annual cost of $500. Although the package contains many of the features that Willowbrook wants, most of the reports are pre-designed and it would be difficult to modify their layouts. You have agreed to provide five hours per week of training and support for the first two months of operation. After the new system is operational, it will need routine maintenance, file backups, and updating. These tasks will require about four hours per week and will be performed by school staff or parent volunteers. For both the in-house development and the vertical software package, the necessary hardware will cost about $3,000. Hardware and network installation will be provided by three parent volunteers. In your view, the useful life of the system will be about five years, including the year in which the system becomes operational. The development of the new system will occur in Year 0, but the system will not be used until Year 1. The school will use the manual system during development, and will switch over to the new system during the month of June, to start the new school year on the new system. Assignments You scheduled a presentation to Willowbrook School in one week, and you must submit a system requirements document during the presentation. Prepare both the written documentation and the presentation. (Note: To give a successful presentation, you will need to learn the skills described in Part 1 of the Systems Analyst’s Toolkit.) Your oral and written presentation must include the following tasks: Provide an overview of the proposed system, including costs and benefits, with an explanation of the various cost-and-benefit types and categories. Develop an economic feasibility analysis, using payback analysis, ROI, and present value (assume a discount rate of 8 percent). Provide a brief explanation of the various alternatives that should be investigated if development continues, including in-house development and any other possible strategies. Suggest a coding scheme for use in the after-care hours report, that would identify which time block(s) are being billed for on any particular day. You will need to refer back to Chapter 4 to review the time blocks available in after care. When all of the answers for the given project are completed and a consensus is reached, everyone in the group will attach the completed answers to the assignment in the Week 4 assignments area.
annual cost of $500. Although the package contains many of the features that Willowbrook wants, most of the reports are pre-designed and it would be difficult to modify their layouts. You have agreed to provide five hours per week of training and support for the first two months of operation. After the new system is operational, it will need routine maintenance, file backups, and updating. These tasks will require about four hours per week and will be performed by school staff or parent volunteers. For both the in-house development and the vertical software package, the necessary hardware will cost about $3,000. Hardware and network installation will be provided by three parent volunteers. In your view, the useful life of the system will be about five years, including the year in which the system becomes operational. The development of the new system will occur in Year 0, but the system will not be used until Year 1. The school will use the manual system during development, and will switch over to the new system during the month of June, to start the new school year on the new system. Assignments You scheduled a presentation to Willowbrook School in one week, and you must submit a system requirements document during the presentation. Prepare both the written documentation and the presentation. (Note: To give a successful presentation, you will need to learn the skills described in Part 1 of the Systems Analyst’s Toolkit.) Your oral and written presentation must include the following tasks: Provide an overview of the proposed system, including costs and benefits, with an explanation of the various cost-and-benefit types and categories. Develop an economic feasibility analysis, using payback analysis, ROI, and present value (assume a discount rate of 8 percent). Provide a brief explanation of the various alternatives that should be investigated if development continues, including in-house development and any other possible strategies. Suggest a coding scheme for use in the after-care hours report, that would identify which time block(s) are being billed for on any particular day. You will need to refer back to Chapter 4 to review the time blocks available in after care. When all of the answers for the given project are completed and a consensus is reached, everyone in the group will attach the completed answers to the assignment in the Week 4 assignments area.