Identifying and Selecting Systems Development Projects

Identifying potential development projects

Finding projects from stakeholder perspectives and motivations.

Top-down source

Projects identified by management or steering committees.

Bottom-up source

Project initiatives from managers or business units.

Value chain analysis

Evaluates activities for added value and costs.

Classifying IS development projects

Ranking projects based on evaluation criteria.

Selecting IS development projects

Choosing projects to achieve business objectives.

Weighted multicriteria analysis

Scores alternatives based on weighted requirements.

Corporate strategic planning

Defines mission, objectives, and strategies for organizations.

Mission statement

Clarifies the business focus of a company.

Objective statement

Expresses qualitative and quantitative organizational goals.

Competitive strategy

Method to achieve mission and objectives.

Low-cost producer

Strategy focusing on minimizing production costs.

Product differentiation

Strategy emphasizing unique product features.

Product focus or niche

Strategy targeting specific market segments.

Information Systems Planning (ISP)

Assessing information needs and defining system requirements.

Top-down planning

Broad understanding of organizational information needs.

Bottom-up planning

Identifies projects solving specific operational problems.

Functional Decomposition

Breaking down high-level information into smaller units.

IS planning matrices

Describes relationships between organizational elements.

Information Inventory

Summary of processes and data needs.

Mission and Objectives of IS

Role of IS in transforming the organization.

Constraints on IS Development

Limitations imposed by resources and technology.

Systems Needs and IS Strategy

Summarizes long-term strategies for information systems.

Short Term Plan

Detailed inventory of current projects and systems.

Electronic Commerce (EC)

Internet-based communication for business activities.

Business-to-consumer (B2C)

EC between businesses and individual consumers.

Business-to-business (B2B)

EC between business partners like suppliers.

Business-to-employee (B2E)

EC between businesses and their employees.

Electronic data interchange (EDI)

Direct transfer of business documents via telecommunications.