SLP 2 530

The systems development environment and socio-technical balance

Assume you have gained reasonable support from the various stakeholders, and they will go along with your hypothetical information system project. For Module 2, your assignment is to conduct a feasibility study of your project. Please review this document http://www.umsl.edu/~sauterv/analysis/feasibility.htm—to see how to conduct a feasibility study. The purpose of such a study is to develop the more detailed information about the project that stakeholders and others need to continue and extend their support for it.

Please write a 3- to 5-page paper summarizing the feasibility of your hypothetical information systems project.

Please consider the political, economic, technical, operational, legal, and schedule aspects in your feasibility study, and make sure to discuss the following issues in your presentation:

· The scope of the proposed system—its functions, users, dimensions and constraints

· A rough estimate of the system size, costs, schedules, etc.

· The benefits of the system—both quantitative and qualitative measures

· Any systems that might compete with your proposed system

· Your strategies to present the systems to stakeholders and clients for review

Please conclude your paper with a paragraph or two discussing the whole experience of this hypothetical project design exercise