Bentley CollegeAIS Term Project

Joe Gelinas

AIS Course Objectives

Explain how information systems—particularly accounting information systems—can assist in attaining organizational objectives.

Describe operational and information functions of several major business processes and their financial components (e.g., accounts receivable, accounts payable).

Be able to document business processes.Work as a team, research technical topics,

and deliver oral and written communications.

Business Process Focus

“Its all about business processes”Includes management, operations,

and information systemEnterprise Risk Management –

objectives, risks, risk responses (including controls)

Process flow, process activities, control objectives, key controls

Project Learning Objectives

Examine an actual business process.Document the process using a narrative,

table of entities and activities, context diagram and systems flowchart.

Analyze measures that are in place to control the process and its data.

Recommend changes to the process, such as additional controls, to improve operational and information process effectiveness.

Introduction,qualities of info,decision making

(Chapter 1)

AIS Text

Enterprise systems,E-Commerce

(Chapters 2 and 3)

AIS Project

DocumentingBPs

(Chapter 4)

Controls(Chapters 7-9)

Scope andquestions

(Part 1)

BP description anddocumentation

(Part 2)

Controls analysis,recommendations

(Part 3)

Report and executivesummary

(Part 4)

Auditing Alchemy, Inc.

AIS Roadmap – Text, Class and Project

BP = Business process

AIS course andother background

“Conductinginterviews”

“Executivesummaries”

“How to makea presentation”

SAP

BPs(Chapters 10-14)

Project Part 1:Proposal

Scope and purpose of project Client Process to be analyzed

Interview questionsWork PlanClient Agreement Form

Project Part 2:Process Documentation

Company description Mission and objectives Competitive challenges

Business process overview Process contribution to organizational objectives Physical environment, hardware, software

Process narrative, table of entities and activities, context diagram, systems flowchart

Project Part 3:Class Presentation

Describe organization and processDescribe and analyze controlsClient recommendations

Project part 4:Final Deliverable

Executive summaryRevised documentationControl matrixControls analysisManagerial recommendationsClient response

Materials

Teaching Note (week-by-week description)Project requirements (student handout)Four PPTs (three workshops and roadmap)Team sign up, client agreement, student

evaluation of class presentations, partner evaluation, two control matrix templates

Interview handout, sample executive summaries

Grading forms (all four parts)

Conclusions

Project has been successful for 25 yearsThe project IS the course (see roadmap)Parts can be used:

Process documentation Controls assessment

Communications intensive courseTeams are essential