...2012 An Implementation Plan Documentation Submitted in Partial fulfillment for the degree of Bachelor of Science and Information Technology. Declaration I hereby declare that this project is my original work and has not been submitted to any other university for assessment of award of the degree or any other qualification. Name........................................................................ Signature................................................................... Date..................... Supervisor: ............................................................... Signature.................................................................... Date..................... Table of Contents Declaration 2 CHAPTER 1 4 Introduction 4 1.0 Purpose 4 1.1 Roles and Responsibilities 5 1.2 Implementation Readiness Review 6 1.3 Operational Readiness Review 6 1.4 Demonstration of the software 6 CHAPTER 2 7 Plan for hardware procurement 7 2.0 Training 7 2.1 Hardware installation 8 2.2 Software installations 8 2.3 System installation 8 2.3 User /Operator Training 8 CHAPTER 3 9 Implementation 9 3.0 Live Running Trial 9 3.1 Phased Implementation (Modular) 9 3.2 Parallel Run 10 3.3 Direct 10 CHAPTER 4 11 Monitoring the Implementation process 11 4.0 Evaluation & Support 11 4.1 Cost of Software 11 List of Abbreviation 12 References 13 CHAPTER 1 Introduction 1.0 Purpose The Implementation Plan describes how...
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...Implementation Plan OVERVIEW The Implementation Plan describes how the information system will be deployed, installed and transitioned into an operational system. The plan contains an overview of the system, a brief description of the major tasks involved in the implementation, the overall resources needed to support the implementation effort (such as hardware, software. facilities, materials, and personnel), and any site-specific implementation requirements. The plan is developed during the Design Phase and is updated during the Development Phase; the final version is provided in the Integration and Test Phase and is used for guidance during the Implementation Phase. The outline shows the structure of the Implementation Plan. INTRODUCTION This section provides an overview of the information system and includes any additional information that may be appropriate. 1 Purpose This section describes tile purpose of the Implementation Plan. Reference the system name and identify information about the system to be implemented. 2 System Overview This section provides a brief overview of the system to be implemented, including a description of the system and its organization. 1 System Description This section provides an overview of the processes the system is intended to support. If the system is a database or an information system, provide a general discussion of the description of the type of data maintained and the operational sources...
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... (10 Marks) b) What entails Implementation and Disposition Phases of the system development? (4 Marks) c) Discuss the differences between Implementation and Disposition phases based on tasks and activities. (10 Marks) d) What are the activities associated with the operations and maintenance phase of systems development. (8 Marks) e) Identify and discuss the types of maintenance. (8 Marks) f) Compare and contrast roles and responsibilities during development phase and integration and testing phases of systems development. (10 Marks) Lecturer: Nick Gachui. Date Due: August 2014. a) What are the tasks and activities involved in the development, integration and testing of information system? i. Development Code and Test Software Code each module according to established standards. Integrate Software Integrate the software units and software components and test in accordance with the integration plan. Ensure that each module satisfies the requirements of the software at the conclusion of the integration activity. Conduct Software Qualification Testing. Conducting qualification testing in accordance with the qualification requirements for the software item. Ensure that the implementation of each software requirement is tested for compliance. ii. Integration Conduct System Qualification Testing Ensures that the implementation of each system requirement is tested for...
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...Applications Implementation Week 2 Individual Assignment The following individual assignments refer to Boardman Management Group, Baderman Island Resort and Smith Systems Consulting, several of the Virtual Organizations. A link to the Virtual Organizations can be found on the Course Materials page. Boardman Management Group manages the Baderman Island resort. They are considering whether to upgrade the word processing software currently in use at the resort or to purchase a new word processing software application. Boardman plans to hire Smith Systems Consulting to help them analyze their options and to prepare an implementation plan. Submit a 3-4 page plan for how Boardman Management Group should utilize Smith Systems Consulting as an outside consultant for this project. Include a discussion of why the specific elements of your plan are important, how they will achieve the results you intend and why they were chosen over alternative methods. Week 3 Individual Assignment Boardman Management Group has decided to upgrade the Microsoft Word, word processing software for Baderman Island Resort. Smith Systems Consulting has provided Boardman with an analysis of the factors that need to be considered in upgrading the software. Using the analysis prepared by your Learning Team during Week Two, submit a Request For Proposal (RFP) that would be sent to software vendors seeking their proposals for the purchase and implementation of the upgraded software application...
