Business Systems Analysis Petrie’s Electronics Case Study - Week: 6 1. Why don’t information systems projects work out as planned? What causes the differences between the plan and reality? * A systems information project may sometimes work outside of its intended plan due to a variety of reasons; notable ones are: * Money * Time * Maintenance Requests A developer’s goal is to create a system that meets criterion laid out by a business and/or to simply out perform its peers. In relation to money, the developer’s goal may be hindered due to the costs of his/her project exceeding the “spending cap.” In addition, time proves to be a factor when new findings mandate certain alterations for a code in progress.
Without prior market penetration of an organization’s competetitors, the usefulness and effectiveness of properly marketing a new product or service can be quite burdensome. This is due to the fact that an organization runs a major risk of constantly striving to maintain its customer base, as the new type of product or service has not yet been introduced into the maintstream. Additionally, pricing may be an issue based upon: Should pricing be very low to attract new buyers?, or Should pricing be set high to offset initial entry into a new marketplace? These are the questions that an organization must face, but for the most part, being a
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Identifying where change needs to be made is not always obvious in an organisation. Simply challenging the ‘status quo’ or ‘it’s the way we’ve always done it’ can lead to new ideas and ways of ‘thinking outside the box’ that benefit the company. AC1.2 Identify the barriers to change and innovation in the organisation There can be multiple barriers when trying to implement change. The organisation may know they need to make changes but lack of planning or lack of agility can stop progression. Employees and Managers play a
* It is more difficult to maintain consistent product quality, which may lower the customer satisfaction and sabotage the brand image. * Tariff is an uncertain factor which has to be taken into consideration. US government may impose extra tariff to protect domestic
Explain how to design the selection process to minimize risk. Does the strategy minimize or increase overall risk for the company? Offer one alternative for each selection process designed to reduce the risk to the company. HRM 420 – Contingency Plan Evaluation Appendix B only Week 5 Individual Paper Appendix B Contingency Plan Evaluation Resources: Appendix B Research and locate two contingency plans using a search engine of your choosing. Fill out Appendix B, Contingency Plan Evaluation, using the information found in your search.
The conflicts raised by this case are typical from projects that are not closely monitored, resulting in a lack of overall control of tasks. Better reading and quicker response would probably avoid the failure of the partnership. Improvement in the organizational side is needed in order to embrace new technologies, as well as the leadership behavior of the project manager. Negotiation and development of new agreements on how to handle future conflicts, re-evaluation of the tasks required, tracking process on a daily basis and scheduling overtime could help to put the project back in time. A clearly defined escalation process, rethink the tasks allocation to future milestones and co-locating teams with similar activities would help the project
Financial information system will install a financial software and hardware with a good reporting database. * Can be difficult and time-consuming. Individuals must be trained. 2. Functional area information system will provide data to assist lower and middle level managers in the function area.
This could in turn be damaging to the reputation of the team and its members. In order to be successful, there is need for risk management incentives to be put in place. This can only be attained through the maintenance of good functionality for systems. A risk management plan involves coming up with the right techniques to cope with any challenges that are to be experienced in the planning process. For instance, certain alternatives should be indicated as a fall back plan in case the team runs out of resources away from home.
Project Manager most times may have accountability but not authority. For example, he or she may be using certain resources but might not have direct control over those resources. At such times, the manager might find certain limitations over task execution, which might not take place as they might have liked. Not having direct control over the state of finances and finance allocation might cause obscurity. The project manager power is dependent upon the organization in with he or she is employed.