Study the summary carefully and prepare spreadsheet templates, or navigate to the Forms
Library at the MIS CourseMate for this book at www.cengagebrain.com. You should
assume that all three options require a six-month period for acquisition or development,
installation, configuration, and data loading. This period is called Year 0. Actual operation
begins in Year 1. Now complete these tasks:
A. Perform ROI and NPV analysis of the Software Solutions package. Use an 8% discount
factor.
B. Perform ROI analysis of the in-house development option.
After you complete the Practice Tasks, to check your work and view sample answers, visit
the Management Information Systems CourseMate Web site at www.cengagebrain.com,
navigate to the resources for this chapter, and locate Ready for a Challenge?.