Project Management

Systems Analysis and Design IFSY361

Summer School 2015
Reymon Rotikan

Outline
What is Project Management
Project Management Life Cycle
The Systems Proposal

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).

Project Management Activities

1. Project Initiation

Problems in the organization

Opportunities for improvement

Figure source: Kendall & Kendall. Systems Analysis and Design 8th Edition. 2011. prentice Hall

Project Management Activities (contd)

2. Determining Feasibility

Figure source: Kendall & Kendall. Systems Analysis and Design 8th Edition. 2011. prentice Hall

Project Management Activities (contd)

3. Ascertaining Hardware and Software Needs

Evaluating the ability of computer hardware and software to handle

workloads adequately.

Figure source:
Kendall & Kendall. Systems Analysis and Design 8th Edition.
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2011. prentice Hall

Project Management Activities (contd)

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 (contd)

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

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Project Management Life Cycle

Figure Source:
Whitten & Bentley. Systems Analysis and Design Methods 7th Edition. 2007. McGraw-Hill.

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The Causes of Failed Projects

Failure to establish upper-management commitment to the project
Lack of organizations 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 (contd)

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

Detailed results of the system study

Title page of project

Systems alternatives

Table of contents

Systems analyst recommendation

Executive summary

Proposal summary

Outline of systems study

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 pm

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See u next class

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