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...SYLLABUS BSA/385 Introduction to Software Engineering Copyright ©2016 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course introduces the fundamental, logical, and design considerations addressed during system and application software development. It provides a background in applications software development and testing techniques through a combination of theory and application. Course Dates May 03, 2016 - Jun 06, 2016 Faculty Information Name : Email Address : Phone Number : ROBERT MASCARENAS (PRIMARY) (505) 884-4399 Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents (both located on your student website): • Academic Policies 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. Academic Resources • Course Software Instructions Click the link for additional course software requirements. Note: We do not recommend trial software versions because they expire. SupportingMaterial Course Software • College of IS&T Resources Instructions Click the link to review the College of IS&T Resources. SupportingMaterial College of IS&T Resources • College of IS&T Website Instructions ...
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...crisis as he tries to implement new software he has recommended the company upgrade to. Jackson feels that the BSO software would be a major improvement and would “put better detailing at the fingertips of the decision makers and do so more quickly”. Upper management, including his boss Luke Williams and Williams boss Abu Dija are on board but another manager within Dija’s group was not. Barnett, the manager of the International Bidding and Contracting Group, has told Jackson and Williams that he thinks the software is a bad idea and has brought his concerns about the software to Abu Dija and even questioned Jackson’s competence. Williams has told Jackson he needs to deal with Barnett to avoid derailment of the rollout. Symptoms and Causes During the demoing process for the BSO software, Barnett expressed his opposition. He felt it was an inferior product, was too complex and would cost time, money and some good people. Despite Barnett’s view, the software was well received by management. Throughout the process, Barnett’s boss or colleagues superiors were not willing to address Barnett’s obvious resistance and had placed the responsibility solely on Jackson’s shoulders. Dija’s friendship with Barnett makes the situation more complicated. Williams had an opportunity to address Barnett in regards to the software rollout but “chickened out”. Ultimately, everyone seemed intimidated by Barnett and had allowed him to express his opinions about software he has never used with impunity...
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...agile methodology, is designed to replace the current software at our college. By doing this we will create a more time and cost efficient software program at our college that will be used throughout all our campuses. The new software will be maintained and updated internally which in turn will result in a reduction of expenses. We are hoping to start and complete this process within a year. Throughout the year our internal staff will gain the knowledge necessary to maintain and update the new software. They will also use the agile methodology to ensure that this process is done successfully. We also understand that this will cause complications at times with our means of communication between stakeholders and employees. Liaisons will be in place to communicate updates and other information to our stakeholders and employees in the case of complications. We are requesting your approval to start this project by the end of January 2015 once you have reviewed this project report. You will see in our report that requests for finances will be minimal as we own all of the hardware. We plan on using most of the existing hardware, if not all of it for the new software program. I look forward to your response. Sincerely, Project Lead Group F’s College of Technology Table of Contents Letter of Transmittal……………………………………………………………............................2 Overview………………………………………………………………………………………….3 IT Implementation Plan…………………………………………………………………………...6 Testing and Training...
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...Needed and Architecture: 8 Architecture 9 Ethical, Legal, Professional Issues and Academic Misconduct: 10 Code of Ethics: 11 Bibliography 11 Aims and Objectives: The main of this study is to develop software that will allow voice command to be converted into text and then to be displayed on the output monitor or to be converted into command to perform a particular action, the primary aim will be to perform adequate amounts of research in the field of voice recognition in order to develop such tool that can be used to convert speech to text and voice to text command for a particular system to perform a task. The main objectives to achieve this will be to have a clear development plan with a clear software development cycle, having the software development cycle will not be enough on its own and constant monitoring of the development will be very critical objective in order to achieve the aim. The first aim will be to perform enough research in order to decide if there is a scope with in such development, there will be few objectives with in this some of the objectives will include performing thorough search to see if there is any demand with in such type of software, as well its future aspects to...
