“The acquisition, development, and maintenance of information systems consume substantial resources for most organizations. This suggests that organizations can benefit from following a formal process for identifying and selecting projects. The first phase of the systems development life cycle—project identification and selection—deals with this issue. In the next section, you will learn about a general method for identifying and selecting projects and the deliverables and outcomes from this process. This is followed by brief descriptions of corporate strategic planning and information systems planning, two activities that can greatly improve the project identification and selection process.” (Modern Systems Analysis and Design, 8th ed, Joseph Valacich)
Objectives:
- describe the project identification and selection process,
- describe the corporate strategic planning and information systems planning process, and
- describe the three classes of Internet electronic commerce applications: business- to-consumer, business-to-employee, and business-to-business.
Topics:
From Modern Systems Analysis and Design:
4. Identifying and Selecting Projects
4.1. Process
4.2. Deliverables
4.3. Corporate Strategic Planning
4.4. Information Systems Planning
5. Initiating and Planning Systems Development Projects
5.1. Deliverables and Outcomes
5.1.1. Baseline Project Plan
5.2. Feasibility Analysis
5.2.1. Economic
5.2.1.1. NPV
5.2.1.2. ROI
5.2.2. Technical
5.2.3. Other Feasibility
From CISA:
3.2. Business Case and Feasibility Analysis
3.2.1. Auditor’s Role in Business Case Development
3.3.3. SDLC Phases
3.3.3.1. Feasibility
In this unit, plan to:
- Participate in the class discussion thread
- Read the assigned topics in CISA
- Read chapter 4 in Modern Systems Analysis and Design