...Case Study I Medical Information System Arthur Contato Poliseli Edward Ruppel Project Management I BA 3110 DAY AA February 23, 2015 Medical Information System Summary of the Facts of the Case Maggie Pressman, Paul Goldberg, and Steve Youngblood are equal partners in their own consulting business, which is specialized in design and install computer-based information systems for medicals. These system usually includes patient records, prescriptions, billings, and medical insurance processing, sometimes the medical customers have a manual system and want to computerize it, or they have an existing computer system that needs to be upgraded. Generally, the consulting business provides the necessary hardware as software to its customers, they also install and teach the employees how to use the new resource, because of that, the cost of most of these projects ranges from $10,000 to $40,000, depending on the amount of hardware needed. Dr. Houser, one of the doctors for whom Paul had done a project, left her private practice to join a large regional medical practice, which has six offices throughout the region, and two of that also include a pharmacy. So, Dr. Houser contacted Paul to see if he was interested in submitting a proposal to upgrade the information system for the entire regional medical practice, this project will include integrate the six offices and two pharmacies into one system, because presently, each office has its own system. Paus discovered that a team...
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...all? In this paper I will discuss the existing plan, the proposed plan, how to score the two of the processes, and the ethical issues regarding an open system. As the report states, “Who could complain when there is actually merit money for pay raises” (Miller, 2009, p.1). During the deans meeting, Jeff Foreman, was one of the leads in discussing handling salary increases differently in the future. This would give fewer people more money rather than distributing pay increases to more faculty members as had been the case in the most recent years. A lot of the chairs had come up with different options, but Jeff Foreman said that “Chairs needed to carefully consider because so many factors were involved” (Miller, 2009, p.1). The dean wanted the recommendations of the chairs within forty eight hours so there wasn’t much time. They needed to think and think fast. The existing plan wasn’t getting the job done in the most effective way. The existing plan that they had was party entitlement that split pay up between most of the faculty. This existing plan that they currently had was divided into thirds. The top third received two thirds of the money, the second third received one third, and the last third received nothing at all. The chairs felt that the winner should take all. They felt that the employees that succeed the most should be rewarded in the greatest possible way. The new proposal would take away from the middle of the pack, but would greatly benefit the winners. This...
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...for this course is the creation of a System Proposal Document. In any modern enterprise, it is crucial that all of the different stakeholders, users, inputs, and outputs that relate to the business’s IT systems coalesce in a logical and cohesive way for the systems to be effective. As a member of an IT team, your overarching goal is to ensure that the IT systems ultimately do what the business needs them to do. In this course, you have learned about the key principles and practices underlying the analysis, design, implementation, and management of IT systems. In this final project, you will apply this knowledge by creating a systems proposal document. The project is divided into four milestones, which will be submitted at various points throughout the course to scaffold learning and ensure quality final submissions. These milestones will be submitted in Module Two, Module Four, Module Six, and Module Eight. The final submission will occur in Module Nine. In this assignment, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following course outcomes: Assess the relationship of systems analysis, design, implementation, and development processes as they relate to the management of information technology systems Communicate the paradigms, processes, and activities of systems development to diverse audiences Apply structure and object oriented analysis modeling techniques to analyze, design, and manage information technology systems Construct written and visual representations...
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...Paper BIS 220 Week 1 DQ 1 BIS 220 Week 1 DQ 2 BIS 220 Week 2 LT Reflection Summary BIS 220 Week 2 Individual Assignment Information Systems Proposal BIS 220 Week 2 DQ 1 BIS 220 Week 2 DQ 2 BIS 220 Week 3 Individual Assignment Types of Electronic Commerce Activity BIS 220 Week 3 LT Reflection Summary BIS 220 Week 3 Team Assignment Efficiency and Collaboration Proposal BIS 220 Week 3 DQ 1 BIS 220 Week 3 DQ 2 BIS 220 Week 4 Team Assignment Wireless Technologies Proposal BIS 220 Week 4 DQ 1 BIS 220 Week 4 DQ 2 BIS 220 Week 5 LT Reflection Summary BIS 220 Week 5 Individual Assignment Social Media and Networking Presentation ********************************************************** BIS 220 Final Exam Guide FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bis220helps.com 1) Two information systems that support the entire organization are 2) _______ is the direct use of information systems by employees in their work 3) ______ attempt to duplicate the work of human experts by applying reasoning capabilities 4) ______ issues involve who may obtain information and how much they should pay for this information 5) _____ issues involve collecting, storing, and disseminating information about individuals. 6) Your company’s computers have been taken over by an attacker and used to attack another organization’s information systems. Your problem is which of the following? 7) You are the only person in your office to upgrade to Microsoft® Word 2010. Before you share...
