Individual Analysis and Application Project $-$ Building and Managing Information Systems

Project Objective

The Individual Analysis and Application Project gives you an opportunity to work independently to

analyze and apply course material related to building and managing an information system in an

organizational context of your choice.

Specific Project Requirements

A$.$ Background Reading, Project Selection, and Interviewee Selection

$1.$ Begin by reading Chapters $3,13,14,$ and $15$ of our course textbook $($Management

Information Systems$).$ These chapters cover the course concepts that you will use in your

analysis and application in this project.

$2.$ Second, select an organization in which you will be able to conduct interviews about an

information system project. The design, development, and implementation activities

associated with the project should have occurred during the past seven years. You will

need to interview a minimum of four people who work in the organization to collect

information that will be used in your project. You may interview more people if you like.

You should interview a mix of people involved in the design, development, and

implementation work and people who can provide input as users of the system. You may

need to conduct preliminary interviews with people working in the organization in order to

identify the information systems project you will focus on in your project.

B$.$ Interviews

$1.$ Conduct interviews with a minimum of four people who work in the organization to

collect information that will be used in your project. You may interview more people if

you like. You should interview a mix of people involved in the design, development, and

implementation work and people who can provide input as users of the system. Your

interviews should focus on the design, development, implementation and use of the

information system you have selected to focus on in your project work. The items listed

in Part C of the $$Specific Project Requirements$$ section below should be used as you

plan your interview protocol. You may conduct your interviews in$-$person or remotely.

$2.$ Take detailed interview notes so you have a rich set of material to use in your analysis

and application project work.

$3.$ Your detailed interview notes will be included as an appendix in your project paper.

C$.$ Project Analysis and Application

You will analyze and apply course concepts to the interview data collected during your interviews

described in Section B above. The analysis and application work presented in your project paper

should be informed by the course concepts presented in Chapters $3,13,14,$ and $15$ of our course

textbook $($Management Information Systems$).$ Your paper presenting your analysis and

application should include the following sections and material.

Organizational and System Background

a$.$ Describe the organizational context and information systems function in the organization.

b$.$ Describe the purpose and functionality of the information system studied in your project.

c$.$ Describe the goals of the information system project studied in your project.

System Development

a$.$ Describe, analyze, and evaluate the system development process.

b$.$ Describe, analyze, and evaluate the methodologies used for modeling and design in the

system development project.

c$.$ Describe, analyze, and evaluate the method used for building and$/$or acquiring the system.

d$.$ Describe the effect of the information systems project on organizational change.

e$.$ Describe issues and challenges during the design process.

f$.$ Describe issues and challenges during the development and$/$or acquisition process.

g$.$ Describe issues and challenges during the implementation process.

h$.$ Describe and evaluate user training strategies, processes, and methods.

i$.$ Describe issues and challenges during the post$-$implementation use of the information system.

j$.$ Describe strengths and weaknesses of the design, development, implementation, and use of

the information system.

Project Management

a$.$ Describe, analyze, and evaluate the project management approach and methods used in the

design, development, and implementation of the information system.

b$.$ Describe issues and challenges related to project management during the design,

development, and implementation of the information system.

c$.$ Describe, analyze, and evaluate the organization$$s assessment and management of project

risks during the design, development, and implementation of the information system.

d$.$ Describe, analyze, and evaluate the role of users and user involvement during the design,

development, and implementation of the information system.

e$.$ Describe issues and challenges related to user involvement during the design, development,

and implementation of the information system.

Organizational Strategy and Effectiveness

a$.$ Discuss and evaluate the impact of the information system you are studying on the

organization$$s strategy.

b$.$ Discuss and e