Chapter 15
The Systems
Development Life Cycle
and Project
Management:
Addressing the
Challenges of Building
AIS Systems
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Learning Objectives
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LO#1 Describe each phase in the systems
development life cycle.
LO#2 Explain the core principles of information
systems planning
LO#3 Define project management and describe
the positions of those who lead the project.
LO#4 Explain why IT projects are challenged
and the tools that are used to overcome these
challenges.
LO#5 Explain why users do or do not want to
use a new information system designed
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LO# 1
The Systems Development Life Cycle
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The systems development life cycle
(SDLC) is the process of creating or
modifying information systems to meet the
needs of its users.
The SDLC is generally viewed as the
foundation for all systems development that
people use to develop such systems.
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LO# 1
Phases of the Systems Development
Life Cycle
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Planning Phase
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Analysis Phase
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Design Phase
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Implementation Phase
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Maintenance Phase
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The Recursive Nature of the SDLC
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LO# 1
Project Management: A Few Terms
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LO# 2,3
Project management is the planning,
organizing, supervising and directing of an IT
project.
A project manager is the lead member of the
project team that is responsible for the
project.
The project sponsor will often be a senior
executive in the company who takes
responsibility for the success of the project.
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LO# 4
Challenges of IT Project Management
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Constraints of IT Projects
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LO# 4
Project Management Tools
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LO# 4
PERT chart – works to identify all tasks of a
project
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Notes task sequencing and task dependence.
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Notes critical path – the path that represents
the minimum amount of time needed for the
completion of the project when sufficient
resources are allocated.
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LO# 4
PERT Chart
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Project Management Tools
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LO# 4
A Gantt chart is a graphical representation of
the project schedule by mapping the tasks to
a project calendar.
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LO# 4
Gantt Chart
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Will the Systems Be Useful?
Will it be Used?
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LO# 5
Usefulness and Ease of Use?
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LO# 5
What can be done to address perceptions of
usefulness of a new accounting information
system?
What can be done to address perceptions of
ease of use of a new accounting information
system?
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Summary
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LO# 5
The systems development life cycle is the
foundation for all systems development,
models, and methodologies that people use to
develop such systems. The SDLC has five
phases: Planning, Analysis, Design,
Implementation and Maintenance.
Project managers and project sponsors each
play key roles in managing system
development.
Many AIS and IT projects fail to meet
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the reason