Chapter 1 - System Fundamentals Flashcards
Purpose of a new system
Increase productivity
Increase quality of output
Minimize costs
Reduce errors/flaws of existing system
Potential organizational issues of new system
Lack of guiding organizational business strategies
Lack of stakeholder and end-user participation
Lack of attention to required training.
Lack of attention to design of tasks and jobs, allocation of information system tasks, and overall usability of system.
What is a feasibility report
Used to decide whether proposed system should be implemented.
Evaluates system’s potential based on criteria:
Technical
Economical
Legal
Operational
Scheduling criteria
Explain each criteria of feasibility report
Technical: existing technology sufficient to support proposed system?
Economic: Cost effective?
Legal: conflicts between proposed system and laws?
Operational: existing practices/procedures sufficient to support operation + maintenance of new system?
Schedule: How long it takes to implement?
Compatibility issues of using legacy system to change system
Old system’s data cannot convert to newer formats, or application cannot be upgraded.
Compatibility issues of business merger to change system
Involves: combining two or more business entities.
Software may be incompatible so cannot operate on same computer or on computers linked by a computer network.
