Following is a context diagram for a current Payroll Processing System. a) Identify the data sources and destinations, data flows, and transformation process marked by question marks. b) What would you need to do to explode this diagram?

What will be an ideal response?

1 - Human resources, 2 - Time cards, 3 - Payroll processing system, 4 - Employee paychecks or pay-stubs, 5- Payroll report, 6 - Government agencies, 7- Banks. To explode this diagram, additional information is needed to identify detailed procedures within the payroll processing activity as well as additional inputs and outputs. It would be useful to obtain a comprehensive narrative of the payroll processing procedures for review and identification of these items. If there is no narrative available, interviews are another source of information.