Systems analysis and development CIS210 ch 05

CIS 210Systems Analysis and Development Week 3 Part I Initiating and Planning Systems Development Projects... Objectives • Upon completion of part I you will be able to: – Understand an

CIS 210

Systems Analysis

and Development

Week 3 Part I

Initiating and Planning Systems

Development Projects

Objectives

• Upon completion of part I you will be able to:

– Understand and be able to explain the concepts related to the project initiation and planning process

– Understand and be able to explain the concepts related to the statement of work and the baseline project plan

– Understand and be able to explain the concepts related to the various methods for assessing project feasibility

– Understand and be able to develop cost-benefit analyses and describe what is meant by the time value of money, present value, discount rate, net present value, return on investment, and break even analysis

– Understand and be able to explain the concepts related to

participant roles within a structured walkthrough

• Devoting Resources

• Project Initiation and Planning

– Acceptance

– Rejection

– Redirection

• Project Feasibility

• Baseline Project Plan

• Project Review

Initiating and Planning Systems Development Projects

• When PIP Ends and Analysis Begins

– Key questions

• How much effort to put forth?

– Time and effort easily pay for themselves

» Reduced costs

» Reduced time

• Who is responsible?

– Experienced analyst or team of analysts

• Why is this such a challenging activity?

– Transforming a vague system into a tangible project – Communication is key

Project Initiation and

Planning Process

• Project Initiation

– Focuses on activities to assist in planning

– Analysts work with customers

• Project Planning

– Focus on assessing information needs

– Defining clear requirements

• Baseline Project Plan (BPP)

– Foundation of project

– Contains all information collected

• Statement of Work

– Objectives

– Constraints

Assessing Feasibility

• Assessing Economic Feasibility

– Determining project benefits

• Tangible

• Intangible

– Determining project costs

• Tangible

• Intangible

• One-time

• Recurring

– The time value of money

• Present Value

• ROI

• BEA

Assessing Feasibility

• Assessing Technical Feasibility

– Technical risk factors

• Size

• Structure

• Development group experience

• User group experience – General risk rules

• Large vs small project

• Highly structured vs ill structured

• Standard technology vs non-standard technology

• User group familiarity vs unfamiliarity

Assessing Feasibility

• Other Feasibility Concerns

– Operational

• Will it solve business problems

• System Service Request

• Project identification study

– Schedule

• Potential time frames

• Completion date schedules

– Legal and contractual

• Labor laws

• Antitrust

• Copyright

– Political

• Key stakeholders

The Baseline Project Plan

• Building the BPP

– Introduction

– System description

– Feasibility assessment

– Management issues

• Reviewing the BPP

– Walkthroughs

– Roles

– Incremental commitment

• Initiating and Planning Systems Development Projects

• Assessing Feasibility

• The Baseline Project Plan