• There are many drawbacks to function specific, home grown information systems described in question 11. A major drawback of the home grown information systems is that these systems are:
  • A. Designed to meet very specific functional area requirements and therefore meet very specific user and decision maker needs.
  • B. Expensive to maintain since the programs are very rigid and require much CPU time.
  • C. Upgraded each time business needs change thereby requiring additional investment of time and money.
  • D. Designed with minimal interfacing between functional area information systems resulting inconsistencies and redundancies in the data.