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Unit 12: Building and Deploying an Information System

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Case Study university administration and information technology
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large university in extending its network and IT infrastructure to support all its
academic & administrative functions.

Current network infrastructure is used for internal personnel, payroll, accounting, students
registration, administration & financial functions. All the staff members should have a PC
connected to the college network and all students and non lead. teaching staff have IT staffs
training, especially in the use of word processing & spreadsheet softwares. Labs are also
upgraded under the direction of computer centre. Since, the CSE Department is unhappy
with the services provided by the computer centre, these departments have well developed
labs of desktop PCs, Cabled & Networked for students. Staff in those department also
have been networked using a separate cabling system. Because the HOD believes that with
computing students there is danger that these knowledge will allow them a unauthorized
excess to staff data traffic.

Questions
1. Principal of college is concerned that there is absence of strategic planning & control
and is unhappy with the situation.

2. Advise the principal on a course of action.
Source: Management Information System by Dharmenda and Sangeeta Gupta

12.7 summary

l z The systems approach to problem solving uses a system orientation to the process of
developing an information system.
l z The activities are inter-related and require the involvement of every business end user in
addition to the IS professionals.

l z A distributed environment with both mainframe and PCs is very flexible and is commonly
used by most medium and large-size organizations.
l z This basic classification is analogous to the transportation such as a train or a plane.

l z Information Systems Life Cycle covers the planning, construction, deployment and
maintenance of an Information System. It covers the steps of investigation, analysis, design,
and implementation and maintenance.

12.8 keywords

Cost/Benefit Analysis: Assessment of a proposed project by comparing its projected costs with
its projected benefits over time.
Data Flow Diagram: Diagram that depicts logical flow of data, using four standardized symbols
to represent flow of data between processes and sub-processes in a business.
LAN: Network connecting personal computers and other equipment within a local area to help
people share equipment, data and software.
System Maintenance: involves the monitoring, evaluation and modification of a system to make
desirable or necessary improvements.

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