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...Washington Hotel, New Hampshire, Bretton Woods in a conference later called the ‘Bretton Woods Conference’, to discuss their vision for rebuilding the world economy after the ravaging war. John Maynard Keynes, perhaps the biggest economist celebrity of his time, attended the conference with his own idea of how the post-war economy should shape up. Unfortunately for him, and perhaps for us all, his ideas were overruled in favor of American treasury secretary, Harry Dexter White’s plan, and was lost in the annals of history, before seeing renewed resurgence in the context of contemporary instabilities in the international monetary system, forcing a rethink of what was lost in the conference years ago. The Bretton Woods Conference was a defining event in world history, as it established the monetary system that we see today. Dollar hegemony and its status as a reserve currency has been called an ‘exorbitant privilege’, against which there have been voices time and again, but never has the wave been as strong as today. From a concern by economists, such as Triffin, Monbiot, Skidelsky, the overreaching impact of the economic recession of the late 2000s has led to significant doubts about the current system for policymakers and national leaders. In 2008, Monbiot recalled Keynes while analysing the financial instability of 2008, “John Maynard Keynes had the answer to the crisis we’re now facing; but it was blocked and then forgotten”. Skidelsky talks about reforming the ‘non-system’ by focusing...
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...Management Process: An Overview A. Four Activities of the Strategic Management Process 2. The Need for a Project Portfolio Management System A. Problem 1: The Implementation Gap B. Problem 2: Organizational Politics C. Problem 3: Resource Conflicts and Multitasking 3. A Portfolio Management System A. Classification of the Project 4. Selection Criteria A. Financial Criteria B. Nonfinancial Criteria 5. Applying a Selection Model A. Sources and Solicitation of Project Proposals B. Ranking Proposals and Selection of Projects 5. Managing the Portfolio System A. Balancing the Portfolio for Risks and Types of Projects 7. Summary 8. Key Terms 9. Review Questions 10. Exercises 11. Case: Hector Gaming Company 12. Case: Film Prioritization 13. Case: Fund Raising Project Selection 14. Appendix 2.1: Request for Proposal (RFP) A. Contractor Evaluation Template Chapter Objectives • To identify the significant role projects contribute to the strategic direction of the organization • To stress the importance of establishing project priorities and top management support • To describe the linkages of strategies and projects • To describe a scheme for prioritizing projects that ensures top management involvement and minimizes conflicts • To apply an objective priority system to project selection • To recognize that today’s world may require a shorter range strategic plan. Review Questions 1. Describe the...
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...To centralize or not to centralize? It's a hard call made harder by power struggles. CEOs can force a more thoughtful debate by asking three critical questions The chief executive of a European equipment manufacturer recently faced a tough centralization decision: should he combine product management for the company's two business units--cutting and welding--which operated largely independently of each other but shared the same brand? His technical leader believed that an integrated product range would make the company's offerings more appealing to businesses that bought both types of equipment. These customers accounted for more than 70 percent of the market but less than 40 percent of the company's sales. "You cut before you weld," he explained. "You get a better weld at lower cost if the cutting is done with the welding in mind." Managers in both divisions, though, resisted fiercely: product management, they believed, was central to their business, and they could not imagine losing control of it. The CEO's dilemma--were the gains of centralization worth the pain it could cause?--is a perennial one. Business leaders dating back at least to Alfred Sloan, who laid out GM's influential philosophy of decentralization in a series of memos during the 1920s, have recognized that badly judged centralization can stifle initiative, constrain the ability to tailor products and services locally, and burden business divisions with high costs and poor service.1 Insufficient centralization...
