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Acquiring Information Systems and Applications
Acquiring Information Systems and Applications
Acquiring Information
Systems and
Applications
1. Discuss the different cost/benefit analyses that
companies must take into account when formulating
an IT strategic plan.
2. Discuss the four business decisions that companies
must make when they acquire new applications.
3. Enumerate the primary tasks and the importance of
each of the six processes involved in the systems
development life cycle.
4. Describe alternative development methods and the
tools that augment development methods.
5. Analyze the process of vendor and software selection.
1. Planning for and Justifying IT Applications
2. Strategies for Acquiring IT Applications
3. The Traditional Systems Development Life
Cycle
4. Alternative Methods and Tools for Systems
Development
[ Opening Case Tweak or Trash ]
• The Problem
• The Solution
• The Results
• What We Learned from This Case
[about business]
13.1 Anniston
Orthopedics and
Greenway Medical
Technologies
13.1 Planning for and Justifying
IT Applications
• IT Planning
• Evaluating and Justifying IT
Investment: Benefits, Costs, and
Issues
IT Planning
• Systems analysts
• Programmers
• Technical Specialists
• Stakeholders
Systems Investigation
• Feasibility study
– Technical feasibility
– Economic feasibility
– Behavioral feasibility
• Go/No Go Decision
Systems Design
• Direct conversion
• Pilot conversion
• Phased conversion
• Parallel conversion
[about business]
13.4 Atlassian Helps
Manage Large
[about business]
13.5 Virgin America Has
Problems
Converting to a New
Reservation System
13.4 Alternative Methods and Tools
for Systems Development
• Prototyping
• Integrated Computer-Assisted Software
Engineering Tools (CASE)
• Component-Based Development
• Object-Oriented Development
[about business]
13.6 GE Healthcare
Switches from
Waterfall to Agile
[ Closing Case Putting It All Together ]
• The Problem
• The Solution
• The Results