Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Solving Business Problems With Information Systems
Solving Business Problems With Information Systems
Solving Business Problems With Information Systems
Systems Thinking
Seeing interrelationships among systems rather than
linear cause-and-effect chains when events occur
Seeing processes of change among systems rather than
discrete snapshots of change, whenever change occurs.
Developing Information System Solution
(The Systems Development Cycle)
Investigation
Analysis
Design
Implementation
Maintenance
Prototyping
The rapid development and testing of working models
of new applications in an interactive, iterative process.
Prototyping (continued)
Cost/Benefit Analysis
Tangible costs
Intangible costs
Tangible benefits
Intangible benefits
Starting the Systems Development Process (continued)
Systems Analysis
Systems analysis is an in-depth study of end user
information needs that produces functional requirements.
Management structure
The people
Business activities
Environmental systems
The current information system
Systems Analysis (continued)
System specifications
Formalizes the design of the applications user interface
methods & products
Formalizes database structures
Formalizes processing and control procedures
End User Development
application
End User Development (continued)
Output
What information is needed and in what form?
Storage
Control
How will you protect against accidental loss or damage to end user
files?
End User Development (continued)
Section II: Implementing e-Business Systems
Implementation
This is the actual deployment of the information
technology system.
Conversion methods
Parallel
Both old and new systems are operated until the project
development team and end users agree to switch completely
Phased
Only parts of the new application or only a few locations at a
time are converted
Pilot
One department or other work site serves as a test site
Plunge
A direct cutover to the newly developed system
Other Implementation Activities (continued)
shiferawsm@gmail.com
?
What are the most important factors you would use in evaluating computer
hardware and computer software development?
From Parallel, Phased, Pilot and Plunge method of conversion which method is
the best approach of converting old system with the new information system
in the Pharmaceutical business and why it is best approach for the
Pharmaceutical business ?