Willowbrook School

Willowbrook School is a small private school that ha

s retained you to assist in the

development of a new information system for the schools administrative needs.

Background

After an initial conversation between yourself and

the school staff, the staff has

decided that pursuing the possibility of an information system is a good idea. Susan

Brown

, the vice princip

al

,

in particular is feeling the strain of the increased workload

associated with the rapid growth in the student po

pulation. The system that she has been

using, of spreadsheets and word processing documents

,

worked well when enrollments

were smaller, but now the amount of time spent copying information from one place to

another is daunting, and the possibility of error

s is increasing. Volunteers can help out in

the office, but due to the nature of volunteerism, the

staff agrees

that

reliance on

volunteers must be for non

-

critical tasks, and that

an information system is necessary to

cope with the growing administrative

workload.

Based on your initial conversation, staff members are initially interested in a

system that could track tuition and after

-

care billing and payments

.

While there are other

administrative tasks that could easily be added, right now these are what t

hey believe to

be the priorities.

Assignment - Read the case study overview document provided in this week's assignment folder. Then prepare a report that addresses the following:

*Draft a mission statement for Willowbrook School, based on information provided in the first two chapters.

*Does a strong business case exist in the instance of Willowbrook School to propose an information system? Why or why not?

*Do you think this is a feasible project? Justify your answer, and address all four types of feasibility. Note any unusual challenges that Willowbrook School might present when evaluating these areas of feasibility.

*What information will you need to begin planning the preliminary investigation? Which techniques will you use to gather this information?