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Conceptual design sometimes called feasibility design involves showing the feasibility of meeting the management objectives for MIS.

      

Conceptual design sometimes called feasibility design involves showing the feasibility of meeting the management objectives for MIS. Explain the tasks involved in conceptual design.

  

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gregory
Tasks involved in conceptual design:
1. Establishing the operational feasibility of a system
A system request is operationally feasible if it‘s highly likely that the system will be accepted
once implemented. It‘s organizationally feasible if the potential impact of the system to the
organization is not adverse. The process of establishing the operational feasibility of a
system involved collection of views from users of the current system on whether the
current system is liked and effectively used. Establishing the operational feasibility also involves determining whether end users will be involved in planning the new system. The
more the end users are involved in the earlier stages of the lesser the resistance they would
pose. Establishing whether management supports the development of a new information
system is another task involved in establishing the operational feasibility of a system.
2.Establishing the technical feasibility of a system
A system is technically feasible if an organization has or can acquire the equipment and
personnel to develop and install the system. Establishing technical feasibility involves
resolving the following issues:
o The ability of the organization to acquire the necessary equipment.
o The ability of the organization to acquire the necessary technical expertise.
o The ability of the organization to handle the projected growth of the organization
forthe foreseeable future.
o The ability of the hardware and software to supply adequate performance.
3.Establishing the economic feasibility of introducing or developing a new system
A system request is economically feasible if the cost of developing the system plus running
costs are far outweighed by the benefits of the new system. Establishing the economic
feasibility of a system request involves developing a business case for each recommended
course of action. A business case is a structured proposal for business process
improvement that supports planning and decision making including decisions about
whether to buy or develop, which vendor to choose and when to implement. Business
cases are summarized by use of well known financial matrices such as net cash flow,
discounted cash flow, and internal rate of returns.
4.Preparation of the feasibility report showing the technical, operational and
economic feasibilities.
Challenges faced in systems maintenance:
1.Poorly documented programs –These make corrective maintenance very difficult.
2.Poor user cooperation –Users who are uncooperative in identifying system errors
orinefficiencies hinder corrective maintenance.
3.Lack of standards in the system being maintained. This makes it difficult to carry
outadaptive, corrective and perfective maintenance.
4.Changing user needs –This results in frequent maintenance which is tedious and costly
5.Changing hardware and software. This necessitates frequent adaptive
maintenance,which is tedious and costly.
6.Poor management cooperation. Lack of cooperation in the form of adequate fundingand
goodwill may hinder systems maintenance.
gregorymasila answered the question on November 20, 2017 at 15:17

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