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...ERP system in Xinghe Electronic Commerce Company IT 500 Information Technology Professor Robert Dachowski March 23, 2014 Yue Wang, Nan Wu, Cancan Ge, Yi Ma Table of Contents Part I. Yue Wang ………………………………………………………………3-13 Part II. Nan Wu ………………………………………………………………14-20 Part III. Cancan Ge ………………………………………………………….21-24 Part IV. Yi Ma ………………………………………………………………25-31 Reference ……………………………………………………………………32 Part I Background IT tech, especially the widespread of using, has made human beings entered a brand new age which is a knowledge economic timing. Under this big timing, the business environment time has been completely changed for companies. For example, traditional business model has been replaced by E-commerce model. With an abundant of consumer’s demand, revolution of tech, short period of product life cycle and sharp competition in marketing, companies should follow this 3C guideline which is consumer, challenge and change. Also, company should match consumer’s customize demand so that the company can accelerate adapt the development of marketing’s changing. Under the new external environment, e-commerce companies need to adjust their development strategies, restructuring their business processes and organizations, also need to use modern information technology, enterprise information management. In this context, electricity providers need to use integrated enterprise management information system to provide real-time, accurate...
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...a management sponsor the implementation of this project is crucial. The project manager and steering committee would be politically astute enough to develop and maintain an open, honest relationship with the management sponsor. The list of step that will make sense for organization to implement the HRIS as follow: 1. Process Mapping. To implementation of any new information system it is important to understand an existing process. On the surface, this appears to be a rather straightforward task which is the process and identify: a. The Data elements are stored and modified. b. How those data elements are stored and modified. c. What output exists? In reality, additional information and structure are required to ensure that the essence of the entire organizational process is captured. The first step is to generate a list off all the processes performed by each area of the HR function and a second list process of processes that are touched by more than one are of the HR function. The second step is to start generating a model of each process within the entire HR function. A successful model will incorporate both a flowchart picture and a dataflow picture model (i.e what data elements, processes and outputs go with each step of the process). The Completed process maps are ideally compiled into a large chart that provides an overall view of the organizations processes. 2. Software implementation – The actual software implementation can begin once the planning...
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...DBM 502 Entire Course For more classes visit www.indigohelp.com DBM 502 Individual Assignment: Implementing an Enterprise DBMS DBM 502 Individual Assignment: Comparing Database Software PART 2 OF 2 DBM 502 Individual Assignment: Comparing Database Software PART 1 OF 2 DBM 502 Individual Assignment: Data Dictionary DBM 502 Individual Assignment: Database Security DBM 502 Learning Team Assignment: DBMS Implementation Plan ………………………………………………… DBM 502 Individual Assignment Comparing Database Software PART 1 OF 2 For more classes visit www.indigohelp.com Individual Assignment: Comparing Database Software Create a list of criteria that can be used to compare database software. Create a table that uses the list of criteria to compare and contrast Microsoft® Access, SQL, DB2, and Oracle®. Write a 2- to 3-page paper that discusses Refer to “Standards for Written Work” and “Standards•your results. for Presentations” in your Program Handbook, which can be accessed through the student Web site. ………………………………………………… DBM 502 Individual Assignment Comparing Database Software PART 2 OF 2 For more classes visit www.indigohelp.com Individual Assignment: Comparing Database Software Create a list of criteria that can be used to compare database software. Create a table that uses the list of criteria to compare and contrast Microsoft® Access, SQL, DB2, and Oracle®. Write a 2- to 3-page paper that discusses your results. Refer to “Standards for Written Work...
