Growth The system can The system can requires change in size change in size discussion and without help The system can without help from work with the from the to meet the needs No flexibility in the company, but company’s company or of any conceivably Scalable the future size requires hardware engineering reconfiguration sized community of the system. upgrades and team and by the city, but user base in the software requires requires future. reconfiguration by hardware hardware the city. expansions. upgrades. The system The system’s meets some of The system can be The system can interface and the customized to meet The system is be customized to underlying requirements any requirement customizable, but meet most logic cannot be of some of the that any Customization does not meet the requirements changed to fit organizations, organization desires requirements of all that the needs of but cannot without changing organizations. organizations the satisfy each the system for the desire. organizations. individual other organizations. organization. The system’s The system is very user interface user-friendly and The system’s is not The interface is The system is the company is user interface organized and complex, but is easy to operate always looking to User-Friendly is very difficult too much organized to avoid and well please the client. to navigate. information confusion. organized. Online help is overwhelms available for each the users. menu or screen. The data The data warehousing is warehouse can complete and There are plans The company has be configured to successful. It is able is no for the experience in most or all of to handle huge Data storage for possible successfully the information volumes of data. It Warehousing past installation of a providing a data required and can is upgradeable, information. storage warehouse. handle a large obtainable, and system. number of easily used in records. statistic-based reports. A card system is included and has a well defined Card system is interface with possible but A card system is privacy costly, and A card system is available but is not management requires one of the core No Card included in the controls for One-card extensive functions of the system standard package, interaction with Integration custom program and it is available. and costs a systems, designed development well designed significant amount to allow for quick or modification and flexible. of money. and easy by the implementation of a company. one-card system without invasion of privacy.
Scalable No flexibility in the future size of the system. Growth requires discussion and work with the company’s engineering team and requires hardware expansions. The system can change in size without help from the company, but requires hardware upgrades and software reconfiguration by the city. The system can change in size without help from the company or reconfiguration by the city, but requires hardware upgrades. The system can to meet the needs of any conceivably sized community user base in the future. Customization The system’s interface and underlying logic cannot be changed to fit the needs of the organizations. The system meets some of the requirements of some of the organizations, but cannot satisfy each individual organization. The system is customizable, but does not meet the requirements of all organizations. The system can be customized to meet most requirements that organizations desire. The system can be customized to meet any requirement that any organization desires without changing the system for the other organizations. User-Friendly The system’s user interface is very difficult to navigate. The system’s user interface is not organized and too much information overwhelms the users. The interface is complex, but is organized to avoid confusion. The system is easy to operate and well organized. The system is very user-friendly and the company is always looking to please the client. Online help is available for each menu or screen. Data Warehousing is no storage for past information. There are plans for the possible installation of a storage system. The company has experience in successfully providing a data warehouse. The data warehouse can be configured to most or all of the information required and can handle a large number of records. The data warehousing is complete and successful. It is able to handle huge volumes of data. It is upgradeable, obtainable, and easily used in statistic-based reports. One-card Integration No Card system available. Card system is possible but costly, and requires extensive custom development or modification by the company. A card system is available but is not included in the standard package, and costs a significant amount of money. A card system is one of the core functions of the program and it is well designed and flexible. A card system is included and has a well defined interface with privacy management controls for interaction with systems, designed to allow for quick and easy implementation of a one-card system without invasion of privacy.
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