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Chapter 10Preparing The Systems Proposal

Systems Analysis and Design

MELJUN CORTESMELJUN CORTES

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Kendall & Kendall

© 2005 Pearson Prentice Hall 10-2

Major Topics

•Systems proposal

•Determining hardware/software needs

•Tangible and intangible costs and benefits

•Systems proposal

•Using tables, graphs, and figures

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Systems Proposal

In order to prepare the systems proposal analysts must use a systematic approach to:•Ascertain hardware and software needs.

•Identify and forecast costs and benefits.

•Compare costs and benefits.

•Choose the most appropriate alternative.

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Ascertaining Hardware and Software Needs

Steps used to determine hardware and software needs:

• Inventory computer hardware currently available.

•Estimate current and projected workload for the system.

•Evaluate the performance of hardware and software using some predetermined criteria.

•Choose the vendor according to the evaluation.

•Obtain hardware and software from the vendor.

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Steps in Acquiring Computer Hardware and Software

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Hardware Inventory

When inventorying hardware check:• Type of equipment.

• Status of equipment operation.

• Estimated age of equipment.

• Projected life of equipment.

• Physical location of equipment.

• Department or person responsible for equipment.

• Financial arrangement for equipment.

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Evaluating Hardware

Criteria for evaluating hardware:•Time required for average

transactions (including time for input and output).

•Total volume capacity of the system.

•Idle time of the central processing unit.

•Size of memory provided.

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People that Evaluate Hardware

The people involved:•Management.

•Users.

•Systems analysts.

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Purchasing, Leasing, or Renting Decision

There are three options for obtaining computer equipment:•Buying.

•Leasing.

•Rental.

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Buying

Advantages Disadvantages

Cheaper than leasing or renting over the long run

Initial cost is high

Ability to change system

Risk of obsolescence

Provides tax advantages of accelerated depreciation

Risk of being stuck if choice is wrong

Full control Full responsibility

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Leasing

Advantages Disadvantages

No capital is tied up Company doesn’t own the system when lease expires

No financing is required

Usually a heavy penalty for terminating the lease

Leases are lower than rental payments

Leases are more expensive than buying

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Renting

Advantages Disadvantages

No capital is tied up

No financing is required

Company doesn’t ownthe computer

Easy to change systems

Maintenance andinsurance are usuallyincluded

Cost is very highbecause vendor assumesthe risk (most expensiveoption)

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Evaluating Hardware Support

When evaluating hardware vendors, the selection committee needs to consider:•Hardware support.

•Software support.

•Installation and training support.

•Maintenance support.

•Performance of the hardware.

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Software Alternatives

Software may be:•Custom created in-house.

•Purchased as COTS (commercial off-the-shelf) software.

•Provided by an application service provider (ASP).

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Creating Custom Software

Advantages Disadvantages

Specific response to specialized business needs

May be significantly higher initial costs compared to others

Innovation may give competitive edge

Ongoing maintenance

In-house staff for maintenance Pride of ownership

Necessity of hiring or working with a development team

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Purchasing COTS PackagesAdvantages Disadvantages

Refined in the commercial world

Programming focused, not business focused

Increased reliability and functionality

Must accept existing features

Often lower initial cost Limited customization

Already in use by other firms

Uncertain financial future of vendor

Help and training comes with software

Less ownership and commitment

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Using an ASPAdvantages Disadvantages

Organizations can focus on what they do best

Loss of control of data, systems, IT employees and schedules

No need to hire, train, retain a large IT staff

Concerns over financial viability, stability of ASP

There is no expenditure of employee time on IT tasks

Security, confidentiality, and privacy concerns

Loss of potential strategic advantage regarding innovativeness

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Software Evaluation

•Use the following to evaluating software packages:•Performance effectiveness

•Performance efficiency

•Ease of use

•Flexibility

•Quality of documentation

•Manufacturer support

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Analytic Hierarchy Processing (AHP)

•Analytic Hierarchy Processing requires decision makers to judge the relative importance of each criteria and indicate their preference regarding the importance of each alternative criteria.

•A disadvantage of AHP stems from the use of the pairwise method used to evaluate alternatives.

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Expert Systems

Expert systems are rule-based reasoning systems developed around an expert in the field.

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Neural Nets

Neural nets are developed by solving a number of specific type of problems and getting feedback on the decisions, then observing what was involved in successful decisions.

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Recommendation Systems

•Recommendation systems are software and database systems that reduce the number of alternatives by ranking, counting, or some other method.

•A recommendation system does not use weights.

• It simply counts the number of occurrences.

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The Web and Decision Making

•The World Wide Web may be used to extract decision-making information.

•Push technologies automatically deliver new Internet information to a desktop.

• Intelligent agents learn your personality and behavior and track topics that you might be interested in based on what it has learned.

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Identifying and Forecasting Costs and Benefits

May forecast costs and benefits of a prospective system through:•Graphical judgment.

•Moving averages.

•Analysis of time series.

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Estimating Trends

Trends may be estimated using:•Graphical judgment.

•The method of least squares.

•Moving average method.

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Costs and Benefits

Systems analysts should take tangible costs, intangible costs, tangible benefits, and intangible benefits into consideration to identify cost and benefits of a prospective system.

