MBI 630: Class 3 9/12/2009 OUTLINE OF CLASS Discussion –Identifying and Selecting IS Development Projects –Initiating and Planning System Development Projects Video (“Making the Business Case”) Broadway Entertainment Co. Inc., Case –Group Discussion (Handout)

MBI 630: Class 3 Identifying and Selecting IS Development Projects Sources of projects –Management and business units –Managers who want to make a system more efficient or less costly –Formal planning groups Top-Down Identification –Senior management or steering committee –Focus is on global needs of organization Bottom-up Identification –Business unit or IS group –Don’t reflect overall goals of the organization

MBI 630: Class 3 Corporate and Information Systems Planning Need for planning –Improperly planned projects result in systems that cannot be shared across an organization –As business processes change, lack of integration will hamper strategy and business process changes

MBI 630: Class 3 Corporate and Information Systems Planning Corporate Strategic Planning –Process of developing and refining models of the current and future enterprise as well as a transition strategy –Three-step process Current Enterprise Future Enterprise Strategic Plan (Competitive Strategy)

MBI 630: Class 3 Corporate and Information Systems Planning Information Systems Planning (ISP) –An orderly means of assessing the information needs of an organization and defining the systems, databases and technologies that will best satisfy those needs –Three key activities: Describe the Current Situation Describe the Target (or Future) Situation Develop a Transition Plan and Strategy

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Corporate and Information Systems Planning ISP must look at information systems and technologies in terms of how they help the business achieve its objectives defined during corporate strategic planning. Parallel activities of CSP and ISP (Figure 4-10, p. 113)

MBI 630: Class 3 Initiating and Planning System Development Projects Project Initiation –Establishment of project team –Development of relationship with customer –Project Initiation Plan –Establishment of Management Procedures –Establishment of Project Workbook and Project Management Environment Project Planning –Defining clear, discrete activities and the work needed to complete each activity

MBI 630: Class 3 Initiating and Planning System Development Projects Deliverables and Outcomes –Baseline Project Plan (BPP) Scope Benefits Costs Risks Resources –Statement of Work (SOW) Describes deliverables Outlines work needed to be performed

MBI 630: Class 3 Assessing Project Feasibility Six Categories –Economic (Cost-Benefit) –Technical –Operational –Schedule –Legal and contractual –Political

MBI 630: Class 3 Building the Baseline Project Plan Objectives –Assures that customer and development group have a complete understanding of the proposed system and requirements –Provides sponsoring organization with a clear idea of scope, benefits and duration of project

MBI 630: Class 3 Building the Baseline Project Plan Four Sections –Introduction –System Description –Feasibility Assessment –Management Issues

MBI 630: Class 3 Video “Making the Business Case”

MBI 630: Class 3 Group Project Objectives –Understand the nature of the project –Baseline Project Plan