management of the IS resources of a company. Three things have influenced these shifts in structure: The Internet boom Development of company intranets Maintaining PC’s on a network is very expensive. Organizing IT: Modern computer-based information systems can support either the centralization or decentralization of information systems operations and decision-making within computer-using organizations. Managing Application Development: Application development management involves managing activities such as systems analysis and design, prototyping, applications programming, project management, quality assurance, and system maintenance for all major e-business/IT development projects. Managing application development requires managing the activities of teams of systems analysts, software developers, and other IS professionals working on a variety of information systems development projects. In addition, some systems development groups have established development centers, staffed with IS professionals. Managing IS Operations: IS operations management is concerned with the use of hardware, software, network, and personnel resources in the corporate or business unit data centers (computer centers) of an organization. Operational activities that must be managed include computer system operations, network management, production control, and production support. Many operations management activities are being automated by the use of software packages for computer system performance management. These system performance monitors: the process of computer jobs. •Monitor develop a planned schedule of computer operations that can optimize •Help computer system performance. detailed statistics that are invaluable for effective planning and control of •Produce computer capacity. information needed by chargeback systems that allocate to users based •Supply on the information services rendered. Process control capabilities which monitor and control computer operations at large • data centers.
management of the IS resources of a company. Three things have influenced these shifts in structure: The Internet boom Development of company intranets Maintaining PC’s on a network is very expensive. Organizing IT: Modern computer-based information systems can support either the centralization or decentralization of information systems operations and decision-making within computer-using organizations. Managing Application Development: Application development management involves managing activities such as systems analysis and design, prototyping, applications programming, project management, quality assurance, and system maintenance for all major e-business/IT development projects. Managing application development requires managing the activities of teams of systems analysts, software developers, and other IS professionals working on a variety of information systems development projects. In addition, some systems development groups have established development centers, staffed with IS professionals. Managing IS Operations: IS operations management is concerned with the use of hardware, software, network, and personnel resources in the corporate or business unit data centers (computer centers) of an organization. Operational activities that must be managed include computer system operations, network management, production control, and production support. Many operations management activities are being automated by the use of software packages for computer system performance management. These system performance monitors: •Monitor the process of computer jobs. •Help develop a planned schedule of computer operations that can optimize computer system performance. •Produce detailed statistics that are invaluable for effective planning and control of computer capacity. •Supply information needed by chargeback systems that allocate to users based on the information services rendered. • Process control capabilities which monitor and control computer operations at large data centers.