BUS 237 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Systems Development Life Cycle, Project Management Body Of Knowledge, Unix System Iii

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Business Administration
• Course: BUS 237
• Professor: Maryam Ali

Document Summary

Even if software is free, there is the cost of integrating it. Temporary endeavour undertaken to create a unique product/service/result -pmbok. Begin with set of goals/objectives, determine scope, have start and end dates, accomplish something new. Collection of techniques and methods that project managers use to plan, coordinate, complete it projects. 5 process groups: group activities that overlap and occur throughout project initiating planning executing. Organizations need to improve skill of adapting to changing conditions. Some spend too much money and feel that they"re in too deep, and can"t stop, or have emotional attachments to projects. Bus 237 page 2 emotional attachments to projects. Not exclusively technical task, requires some business knowledge. Employers looking for employees who have knowledge and skills to innovate through. Technical: will the existing it be able to meet the needs of the new system. Organizational: will the new system fit with organizational customs, goals, culture, etc. Usually done by business analysts and system analysts.