1) suppose you own a travel agency in a large city you have many clients but gro

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1) suppose you own a travel agency in a large city you have many clients but growth has slowed somewhat. some long term employees are getting discouraged, but feels that there might be a way to make technology work in favor. use your imagination and suggest Atleast one strength, weakness,opportunity and threat that your bbusiness faces

2) the IT director opened the department staff meeting today by saying I have got some good news nd some bad news.the good news is that management approved the payroll system project this morning. the new system will reduce clerical time and errors, improve morale in the payroll department, and avoid possible finess and penalties for noncompliance. the bad news is that the system must be installed by the end of December in order to meet new federal reporting rules, costs must be within the budgeted amount, the new system must interact with existing systems,and the vice president of finance insists on approving the final design.

a) name the constraints and indicate whether each is present, future, internal, external, mandatory or desirable.

b) explain why it is important to define the payroll projects scope. explain how to define project scope.

c) identity tangible and intangible benefits of the new payroll system.

d) what topics should be included in a report to management at the end of the preliminary investigation.

Explanation / Answer

1)

            Create a simple but user friendly web site. Keep it updated. You can then ask people for feedback , polls etc and see what people are looking for. A great way to bring your customer closer

2)

a)constraints:

         *reduce clerical time and errors - desirable;

         *improve morale in the payroll department - future;

         * avoid possible finess and penalties for noncompliance - desirable;

         * system must be installed by the end of December - mandatory;

         * costs must be within the budgeted amount - desirable;

         * the new system must interact with existing systems - intenal;

         * the vice president of finance insists on approving the final design - external;

b)     why project scope?:

        * this documentation helps the project team remain focused and on task.

        *The scope statement also provides the project team with guidelines for making decisions about change                requests   during the project.

      project scope: Project scope is the part of project planning that involves determining and documenting a list of specific project goals, deliverables, tasks, costs and deadlines. (or) "The work that needs to be accomplished to deliver a product, service, or result with the specified features and functions"

c) tangible benifits:Tangible benefits improves Improves the productivity of process and personnel;

                *reduce clerical time and errors

               * improve morale in the payroll department         

   intangible benefits:Increases organizational transparency and responsibility

                            Saves enormous time and effort in data entry

           *avoid possible finess and penalties for noncompliance

d)    topics:

             *Date and time

             *Who was involved?

             *Where?

             * Is any one hurt?

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