Project Initiation: Reasons and Selection

Projects are initiated for two broad reasons: Problems that lend themselves to systems solutions and opportunities for improvement through: Upgrading systems, Altering systems, Installing new ______

To identify problems and/or opportunities, one should check output against performance criteria, observe behavior of employees, and listen to external feedback from vendors, customers, and ______

Specific signs of problems include too many errors, work completed slowly, work done incorrectly, work done incompletely, and work not done at ______

Specific signs of problems related to employees include high absenteeism, high job dissatisfaction, and high job ______

Wetherbe's PIECES problem-solving framework is a checklist for identifying problems with an existing IS: Performance, Information and Data, Economics, Control and Security, Efficiency, ______

Whether using classical SDLC or an Object-oriented (OO) approach, analysts first define problems and objectives of the ______

A problem definition usually contains: problem statement followed by series of ______, or major, independent pieces of the problem series of objectives, or goals that match the issues Issues are the current situation; objectives are the desired situation

Example: Problem Controls inconvenience customers and employees meaning, some controls of ______ current system are 'inconvenience' for most customers, even employees; not user friendly, hard to use, etc.Example: Objective Improve controls for ______ convenience of ______ ______ customers and employees Writing ______ objectives seems to be easy but it really needs a complete understanding of what really ______ problem is on ______ part of ______ analyst ;)

Project Selection There are five (5) criteria for project selection: Backed by ______ Timed appropriately for commitment of resources It moves the business toward attainment of its goals Practicable Important enough to be considered over other projects Possibilities for Improvement Speeding up a process.Streamlining a process.Combining processes.Reducing errors.Reducing redundant storage.Reducing redundant output.Improving system and subsystem integration.Topic Summary Identified how projects are initiated.Described characteristics of a problem statement.Identified problem selection criteria.Project Initiation IT120: Information Systems eldiem

It moves the business toward attainment of its ______ Practicable Important enough to be considered over other projects Possibilities for Improvement Speeding up a process.Streamlining a process.Combining processes.Reducing errors.Reducing redundant storage.Reducing redundant output.Improving system and subsystem integration.Topic Summary Identified how projects are initiated.Described characteristics of a problem statement.Identified problem selection criteria.Project Initiation IT120: Information Systems eldiem

Important enough to be considered over other ______ Possibilities for Improvement Speeding up a process.Streamlining a process.Combining processes.Reducing errors.Reducing redundant storage.Reducing redundant output.Improving system and subsystem integration.Topic Summary Identified how projects are initiated.Described characteristics of a problem statement.Identified problem selection criteria.Project Initiation IT120: Information Systems eldiem

It moves the business toward attainment of its goals Practicable ______ Important enough to be considered over other projects Possibilities for Improvement Speeding up a process.Streamlining a process.Combining processes.Reducing errors.Reducing redundant storage.Reducing redundant output.Improving system and subsystem integration.Topic Summary Identified how projects are initiated.Described characteristics of a problem statement.Identified problem selection criteria.Project Initiation IT120: Information Systems eldiem