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...a better picture of the current status of the implementation and whether they have met with any portion of success or if they have been unable to make use of the software at all. * What were the flexibility and integration limitations exactly for your in-house software suite? * This question can be used to determine what particular shortcomings their original software held and examine what could have been done to alter the system to make it work. * What do you feel worked well with your prior software and how does that relate to the functions of SAP? * We need to make a determination if Sap is able to provide the service that they are looking for or if another product better fits their needs for comparison. * What work has been done to this point to implement the SAP suite? * This will give insight to any part of the system that is functional, the stumbling blocks that are currently faced, and successes they have experienced. It will also provide clues to whether the software is functional but meeting resistance from users who preferred the in-house system, which has a likelihood of occurrence in most businesses. * What are your expectations from a software suite for functional use? * This is a good way to determine if their expectations are realistic for the software they plan to implement. * What steps has the software provider taken to assure that you have the needed implementation materials and training for the SAP system?...
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...IT Project Implementation Failures Debra Carr HCS/483 August 7, 2014 James Thames IT Project Implementation Failures The typical information technology (IT) implementation begins once the health care organization has the IT system in place in the building and continues through the first weeks that the IT system is in real time use by the employees. The implementation process must be carefully planned, organized, announced to all employees, and followed closely throughout the following weeks while the IT system is installed. It is important for the management team to announce the IT project. The reason for the project, why the project is being implemented now, and the benefits of the project need to be communicated to all the employees. The CEO or COO should make the initial announcement so that all the employees understand that the project is approved at the top level. The CEO needs to display confidence and pride concerning the entire process. Once the instillation begins and throughout the process, the CEO should continue to update the employees on the progress of the project and any problems that are encountered. He should talk about his vision of the successful completion of the project and how it will benefit both the employees and the health care company. The senior executive should announce the establishment of an Implementation Team which will plan, manage, budget, and coordinate the IT project. The goals and objectives must be established. This...
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...tutorialrank.com DBM 502 Individual Assignment: Implementing an Enterprise DBMS DBM 502 Individual Assignment: Comparing Database Software PART 2 OF 2 DBM 502 Individual Assignment: Comparing Database Software PART 1 OF 2 DBM 502 Individual Assignment: Data Dictionary DBM 502 Individual Assignment: Database Security DBM 502 Learning Team Assignment: DBMS Implementation Plan ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- DBM 502 Individual Assignment: Comparing Database Software PART 1 OF 2 (UOP) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Individual Assignment: Comparing Database Software Create a list of criteria that can be used to compare database software. Create a table that uses the list of criteria to compare and contrast Microsoft® Access, SQL, DB2, and Oracle®. Write a 2- to 3-page paper that discusses Refer to “Standards for Written Work” and “Standards•your results. for Presentations” in your Program Handbook, which can be accessed through the student Web site. ------------------------------------------------------------------- DBM 502 Individual Assignment: Comparing Database Software PART 2 OF 2 (UOP) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Individual Assignment: Comparing Database Software Create a list of criteria that can be used to compare database software. Create a table that uses the list of criteria to compare and contrast Microsoft® Access, SQL, DB2, and Oracle®. Write a 2- to...
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...MORE FREE TERM PAPERS ON SITE: www.BesplatniSeminarskiRadovi.com SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT A Term Paper ON ERP Implementation-Procedures, Issues, Challenges & Failures Introduction An Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is an integrated computer-based application used to manage internal and external resources, including tangible assets, financial resources, materials, and human resources. Its purpose is to facilitate the flow of information between all business functions inside the boundaries of the organization and manage the connections to outside stakeholders. Built on a centralized database and normally utilizing a common computing platform, ERP systems consolidate all business operations into a uniform and enterprise-wide system environment. An ERP system can either reside on a centralized server or be distributed across modular hardware and software units that provide "services" and communicate on a local area network. The distributed design allows a business to assemble modules from different vendors without the need for the placement of multiple copies of complex and expensive computer systems in areas which will not use their full capacity. To be considered an ERP system, a software package should have the following traits: ➢ Should be integrated and operate in real time with no periodic batch updates. ➢ All applications should access one...
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