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A)
OrganizationABCMutualfundcompanyhasacompliancedepartment.Inthisdepartment,theytrack
complaintsagainsttheirsalesagents.TheirsalesforceconsistofinsuranceagentsthatalsohaveFINRA
licensetosalemutualfunds.
Thecurrentworkflowofthecompliancedepartmentisoutlinedbelow.
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6)
Acustomerwillcallorwritethecompliancedepartmentcomplainingabouttheactionsofasalesagent.
Thecompliancedepartmentwilltakedownthecompliant.Ifthecomplaintwasmadebytelephone,a
writtenletterdetailingthecomplaintissenttothecustomertosignandreturn.Thesignedletteris
placedinthesalesagentsfile.
Aletterissenttothesalesagentinquiringaboutthecustomercomplaint.Thesalespersonwillreturna
writtenletterexplainingthesituation.
Thecomplianceofficerwillmakeadeterminationinregardstothecomplaint.Theofficerwillclosethe
complaint,furtherinvestigatethecomplaint,suspensethesalesagentfromsellingmutualfunds,or
reportedittotheFINRA.
Aletterwillbegeneratedbythecomplianceteamtothesalesagentandthecustomertoexplainthe
complianceofficersdecision.
Tomakesuretheletterissenttothecorrectaddress,thecompliancestaffchecksthesalespersons
currentinformationontheparentcompanycomputersystem.
Thecompliancedepartmentcurrentlycompletesfivecomplaintsperday.TheComplianceOfficeris
interestedinimprovetheirefficiencyandreplyingtothecustomerwithin24hoursoftheircomplaint.Asa
result,theyhaveproposedtheInformationTechnologydepartmentcreateasystemtoprocessthe
complianceissues.
B)ITSolutionsconsideredtoimprovetheComplianceprocess.
Solution1
:CreateanAccessapplicationtogeneratethereports,storeinformation,andextractinformation
fromtheparentcompany'sdailyreport.
TheadvantagesofusinganAccessdatabasearelistedasfollows:
EasyaccesstotheAccessdatabasetables
EasycreationofAccessReportsandletters.
TheabilitytosendEmailsthroughMicrosoftOutlook.
AbilitytouseVisualBasictosetatimerandextractdatatoupdatetheMSAccessdatabasetables
ataparticulartime.Triggersfordeleting,updatingandinsertingrecordsarebuiltintotheAccess
databaseprogram.YoucancreateanetworkorwebbasedapplicationinAccess.
Solution2
:CreateaMySQLdatabaseandwritetheapplicationintheJava,programminglanguage.The
programminglanguagewillprocessdata,reports,letters,andextractdatafromaparentcompanyelectronic
report.
TheadvantagesofusingaMySQLdatabaseandJavaapplicationistheabilitytodothefollowingfeatures.
TheJavaprogramminglanguagerunsonalloperatingsystems.
TheJavaprogramminglanguagecanbeNetworkorInternetbased.
Thedatabasecanincorporatetriggersandstoredprocedures.
Emailing,extractingdatafromareportarestandardapplicationrequirements.Therefore,some
classesmayalreadyexistthatcanbethebuildingblocksforthisapplication.
ThedisadvantagesofusingandMySQLdatabaseandtheJavaprogramminglanguagetocreatethe
applicationisthefollowing.
TheMySQLdatabaseisaseparatefromtheJavaprogramminglanguageandmustbemaintained
byaDatabaseadministrator.
TheJavaprogramminglanguagemustbeupdatedbyanJavasoftwaredeveloper.
Aftercarefulconsideration,theinformationtechnologytoolusedtotrackandmanagecompliance
issueswillbetheMicrosoftAccessdatabase.
C)
Thefutureworkflowofthecompliancedepartmentwillstorethecomplaintsinadatabasesystem.Thesystem
willgeneratereportsandlettersforcustomers,salesagent,thecomplianceofficer,andtheFINRA,if
necessary.Thecompliancestaffwillbeabletolookupsalesagentscomplaintrecordandhistoryatanytime.
Thesystemwillautomatetheupdatingofthesalesagentsinformationtoitsystemfromtheparentcompanys
electronicdailyreport.
D)
OrganizationStakeholders:(Name,Title,andPhonenumber)
Name
Title
PhoneNumber
OliverKnight
ComplianceOfficer
8007653489
SharonMcKie
ComplianceManager
8007653667
DewayneKory
ComplianceAsst.
8007653668
E)
Thedevelopmentoftheprojecttranspireintwophases.Thefirstphasewillincludethefollowing.
Gathersystemrequirementsaboutthesystem.
Analyzethehighleveldesignofthesystem
Createthedesignofthesystem.
Creationofthedatabasetablesusedbythesystem.
Creationofthegraphicaluserinterfaceforthesystem.
TheReportsandtimermethodtoextractdatafromtheparentcompanyselectronicfilewillbeperformin
phaseIIoftheproject.
F)
Thetimelineoftheinformationtechnologysolution.
Week
ProjectActivities
GatherRequirementsforthesoftwareapplication.Createtheusecases
fortheapplication.
Createahighlevelviewoftheapplication
Createdetaildesignviewoftheapplication
5
6
Createthedatabasetablesforthesystem.
Createtheuserinterfacetoviewthecompliancerecord
Testtheapplicationandfinishthewrittenreport.
CreatescreenOmaticvideoshowingthefunctionalityoftheITsolution.
G)
PhaseIprojectcost
Activity
RequirementAnalyst
SystemAnalysis
SystemDesign
CreateDatabasedesignandacompliance
report
GUIoftheDatabase
TesttheSystem
Videoshowingfunctionality
Total
Hours
10
10
10
10
10
10
4
64
Rate/hour
45
45
45
45
45
45
45
Cost
$450.00
$450.00
$450.00
$450.00
$450.00
$450.00
$180.00
$2,880.00