introduced 46 new stores in Canada. American Eagle had approximately $2 million in annual sales in 2003 and now operates over 800 stores in the United States and Canada (http://www.hoovers.com/american-eagle-outfitters/--ID__17231--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml).

Another way of successfully gathering information is by building a prototype or model of the system, so that users can test or get an idea of what the finished product will be like. With this they can determine issues, problems, or inconsistency with the system. Another important part of gathering information is organizing it so that it can be understood and put to proper use. I propose categorizing the requirements into functional requirements, operational requirements, technical requirements, and transitional requirements. The functional requirements define how the user thinks the system is functioning overall, the operational requirements define what background processes need to be executed in order for the system to work optimally over a period of time, the technical requirements define what technical issues that must be addressed in order to successfully implement the system, and the transitional requirements define the processes or steps needed to implement the system smoothly and successfully. ("Mind Tools", 2012).

Next Casey worked for a company called Gander Mountain, a retail network of stores for outdoor recreation like hunting, fishing and camping, from January 2009 to March 2011. At Gander Mountain, Casey held three different executive positions. He was a Regional Vice President over the southern region, where he was responsible for fifty-six stores in sixteen different states. Another position he held at Gander Mountain is the Senior Vice President of Marketing and Senior Vice President / General Merchandise Manager, where he was responsible for the entire buying department. After Gander Mountain, Casey became the Senior Vice President of Big Rock Sports in Graham, North Carolina. Big Rock Sports is a distributor of hunting, fishing, camping and marine products. Casey led a merchant and inventory team of twenty-nine responsible for purchasing, assortment and allocation of two-hundred thousand stock keeping units across all of North America. He was also a member of the Executive Ownership Group. In 2014, Casey was the Senior Vice President for Running Specialty Group (RSG) in Denver, Colorado. Running Specialty Group was a startup in 2014 and now RSG currently owns and operates fifty-eight running specialty stores in twelve states. He was responsible for all purchasing, planning, allocation and replenishment. Currently, as the store manager of Rugged Wearhouse, Casey is responsible for processing and managing his associates.

Company structure: “We seek to be a consistent presence throughout young men’s & women’s lifestyles. Casual comfort and a relaxed attitude have made American Eagle Incorporated the brand it is today”(American Eagle). American Eagle Outfitters is a lifestyle retailer chain of mall-based stores that design, markets, and sells its own brand of casual, trendy, outdoor clothing, targeting fifteen to thirty-four year olds. They strive to provide high-quality merchandise at affordable prices including khakis, cargos, jeans, polos, graphic Tees, swimwear, footwear, and accessories. American Eagle Outfitters was founded January 26, 1972 by Mark and Jerry Silverman as a subsidiary of Retail Ventures, Inc., a company which also owned and operated

American Eagle Outfitter, Inc is recognized as an apparel company in the field of highly trendy clothes and accessories retailers. Its products are found in more than 1,000 retail stores around the world and online. This essay presents an identification of what actually the company offers. In addition, it is an analysis of the positioning map where is compared American Eagle with its key competitors Abercrombie and Fitch and Urban Outfitters, a projection of the firm in the retail life cycle compare to its key competitors as well, and a SWOT Analysis that shows a list of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of the this. The essay provides also actions the company could make to be more competitive and stand out in the Apparel

This engineering standard provides a standardized collection of terminology related to systems and software engineering, as well as references to other source standards where the included terms may be actively defined.

Jane has been recently hired as the company’s first-ever process manager. She has been reviewing the company’s best practices of system development with the intent of establishing a formal systems development process for the company. She has two employees, Carrie and Brian, both who will work under her as system developers. Carrie and Brian bring years of experience at a large firm to the table.

Logical and physical models represent the key elements and processes of the software development. The logical model describes the processes, and data, in as much detail as possible, without giving regard to how the system will be implemented. Logical data models include

Here the model depicts five use the logical view, the process view, the physical view, development view and use case view. These views of the system are concurrent and each offers its own

Once a tool or vendor is determined the design team will work on implementing the design. The design will be implemented as part of the project plan timeline and Smith will provide developer testing in addition to end-user acceptance testing. This ensures that the final product matches the goals of the system as laid out in the project plan. Once acceptance testing is completed the system will be implemented and the system will enter its training phase as indicated in the project plan.

Given the strength and rapid growth of online retailers coupled with the national brands attempting to decrease their dependency on middlemen retailers, Dick’s must consider a strategy that ensures their continued relevance and dominance in their respective industry. Attempting to go against Amazon or other large online-only retailers would place Dick’s at a disadvantage given that their overhead costs will never be as low as the companies that do not need to hold and operate prime retail real-estate. For the aforementioned reason, this report advises against committing excessive resources towards the development of the e-commerce platform, DicksSportingGoods.com. Similarly, the focused expansion of private labels may not necessarily achieve long-term market relevance for Dick’s in the sporting goods industry. Furthermore, aggressive expansion within the private label sphere may alienate current key partners, such as Nike and Under Armour, which would be detrimental to Dick’s revenue streams both in the short- and long-term.

• The determination of the processes and data that are required by a new system.

The interview session has been done by include an open-ended and closed-ended question which are related to the implemented project. Next, sampling technique is executed by system analyst who does evaluation to the current system or prototype. These processes give feedback in evaluation form that filled after tested the system. Lastly, observation is performed by using questionnaire form. According to Burch (1992), the questionnaire is analyzed and transform into structured form that easy to understand. After all information has been collected, structuring of system requirement takes place. It focused on development process modeling which perform “graphically representing the process, or actions, that capture, manipulate, store, and distribute data between a system and environment” (Hoffer, George, & Valacich, 2012, p. 182). In this step, Data flow diagram (DFD) is structured by system analyst using special tools and techniques to create a decision table. According to Hoffer, George and Valacich (2012), decision table is a “diagram of process logic where the logic is reasonably complicated” (p. 200). This table is useful to help system analyst to make a decision toward the project. Then all information’s gained from this phase are documented in System Analysis Report (SAR) that acts as a guideline or reference to the future system development project (Burch, 1992).