New Century lness Group offers istic emphasis Based on your recommendat decided to the development for a new information system. at the the analysis you are ready to prepare a system requirements document and a presentat the assoc ates Many the proposed advantages were described the fact find ng pro Those include smoother operation, better c and more fr procedures for You a must tangible and determine feasibility severa alternat ves. decides ahead with he deve the ma n ons are in house or purchase a vertical package and it to meet You know that New work s x office staff overtime per You es ma e ha by working full t me yo could comp e e e p oject n a ou 12 weeks Your consul ng a e, which New Cent ry agreed o, is $35 per hour. you design he new sys em as a a a ase app icatio , you can expec o spen abo $2,500 fo a networked commerc a package After he system s opera ional an t e sta s t ined, New Cen ury s ould be ab e to and e rou ne maintenance tasks wi hou yo r assistance As an al e ative to in house deve opment, vert cal so twa e package s avai a le fo a out $12,000 he ve dor offe s a ease p rchase pac ge o S4,000 down, o owed by two annual installments o $4,000 e ch I New Ce tu y ys he p ckage, it would take yo bo o weeks to install, co figu e, a d es i , wo ing f ime The vendor provides ee support du ng he fi s yea o opera ion, u then New Century m s sign tec n cal suppo agreement a an an ual cost o S600 A though the p ckage contains many o he fea ures ha New Century wan s, mos of the reports a e pre esigned nd wou d be di icu o mod fy the r Iayouts No ma er w ich approac is se ec ed, New Cent ry p oba ly w ll nee you to provide abou 0 hou s o i itial rai ing an suppo each week or the fi s three mont
s of oper tio A e the ew sys em is ope a on , i will eed o ti e ma ntenance, e bac ps, a d updating hese tasks will requ e a ou four hou s per wee d can be pe ormed by a cli c sta member I both cases, he necess ry ha dware and etwo ns a a ion w l cos a ou S12,500 In your view, the se u i e of he system will be abou five years, including the yea i wh ch the sys em becomes oper io a You e scheduled to e iver a p esentat on to New Cent ry next wee , and you w ll su mit a system e ui e e ts ocumen a that time To prepare you se , yo reviewed he sk lls described in Part A of the Sys e s An ys ‘s Toolkit, and you is ed ps o remem er, as o ows: Use s tab e vis a ai s Use p esenta ion so twa e, f poss b e Dis ri e hando ts befo e, d ring, or fte he presentat on Follow he g i e ines in Pa A o e Sys ems Ana ys s Too k Keep you p ese ation o 30 min es including minutes fo ques ions Follow he g i e ines in Pa A o he Sys ems Ana ys s Too k Inclu e ch rts, graphs, or o he help visua n orm ion in the doc ment A so incl de other m eri o help the udience nders an the ew sys em nd ec de on the ext s ep Spell check an carefully proofread he enti e docume For re dability, t y o eep he F esch e ding Ease sco e a ove 0, an aim or a Flesch i ca d G ade Level o 8 0 o 9 0 P ov de a ove view o the p opose sys em, i cluding cos s an bene s with a expl a on o he v rious cost e e it ypes nd c tego es 2 Deve op an economic e si i ity analys s, us ng pay ck ana ysis, ROI, an p esent v e (assume discoun rate of 10%) 3. P epare a co ext d gr m and diagram 0 o the new system 4. Prov de a rie exp nat on of he various a ernatives hat shou d e nves ig ed i deve opme cont nues, including in house deve opment an ny other possi le stra eg es.