BUS 237 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Requirements Analysis, Project Management Body Of Knowledge, Information Technology Management

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Business Administration
• Course: BUS 237
• Professor: Peter Tingling

Document Summary

Ways to acquire software application: buy and use it as is, buy then customize most common, rent/lease, build yourself, outsource. Some licenses have fixed term, others do not. Outsource = rely on another company to provide you w/ prods/services that you are either unable/unwilling to develop yourself. Acquiring is = incorporating software into data, procedures & ppl. Even if software free (open source), orgs will always face cost of integrating software w/ its current hardware, data & procedures. Pmbok = project management body of knowledge. Project consists of temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product/service/result. Projects usu begin w/ set of goals/objectives. Then, scope dvlped, resources (i. e. ppl, $, work space) given to complete. It project = have large it component (in terms of budget/personnel) Projects that req some fundamental changes to business processes also called it projects b/c new it supports change in business processes. Not exclusively about technology: they affect data, ppl & processes.