CASE: PETRIE’S ELECTRONICS Determining Systems Requirements Although the customer loyalty project at Petrie’s Electronics had gone slowly at first‚ the past few weeks had been fast paced and busy‚ Jim Watanabe‚ the project manager‚ thought to himself. He had spent much of his time planning and conducting interviews with key stakeholders inside the company. He had also worked with the marketing group to put together some focus groups made up of loyal customers‚ to get some ideas about what they
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necessary to confirm that the project has met all the sponsor‚ customer and other stakeholders’ requirements”. The well known English phrase that best describes this phase and how important the project closeout is‚ is “last but not least” It is often said that projects progress quickly until they become 90% complete: then they remain 90% complete forever. Due to pressure from the buyer/client and lack of interest of other parties‚ this is often the most difficult one for the project manager. Within the
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Project Closeout Plan Project closeout plan is a critical piece of the project that many PMs overlook. However‚ a PM who uses a closeout plan should be able to create a substantial amount of benefits for themselves‚ the client‚ and for others involved in the project. To get the customer to sign off should not be a hard task and it should not be a last minute detail. For the FMLA training‚ we would actually develop a sign off sheet for each deliverable since we are dealing more with technology
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Wk3 Ch5 Petries Electronic Case 1. What do you think are the sources of the information Jim and his team collected? How do you think they collected all of that information? (Hoffer 151) Information was collected by a vast directory. They utilized interviews from stakeholders related to the businesses they targeted. Trade journals‚ other companies that utilize the companies they were researching‚ other vendors‚ marketing departments‚ and possibly even customers. The most information you can
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PETRIE ELECTRONICS Chapter 2 Case Questions: 1. How do information systems projects get started in organizations? Information System projects start with a request which describes problems or desired changes in an information system or a business process. The request might propose enhancements for an existing system‚ the correction of problems‚ the replacement of an older system‚ or the development of an entirely new information system that is needed to support a company’s current and future
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MGMT 340 Chapter 10‚ 1-5 CH. 10: 1- Why don’t information systems projects work out as planned? What causes the differences between the plan and reality? The cold hard truth is that projects always look better on paper; this is because in the development phase they are still lacking the human element. When projects are actually implemented you have to consider laziness‚ incompetence‚ and level of knowledge. In short you have to account for human error. There are systems glitches that can be unexpected
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level-1 diagrams to reflect the changes mentioned in the case. Petrie’s Electronic 1. Are the DFD’s in 6-1 and 6-2 balanced? Show that they are‚ or are not. If they are not balanced‚ how can they be fixed? Figure 6-1‚ the context diagram shows us that the source of information‚ the customer has 2 inputs. The inputs are purchases and coupons. The sink‚ also the customer‚ is receiving three outputs. The outputs are reports‚ tailored promotions‚ and coupons. In figure 6-2‚ the level-1 diagram
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Petrie’s Electronic Case‚ Chapter 5 Chapter 5 1. What do you think are the sources of the information Jim and his team collected? They conducted interviews with key stakeholders inside the company and also worked with the marketing group to put together some focus groups made up of loyal customers. The intent was to get some ideas about what would be valued in a customer loyalty program. Jim also spent time studying programs from other retail chains and those in other industries as well
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Microcontroller Based Home Security A PROJECT REPORT ON “MICROCONTROLLER BASED HOME SECURITY SYSTEM” ABSTRACT Engineering is not only a theoretical study but it is a implementation of all we study for creating something new and making things more easy and useful through practical study. It is an art which can be gained with systematic study‚ observation and practice. In the college curriculum we usually get the theoretical knowledge of industries‚ and a little bit of implementation knowledge
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of the wind. Petry is able to establish the obstacles of understanding a new place that may seem dark and harsh. . Petry again personifies the wind“fingering its way along the curb” and trying to discourage the people walking along the street” to further show the constant chaos that exists within the Urban setting. In luties attempt to read the sign she in fact fails because the wind is “twisting the sign away from her and holding it at “an impossible angle.” Petry uses tthe wind
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