Project Management
Systems Analysis and Design – IFSY361
Summer School 2015
Reymon Rotikan
Outline
• What is Project Management
• Project Management Life Cycle
• The Systems Proposal
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Project Management
• Definition
The process of scoping, planning, staffing, organizing, directing, and
controlling the development of an acceptable system at a minimum cost
within a specified time frame (Whitten & Bentley, 2007).
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Project Management Activities
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1. Project Initiation
Problems in the organization
Opportunities for improvement
5Figure source: Kendall & Kendall. Systems Analysis and Design 8th Edition. 2011. prentice Hall
Project Management Activities (cont’d)
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2. Determining Feasibility
Figure source: Kendall & Kendall. Systems Analysis and Design 8th Edition. 2011. prentice Hall
Project Management Activities (cont’d)
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3. Ascertaining Hardware and Software Needs
Evaluating the ability of computer hardware and software to handle
workloads adequately.
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Figure source: Kendall & Kendall. Systems Analysis and Design 8th Edition. 2011. prentice Hall
Project Management Activities (cont’d)
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4. Identifying, Forecasting, and Comparing Costs and Benefits
Costs and benefits of the proposed computer system must always be
considered together, because they are interrelated and often interdependent.
Project Management Activities (cont’d)
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5. Activity Planning and Control
Planning: select a system analysis team, assign members of the team to
appropriate projects, estimate the time required to complete each task,
and schedule the project.
Control: using feedback to monitor the project, including comparing the
plan for the project with its actual evolution.
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Gantt Chart
PERT Chart
Project Management Life Cycle
12Figure Source:Whitten & Bentley. Systems Analysis and Design Methods 7th Edition. 2007. McGraw-Hill.
The Causes of Failed Projects
Failure to establish upper-management commitment to the project
Lack of organization’s commitment to the system development methodology
Taking shortcuts through or around the system development methodology
Poor expectations management
Scope creep
Feature creep
Premature commitment to a fixed budget and schedule
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The Causes of Failed Projects (cont’d)
Overoptimism
Inadequate people management skills
Failure to adapt to business change
Insufficient resources
Failure to “manage the plan”
Most project managers were not educated or trained
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Success IS Projects
The resulting information system is acceptable to the customer
The system is delivered “on time”
The system is delivered “within budget”
The system development process had a minimal impact on ongoing business
operations
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The Systems Proposal
Cover letter
Title page of project
Table of contents
Executive summary
Outline of systems study
Detailed results of the system study
Systems alternatives
Systems analyst’ recommendation
Proposal summary
Appendices
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Any questions?
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References
• Kendall, Kenneth E., Kendall, Julie E. Systems Analysis and Design 8th Edition.
2011. Prentice Hall.
• Whitten, Jeffrey L., Bentley, Lonnie D. Systems Analysis and Design Methods
7th Edition. 2007. McGraw-Hill.
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Assignment 01
• Task : Explain in details one type of Information System and
relate it to one of UNKLAB-IS students Mini-Thesis.
• Submission : Individual via Google Classroom
• File Type : Portable Data Format (.pdf)
2 pages at most.
• File Name : Full_Name.pdf
• Deadline : Thursday, June 25th 2015 @ 11.59 pm19
See u next class…
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