homework

Homework

Systems Analysis

Please respond to the following:

-- Implementing a new AIS system could prove to be beneficial or detrimental to an organization’s IT infrastructure. Assess the risks associated with integrating a new AIS system and suggest what management can do to minimize those risks.

-- You have been selected as the change agent for the implementation of a new AIS system that will ultimately affect the way all employees complete their daily tasks. The new AIS system will also require online approvals for all source documents. This will result in significant cost savings for the firm; however, in the past, employees have been resistant to radical changes such as this. Evaluate the risks and rewards of such a move by the firm. Provide specific examples to support your response. [300 words -- 1-2 references]

AIS

Please respond to the following:

-- You are part of a project management team evaluating accounting software packages that could be used by S&S (i.e., the case company referenced in Chapters 1 through 4), which would incorporate its four basic transaction cycles. Suggest five factors that the team should consider when selecting the package. Rank the factors in order of importance, and then justify your ranking.

-- From the e-Activity, evaluate two different software packages and propose how you would promote one package over the other to the management committee. Provide specific examples to support your response. [300 words -- 1-2 references]

Please read the following note to guide your responses to questions:-

Because we live in a highly competitive and ever-changing world, at any given time most organizations are improving or replacing their information systems. It is estimated that each year corporate America spends over $300 billion on more than 200,000 software projects. Companies change their systems as a result of changes in user or business needs, technological changes, improved business processes, productivity gains, systems integration, and systems age and need to be replaced. Skipping or skimping on systems development processes cause runaways that consume time and money and produce no usable results. This week you will also learn three ways to obtain an information system: purchasing software, developing software in-house, and hiring a company to develop and operate the system. You also learn three ways to improve the development process: business process redesign, prototyping, and computer-aided software engineering tools.