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...Introduction to Computer Application and Systems | Copyright © 2011 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course provides an overview of Business Information Systems. Students learn to apply Microsoft® Office tools including work processing, spreadsheet, database, and presentation software to accomplish business objectives. Other topics include uses of application software and the Internet for effective problem solving, exploration of relevant emerging technologies, and how information is used across different industries. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Course Materials Grauer, R. T., Poatsy, M. A., Mulbery, K., Hulett, M., Krebs, C., & Mast, K. (2011). Microsoft® Office 2010: Volume 1. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall. Rainer, R. K. & Cegielski, C. G. (2011). Introduction to information systems: Supporting and transforming business...
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...Project Proposal – Example 1 Carnegie Mellon University Master of Science in Information Technology Software Engineering (MSIT-SE) MSIT Project (17-677) Approval Form Student Name: Jane Doe Date: 9/19/2002 Project Title: Re-Engineer the B2B Interface for a major Customer Project Proposal: Please attach a proposal that contains all of the components listed below. 1. Executive Summary of effort 2. A brief description of the industry, company, and specific facility at which the project will be conducted 3. Description of the problem 4. Project purpose and goals 5. Project approach and methodologies 6. Project deliverables 7. Timeline for deliverables 8. Identify Technical Advisor by name, contact information, position and responsibility 9. Identify Supervisor by name, contact information, position and responsibility Approvals Mr. Smith Application Development Supervisor Name Department Signature Date Mr. Jones Application Development Technical Advisor Name Department Signature Date Carnegie Mellon Approvals Mel Rosso-Llopart Faculty Advisor (Mentor) Signature Date Mel Rosso-Llopart MSIT-SE Director Signature Date MSIT Project Proposal – Example 2 1. Executive Summary of Effort SAP (which stands for Systems Applications and Products in Data Processing) is the ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) package that is used by all of the Wireline facilities in North America. The SAP Business Connector is the integration tool component of the SAP system that allows...
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...The proposal was going to provide a new way to fund and deliver healthcare. The Health Security proposal goal was to control cost through competition with a key provision in the proposal known as managed care or competition. This would allow states and employers to work together to make different plans available in return, providing competition among the different providers of the healthcare plans The proposal was also going have large employers pay for healthcare while, small employers would have subsidies provided by the government. The proposal also offered other cost controls and insurance reforms. Many Americans did not like the Health Security proposal because they felt with managed care they would have limited input about what physician...
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...plant, another look has raised issues concerning the feasibility of the proposal. On top of the possibility of the denial of the proposal, there are concerns with the company that hinder the profitability and growth of the organization. First, a decision needs to be made regarding the funding for either the Swedish or Belgian proposal for the production of XL-4. There are various factors that need to be considered in the decision making process, one of which is the return on investment, as well as the possible transfer price between the divisions. Secondly, the company lacks the ability to clearly establish whether they are a centralized or decentralized organization. Issue 1: Accepting either the Swedish or Belgian Proposal After reviewing the Swedish proposal once again, Mr. Michael Gillot, Roget’s Senior Vice President, has decided to put the proposal on hold to ensure the numbers used to generate the cash flows are accurate. With both Sweden and Belgium offering individual proposals, a thorough analysis is done to determine which proposal is ideal for the organization. After calculating the net present value (NPV) and internal rate of return (IRR) for both proposals, it seems Sweden has a higher NPV, whereas Belgium has a higher IRR (Appendix 1). However, the difference between the two NPV’s (approximately Skr. 13,000) is relatively small compared to the difference between the two IRR’s (approximately 39%)....
