Week 5 Project

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Global Systems Implementation Challenges

The implementation challenges are:

IS for each country in the international community re�ects local political, social, and cultural conditions, which may not be compatible with global information �ow and business processes. European countries have strict laws governing privacy and trans-border data �ow, which is the movement of information in any form across international boundaries. English has become a standard business language. Software may have to be built with local language interfaces before new IS can be successfully implemented.

The lack of reliable communications infrastructure and the high costs of installation is a great challenge in implementing IS in under-developed countries.

Existing standards for Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and networking are country-speci�c and industry-speci�c. The Open Systems Interconnect (OSI) reference model for linking networks is more popular in Europe than it is in the U.S. Various industry groups have also standardized other networking architectures.

Businesses with enterprise systems, supply chain management, and other cross-functional systems are not always compatible with business processes, cultural heritages, and languages in other countries.

It is dif�cult to convince local managers anywhere in the world to change their business processes to coordinate the development of projects around the world in the absence of a powerful telecommunications network. It is also dif�cult to encourage local users to take on ownership of the developed systems.

After understanding the challenges faced during the IS implementation process, let us now explore the security and control measures that IS adopts to ensure organizational data safety.