Exam 2 Flashcards
Sources of projects
Managers, business units, and formal planning groups
Projects identified by
Top management, steering committee, user department, development group or senior staff, top-down identification, bottom-up identification, classify and rank development projects
Initiating and planning system development projects
Baseline project plan and project scope statement
6 project feasibility assessments
Economic, operational, technical, schedule, legal and contractual, political
Tangible benefits
measured easily; cost reduction and avoidance, error reduction, increased flexibility
Intangible benefits
increased organizational flexibility, increased employee morale, competitive necessity, more timely information
Objectives of building the baseline project plan
assure that customer and development group have a complete understanding of the proposed system and requirements and provide idea of scope, benefits, and duration of the project.
4 sections of a baseline project
introduction, system description, feasibility assessment, and management issues
Electronic commerce application
The development process for internet projects is no different than other projects
Internet
Worldwide network comprised of individual networks used for global computing and electronic commerce
Intranet
internet-based communications to support business activities within a single organization
extranet
internet-based communication to support business-to-business activities
Performing requirements determination
Gather information on what the system should do from users, reports, forms, and procedures
Deliverables and outcomes
information collected from users, existing documents and files, computer-based information, and understanding of organizational outcomes
Traditional methods for determining requirements
interviewing and listening, observing, Business documents, analyzing procedures and other documents, prototyping, business process reengineering