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...encompassing request for proposal. Kevin Roden, director of consumer banking system, George Swick, project manager of retail workstation infrastructure, indicate that their focus is on business requirements. They conduct a cost-benefit analysis and examine available products and services only after they ensure that a project will meet business requirements. If the project does not directly support the business, it is not pursued. The Bank of Boston had a goal: improve sale and customer service and increase the range of products, such as mutual funds and small business loans, in the bank’s branches. Given their resources and availability resources, they found that it would be more cost effective to outsource much of the work. So they developed two comprehensive requests for proposal (RFPs). The first was for procurement, and installation of the system. The second was for support and maintenance. There were 11 responses to the two RFPs, which were reviewed by more than twenty of various technology and business committees within the bank. IBM and Anderson Consulting were chosen to help with the procurement, deployment, and installation, and IBM was chosen to help with the support and maintenance. The Bank of Boston Branches will be getting a complete facelift: new client/server-based local area net works, new customer service and sales applications software, electronic mail, and remote software distribution, as well as automated data backup and recovery systems. The bank reports...
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...between the two is assessed and its significance will help to determine whether the planned action is advisable. In the case of the healthcare organization the cost-benefit analysis will help in deciding whether to upgrade to an electronic health record system or remain paper-based. A request for information is usually made to obtain information on the products and/or services for which a proposal may eventually be made. This includes information on vendors who can meet certain requirements for delivery of formal services and products. A request for a proposal seeks to obtain definitive requirements for portions of or all of a project as identified and is specifically related to the procurement of services and/or products required to implement the project. A request for proposal might be preferred to the request for information because it contains details of the project, and also requests the cost of goods and services inclusive of timelines, required to complete the project. Bothe the request for information and the request for proposal are often required to provide details of exactly what is to be accomplished and hold performers accountable for the outcome of the project. This includes both internal and external stakeholders. The RFP must, at a minimum, describe the goods or services to be procured, and identify the Applicable contractual terms and conditions, the minimum qualifications for the successful vendor and the criteria by which each proposal will be evaluated...
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...CRANEFIELD COLLEGE OF PROJECT AND PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT GROUP ASSIGNMENT FOR MODULE M1: Project Management: Leading, Creating, Implementing and Improving Please include the following declaration: “We hereby declare that this assignment is entirely our own work, and that it has not previously been submitted to any other Higher Education Institution. We also declare that all published and unpublished sources have been fully acknowledged and properly referenced. This includes figures, tables and exhibits. Where modified by us, this has also been indicated.” Print Name | Signature | ID Number | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Table of Contents 1. Executive Summary 2 1.1. Introduction 2 1.2. Anticipated Outcomes 2 1.3. Recommendation 3 2. PROBLEMS AND CAUSES 3 2.1 Problem Statement 3 2.2 Project Overview 4 2.3 Project Selection 4 2.4 Project Justification ...
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...Activities of the Strategic Management Process B. Scenario Planning: A Supplement to Traditional 2. The Need for an Effective Project Portfolio Management System A. Problem 1: The Implementation Gap B. Problem 2: Organizational Politics C. Problem 3: Resource Conflicts and Multitasking 3. A Portfolio Management System A. Classification of the Project B. Nonfinancial Criteria 4. Applying a Selection Model A. Sources and Solicitation of Project Proposals B. Ranking Proposals and Selection of Projects 5. Managing the Portfolio System A. Balancing the Portfolio for Risks and Types of Projects 6. Summary 7. Key Terms 8. Review Questions 9. Exercises 10. Case: Hector Gaming Company 11. Case: Film Prioritization 12. Appendix 2.1: Request for Proposal (RFP) 2.2 Contractor Evaluation Template Chapter Objectives • To identify the significant role projects contribute to the strategic direction of the organization • To stress the importance of establishing project priorities and top management support • To describe the linkages of strategies and projects • To write a set of hierarchical objectives for an organization • To describe a scheme for prioritizing projects that ensures top management involvement and minimizes conflicts • To apply an objective priority system to project selection. • To recognize that today’s world may require a shorter range strategic plan and scenario planning is necessary. Review Questions ...
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