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Tangible Benefits

•Tangible benefits are advantages measurable in dollars that accrue to the organization through use of the information system.

•Examples:•Increase in the speed of processing.

•Access to information on a more timely basis.

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Intangible Benefits

• Intangible benefits are advantages from use of the information system that are difficult to measure.

•Examples:•Improved effectiveness of decision-

making processes.

•Maintaining a good business image.

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Tangible Costs

•Tangible costs are those that can be accurately projected by systems analysts and the business accounting personnel.

•Examples:•Cost of equipment.•Cost of resources.•Cost of systems analysts' time.

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Intangible Costs

• Intangible costs are those that are difficult to estimate, and may not be known

•Examples:•Cost of losing a competitive edge.

•Declining company image.

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Selecting the Best Alternative

To select the best alternative, analysts should compare costs and benefits of the prospective alternatives using:•Break-even analysis.

•Payback.

•Cash-flow analysis.

•Present value method.

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Break-Even Analysis

•Break-even analysis is the point at which the cost of the current system and the proposed system intersect.

•Break-even analysis is useful when a business is growing and volume is a key variable in costs.

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Break-Even Analysis

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Payback

Payback determines the number of years of operation that the system needs to pay back the cost of investing in it.

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Break-Even Analysis Showing a Payback Period

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Cash-Flow Analysis

•Cash-flow analysis is used to examine the direction, size, and pattern of cash flow associated with the proposed information system.

•Determine when cash outlays and revenues will occur for both:•The initial purchase.•Over the life of the information system.

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Present Value Method

•Way to assess all the economic outlays and revenues of the information system over its economic life and to compare costs today with future costs and today's benefits with future benefits.

•Use present value when the payback period is long, or when the cost of borrowing money is high.

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Selecting the Best Alternative

Guidelines to select the method for comparing alternatives:•Use break-even analysis if the project

needs to be justified in terms of cost, not benefits.

•Use payback when the improved tangible benefits form a convincing argument for the proposed system.

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Selecting the Best Alternative

Guidelines to select the method for comparing alternatives (continued)•Use cash-flow analysis when the

project is expensive, relative to the size of the company.

•Use present value when the payback period is long or when the cost of borrowing money is high.

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Items in the Systems Proposal

• When preparing a systems proposal, systems analysts should arrange the following ten items in order:• Cover letter.

• Title page of project.

• Table of contents.

• Executive summary (including recommendation).

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Items in the Systems Proposal

When preparing a system’s proposal, systems analyst should arrange the following ten items in order (continued):

• Outline of systems study with appropriate documentation.

• Detailed results of the systems study.

• Systems alternatives (three or four possible solutions).

• Systems analysts recommendations.

• Summary.

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Items in the Systems Proposal (Continued)

When preparing a system’s proposal, systems analyst should arrange the

following ten items in order:

•Appendices•Assorted documentation.

•Summary of phases.

•Correspondence.

•Other material as needed.

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Guidelines for Using Tables

Some guidelines to use tables effectively are:•Integrate it into the body of the

proposal.

•Try to fit the entire table vertically on a single page.

•Number and title the table at the top of the page.

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Guidelines for Using Tables

Some guidelines to use tables effectively are (continued):•Make the title descriptive and

meaningful.

•Label each row and column.

•Use a boxed table if room permits.

•Use footnotes if necessary to explain detailed information contained in the table.

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Guidelines for Using Graphs

Some guidelines for using graphs are:•Choose a style of graph that

communicates your intended meaning well.

•Integrate the graph into the proposal body.

•Give the graph a sequential figure number and a meaningful title.

•Label each axis, any lines, columns, bars, and pieces of the pie on the graph.

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Guidelines for Using Graphs

Some guidelines for using graphs are (continued):•Include a key to indicate differently

colored lines, shaded bars, or crosshatched areas.

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Types of Graphs

•Line graphs

•Column charts

•Bar charts

•Pie charts

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Line Graphs

•Used to show change over time

•Changes of up to five variables on a single graph

•May show when lines intersect

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Line Chart Example

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Column Charts

•Show a comparison between two or more variables

•Compare different variables at a particular point in time

•Easier to understand than line graphs

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Column Chart Example

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Variations of Column Charts

•100 percent stacked chart•Includes 100 percent stacked charts

•Show how different variables make up 100 percent of an entity

•Deviation Column Chart•Shows deviation from average

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Bar Charts

•Used to show one or more variables within certain classes or categories during a specific time period

•May be sorted or organized by:•Alphabetical.•Numerical.•Geographical order.•Progressive order.

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Pie Charts

•Used to show how 100 percent of a commodity is divided at a particular point in time

•Easier to read than 100 percent stacked column charts or 100 percent subdivided bar charts

•Disadvantage is they take a lot of room on the page

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Pie Chart Example

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Oral Presentations

When delivering the oral presentation, keep in mind the principles of delivery:•Project loudly enough so that the

audience can hear you.

•Look at each person in the audience as you speak.

•Make visuals large enough so that the audience can see them.

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Oral Presentations (Continued)

•When delivering the oral presentation, keep in mind the principles of delivery.

• Use gestures that are natural to your

conversational style.

• Introduce and conclude your talk confidently.