BUS 237 Chapter 10: Chapter 10 - Bus 237

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Business Administration
• Course: BUS 237
• Professor: Zorana Svedic

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Q1 how can information systems be acquired: buy and use it as is, buy and customize it, rent or lease it, build it yourself, outsource it. Acquiring software applications is not the same as acquiring information systems . Regardless of cost, organizations face cost of integrating the software with its current hardware, data and procedures. Project management body of knowledge (pmbok) consists of a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service or result. Begin with a set of goals or objectives. Scope is created, managers given resources to accomplish goals. Since objective is something new and unique, often represent change in an organization. It projects large it component (installation of new email application, crm system, or erp system) Projects that require some fundamental change to business processes are often it projects: new it supports the change in business processes, it projects aren"t exclusively about technology, they affect data, people and processes.