Identifying potential development projects
Identification from a stakeholder group.
Each stakeholder group brings their own perspective and motivation to the IS decision.
Top-down source are projects identified by top management or by a diverse steering committee.
Bottom-up source are project initiatives stemming from managers, business units, or the development group.
The process varies substantially across organizations.
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2.Classifying and ranking IS development projects
Using value chain analysis or other evaluation criteria
Value chain analysis: the process of analyzing an organization’s activities for making products and/or services to determine where value is added and costs are incurred
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Based on various factors
Both short- and long-term projects considered
Most likely to achieve business objectives selected
Is a very important and ongoing activity
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One method for deciding among different projects or alternative designs is:
For each requirement or constraint:
Score = weight X rating
Each alternative: sum scores across requirements/constraints.
Alternative with highest score wins.