Mini Case Investing in TUFS3
Sultan Qaboos University
College of Commerce and Economics
Department of Information Systems
M.Sc. Information Systems
Assignment Declaration
Date: 27-09-2015
Course Code and Title: INFS6410 Information System Policy & Strategy
Assignment Title: Mini Case Investing in TUFS3
Student ID
(in the ascending order)
Full Name
Signature
1. Laila Al Azizi
2. Hajer Al-Mawali
3. Zahra AlWati
4. Zainab Al-Ajmi
5. Salma Al Miahi I (We) declare that this assignment is all my (our) own work and the sources of information and material, which I/we have used, including the Internet sources, have been fully identified and properly acknowledged through citations and references, as required by the referencing style of American Psychological Association.
I (We) confirm that this assignment, or parts of it, has not been previously submitted for evaluation elsewhere.I (We) agree that, if necessary, investigations can be made regarding the authenticity of this assignment.
I (We) have read and understood the SQU’s policy on academic misconduct and plagiarism.
Investing in TUFS3
Summery about the Case:
The case states that Northern Insurance company build a huge investment system TUFS (Technical Underwriting Financial System). The system was build to support and assist the company by “streamlining the underwriting process and providing strategic e-business capabilities”. The project had been completed on time and on budget but the underwriting staff choose to use the old procedures, they met the system with heavily resistance and use TUFS just for double-check. After implementation, the system was started consuming most of the IT budget and resources in order to fix the errors of the underwritings in the system. They spend almost $4 million therefore, the CIO, Martin Drysdale’s job was on the line. He had a meeting with the CFO to discuss how they can avoid further investment on the system and ask them to answer the following question:.
Q1.
College of Commerce and Economics
Department of Information Systems
M.Sc. Information Systems
Assignment Declaration
Date: 27-09-2015
Course Code and Title: INFS6410 Information System Policy & Strategy
Assignment Title: Mini Case Investing in TUFS3
Student ID
(in the ascending order)
Full Name
Signature
1. Laila Al Azizi
2. Hajer Al-Mawali
3. Zahra AlWati
4. Zainab Al-Ajmi
5. Salma Al Miahi I (We) declare that this assignment is all my (our) own work and the sources of information and material, which I/we have used, including the Internet sources, have been fully identified and properly acknowledged through citations and references, as required by the referencing style of American Psychological Association.
I (We) confirm that this assignment, or parts of it, has not been previously submitted for evaluation elsewhere.I (We) agree that, if necessary, investigations can be made regarding the authenticity of this assignment.
I (We) have read and understood the SQU’s policy on academic misconduct and plagiarism.
Investing in TUFS3
Summery about the Case:
The case states that Northern Insurance company build a huge investment system TUFS (Technical Underwriting Financial System). The system was build to support and assist the company by “streamlining the underwriting process and providing strategic e-business capabilities”. The project had been completed on time and on budget but the underwriting staff choose to use the old procedures, they met the system with heavily resistance and use TUFS just for double-check. After implementation, the system was started consuming most of the IT budget and resources in order to fix the errors of the underwritings in the system. They spend almost $4 million therefore, the CIO, Martin Drysdale’s job was on the line. He had a meeting with the CFO to discuss how they can avoid further investment on the system and ask them to answer the following question:.
Q1.