Integration Compatibility The new New software is New software is New software is totally backward software is not partially backward compatible with the old software. compatible compatible with compatible with with any old old technologies the old packages that however the software but performed administrator has does need similar tasks. stopped making some any reference to intervention data in the with data previous system. conversions. Indicators Poor Satisfactory Good Excellent Performance Value for The technology The new The technology The technology is proving to be Money has not technology has has minimized producing a profit. produced any not enforced any costs cost additional advantages expenses that was (running costs) anticipated. In compared to the fact, the new old technologies technology used previously. costs more money to the organisation. Speed Output of new New Technology New New Technology is producing (Throughput) technology is is comparable Technology is more than three times faster than slower with old other lot more the previous system. compared to technologies. efficient than all the previous previous technologies. technologies. Quality The quality of The quality of Produces good The quality of output is rated as output is not output is quality output. very high. Less than 0.5% acceptable. comparable to Less than 2% defects. Error rate is older defects. more than 5%. technologies and is acceptable. Less than 5% defects. Summary We began with a discussion of the need for and process of evaluation when implementing new technology. Then we moved on to planning an evaluation, key indicators of usability and performance, and environmental considerations when purchasing new equipment. Then we explored using feedback, its value and how to gather, analyse and process it. We finished with an example of a scoring system to identify how the new system is performing with regards to usability and performance.
Integration Compatibility The new software is not compatible with any old packages that performed similar tasks. New software is partially compatible with old technologies however the administrator has stopped making any reference to data in the previous system. New software is backward compatible with the old software but does need some intervention with data conversions. New software is totally backward compatible with the old software. Indicators Poor Satisfactory Good Excellent Performance Value for Money The technology has not produced any cost advantages that was anticipated. In fact, the new technology costs more money to the organisation. The new technology has not enforced any additional expenses (running costs) compared to the old technologies used previously. The technology has minimized costs The technology is proving to be producing a profit. Speed (Throughput) Output of new technology is slower compared to the previous technologies. New Technology is comparable with old other technologies. New Technology is lot more efficient than all previous technologies. New Technology is producing more than three times faster than the previous system. Quality The quality of output is not acceptable. Error rate is more than 5%. The quality of output is comparable to older technologies and is acceptable. Less than 5% defects. Produces good quality output. Less than 2% defects. The quality of output is rated as very high. Less than 0.5% defects. Summary We began with a discussion of the need for and process of evaluation when implementing new technology. Then we moved on to planning an evaluation, key indicators of usability and performance, and environmental considerations when purchasing new equipment. Then we explored using feedback, its value and how to gather, analyse and process it. We finished with an example of a scoring system to identify how the new system is performing with regards to usability and performance.
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