CASE STUDY ON KEEPWARM

Case Study on KeepWarm Ground Source Heating Limited

Introduction1

Discussion1

Key Considerations in Acquiring a New System1

Benefits of Hiring a Business Analyst2

Issues in Employing Consultants3

Difficult Requirement of Case Study4

Value of UML4

Objects5

Class5

Abstraction6

Encapsulation6

Inheritance6

Polymorphism6

Business Analyst and the Tools Used7

Microsoft Word8

Use Cases and UML8

Presentations and Customer Interactions8

Conclusion9

References11

Case Study on KeepWarm Ground Source Heating Limited

Introduction

KeepWarm Ground Source Heating Limited is the supplier and manufacturer of heating systems and heat pumps and is based in United Kingdom. The product is very much in demand and is also in line with the age. Presently, the company has a lead over the manufacturers of the heat pumps. They also anticipate some of the healthy business growth in the next few years. It is a part of international group called the Global Domestic Energy (GDE) that is based in the United Kingdom. It had been in existence for twenty five years before it was acquired by GDE two years ago. It was found by two engineers that struck out themselves from another company in heating field. It was because the GDE was eager in acquiring the engineering expertise of KeepWarm and the share of United Kingdom's market for the heat pump systems. The GDE operates in the federal mode in which the management teams in each of the subsidiary can freely manage their operations with the subject to the agreed financial targets.

Discussion

Key Considerations in Acquiring a New System

The new system that should be acquired and needs to be implemented should be focused on developing integration at organizational level. It should also be considered that the procurement is done in way that it uses the centralized resources rather than having different procurements because it increases the cost of the operations. The new system should also change the process and the organizational structure of the company to prepare it for the future because the prevailing process and structure will not be viable in the long run. The main focus of the new ERP system will be to link the resources of procurement of the entire organization to increase the efficiency.

Benefits of Hiring a Business Analyst

The business analyst plays an important role in an organization. It is his responsibility to analyze the current organization along with working on various business models and linking them with the current technology. These business analysts should analyze the needs of the business to determine ways that will result in financial success for the organization. They are also required to analyze the various business policies and processes that are in the market. The business process is designed according to the specific requirements of the organization. The business formulas, policies and requirements are both interpreted and analyzed in an extensive manner according to the requirement of the business.

The business analyst serves the purpose of connection between the business developers and users of the software. They also help the organization by increasing the understanding of current business along with imagining the future business which will be compared with the competitors through which they will help the current ...