Information Systems Program
INFO 6245: Planning and Managing Information Systems Development
Lecture - 4 credits
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- Provides an overview of the most popular information systems needs' assessment methodologies including portfolio analysis, stage assessment, business systems planning, and the Alloway survey technique.
- Topics include utilities IS strategic plan prioritization techniques of business goal alignment, architectural compatibility, and cost/benefit and risk analysis to demonstrate how businesses match needs to budgetary constraints.
- Describes and evaluates options for the placement of the IS function within the organization and a variety of methods to manage the function.
- Introduces a generic application development and project planning methodology used as a model to facilitate the development of a four-stage project plan for a prototype project.
- Uses the Project Management Institute's PMBOK and Harvard Business School case studies extensively.
Provides an overview of the most popular information systems needs' assessment methodologies including portfolio analysis, stage assessment, business systems planning, and the Alloway survey technique. Show more.