Original Kayak Adventure

3BSA-2
QUESTION #1. Develop a business profile for Hudson Kayak
Adventures. Create a separate section for each of the following: HKA's
business activities, organization, resources, customers, and potential for
Web-based marketing.
 Business activities: Original Kayak Adventure is a multipurpose
company involved in three main areas namely rentals, instruction and
tour guide. The company has been in business for over two years and
have a wealth of experience in the instruction and tour business.

 Organization: OKA includes John that gives lessons and guided tour
groups. Edie who runs the office and operates her Web design
business, and handles rentals. Janet Jacobs is an extra help
sometimes, to handles telephone inquiries and reservations.
Availability between guided tours and instruction sessions need more
attention.

 Resources: Advertises in regional magazines and maintains a Web

site.
 Customers: Most of the customers make advance reservations for
scheduled tours and instruction sessions. Last-minute customers are
welcome too, if space available.

 Potential opportunity to engage in e-commerce: Making reservation

information available online to last-minute costumers, and offer
special discounts on renting. An updating in the system for database
is necessary for future business opportunity.
QUESTION #2. List HKA's main functions and business processes. Draw a model
of an OKA business process, including possible events, processes and results.
 Main functions and business processes:
Three main business segments of OKA are
rental, instruction, and guided tours.
 Receive
Event
Customer
Process
Check Instructor

Completed
Process
Customer

Verify Instructor

Result Enter Customer

Process
QUESTION #3. What type of information
systems does OKA use? Do these systems support
its current and future business objectives? Why or
why not?
 Transaction processing supports OKA
business, but the company needs some
updating for better service for their
customers.
QUESTION #4. From an object-oriented
viewpoint, OKA treats reservations as a class.
Based on the background information provided,
what are some properties of reservation objects.
 The properties of a reservation object might include a
reservation number (to identify the reservation uniquely),
a reservation date, a customer number or name that will be
associated with this reservation, a type of activity (rental,
instruction, or guided tour), and a kayak number (to assure
that a specific kayak is “booked