planning, system installation Flashcards
what are the 4 purposes of a new system
- increase productivity
- increase quality of the output
- minimize costs
- reduce the errors of the existing system
list 6 potential organizational issues
- lack of guiding organizational , business strategies
- lack of stakeholder participation
- lack of end-user ‘ownership’ of system
- lack of attention to required training
- lack of attention to organizational issues (eg. organizational culture)
- lack of attention to design of tasks, jobs
what is a feasibility report
it decides whether the proposed project should be pursued / implemented by evaluating and analyzing the project on its potential
list the name of the 5 criteria the feasibility report evaluates on
technical
economical
legal
operational
scheduling
what does the technical feasibility deal with
whether the existing technology is sufficient to implement the new system
what does the economical feasibility deal with
whether the new system is cost effective
what does the legal feasibility deal with
whether there are any conflicts between the new system and any regulations or laws
what does the operational feasibility deal with
whether the existing organizational procedures are sufficient to support the operation of the new system
what does the scheduling feasibility deal with
how long it takes to implement the new system
what is change management
- involves various parameters
- process of shifting individuals, teams, departments, organizations from the current state to the desired state
what is a legacy system
- old technology
- some systems that belong to this ‘old technology’ category still play an important role in the organization
- its data cannot be converted to newer formats or else its application cannot be upgraded
what does the administration need to pay special attention to for legacy system
exchange of data between legacy and new systems
what is a business merger
combining two or more business entities
what are the four strategies for integrations (business merging)
- keeping both information systems, developing them to have the same functionality
- replacing both information systems with a new one
- selecting the best information systems from each company and combining them
- selecting one company’s information system and dropping the other
what is software incompatibility
where different systems cannot operate on the same computer or on computers linked by network
for what type of system is a locally hosted system most appropriate for
larger, complex systems
for what type of system is a remote hosted system most appropriate for
no hardware equipment in place
what outsource responsibilities does the company that look for remote hosted systems want
maintenance
support
backups
security
what does SaaS stand for
Software as a service
what is SaaS (Software as a service)
delivery method
allows software and data to be hosted, managed centrally on a remote data center
how do users access SaaS
they pay on a subscription basis
what does a SaaS solution need to be accessed
web browser
broadband internet connection
where do SaaS solutions reside
cloud
give three advantages of SaaS
less expensive as it has low initial cost, only requires few investments in installation
scalable solution - company only has to adjust its monthly subscription
safe - data resides in the cloud service
