fesability analyis solution

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What is Feasibility Analysis?

  • Feasibility
  • A measure of how beneficial or practical the development of an information systems will be to an organization.
  • Feasibility Analysis
  • The process by which feasibility is measured.
  • The goal of feasibility analysis:
  • To enable the organization to determine whether or no to proceed with a project
  • To identify any important risks associated with the project

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Economic Feasibility

  • An economic feasibility analysis (or cost-benefit analysis) should be performed to identify the financial risk associated with the project
  • Estimate project development costs
  • Estimate operational costs after project
  • Estimate financial benefits based on annual savings and increased revenues
  • Calculate using table of costs and benefits
  • Uses net present value (NPV) techniques

Question

  • A company is trying to project if it needs to undertake a new project for replacement of a CRM system. The current operating cost to maintain the old CRM system is 850K growing at a rate of 10% year over year for the next 5 years.
  • If a new System is built, the current Salaries and Wages associated with NEW development is.
  • The operating cost to maintain the new system is 250K year over year for the next 5 years.

So if we consider a discount rate of 12%, financially, considering a NPV analysis, should the company engage in NEW CRM product developmet.

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