This document discusses strategies for effectively managing IT personnel and projects. It emphasizes the importance of identifying and recruiting qualified technical staff with the right skills, organizing the technical team, and communicating well with stakeholders. When managing projects, it is important to secure proper funding, involve users, manage expectations, and address political challenges. Project success depends on user involvement, clear requirements, comprehensive planning, and testing, while minimizing changes and using positive reinforcement. The key is knowing what you are doing, using competent personnel, assessing political issues, and determining when technology is appropriate.
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A brief presentation outlining the concepts of data quality in the context of clinical data, and highlighting the importance of data quality for population health, health analytics, and other secondary uses of clinical data.
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A brief presentation outlining the concepts of data quality in the context of clinical data, and highlighting the importance of data quality for population health, health analytics, and other secondary uses of clinical data.
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Management Information Systems (MIS) in Nepal (MoFALD) by EkendraEkendra Lamsal
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MEASURE Evaluation’s Health Information System Strengthening ModelMEASURE Evaluation
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I want to acknowledge the authors of the chapter:
Melisa Tan, Victoria Haldane, Sue-Anne Toh & Helena Legido-Quigley from NUS
Martin McKee from LSHTM
Summary of the current 4 main NCDs situation in Asia including risk factors
Examples of health system response
Challenges
Patient Engagement is more that an patient portal
Connected Health tools are available to enhance engagement
Personalization is needed to engage
How patient engagement technologies fit with population health
Helping those lacking health and digital literacy and access
The future is bright for Personal Connected Health
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Assessment of Constraints to Data Use is a rapid assessment tool designed to identify barriers and constraints that inhibit effective practices in data use.
http://www.cpc.unc.edu/measure/publications/ms-11-46-a
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This article walks through how healthcare organizations can leverage data to its full potential using this framework and the three principles of infonomics:
Measure - How much data does the organization have? What is it worth?
Manage - What data does the organization have? Where is it stored?
Monetize - How does the organization use data?
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Improved Data Quality and Use: Dual Goals of HMIS StrengtheningHFG Project
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Webinar Recording: http://universityofnc.adobeconnect.com/p9rbiydyl2a/
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This is primarily based on a chapter from our most recent publication.
I want to acknowledge the authors of the chapter:
Melisa Tan, Victoria Haldane, Sue-Anne Toh & Helena Legido-Quigley from NUS
Martin McKee from LSHTM
Summary of the current 4 main NCDs situation in Asia including risk factors
Examples of health system response
Challenges
Patient Engagement is more that an patient portal
Connected Health tools are available to enhance engagement
Personalization is needed to engage
How patient engagement technologies fit with population health
Helping those lacking health and digital literacy and access
The future is bright for Personal Connected Health
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Assessment of Constraints to Data Use is a rapid assessment tool designed to identify barriers and constraints that inhibit effective practices in data use.
http://www.cpc.unc.edu/measure/publications/ms-11-46-a
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Author Douglas Laney is now tackling the topic of Infonomics: the practice of information economics. In his 2017 book, Infonomics: How to Monetize, Manage, and Measure Information as an asset for competitive advantage, Laney provides detailed rationale as well as a thoughtful framework for treating information as a modern-day organization’s most valuable asset.
This article walks through how healthcare organizations can leverage data to its full potential using this framework and the three principles of infonomics:
Measure - How much data does the organization have? What is it worth?
Manage - What data does the organization have? Where is it stored?
Monetize - How does the organization use data?
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Webinar Recording: http://universityofnc.adobeconnect.com/p9rbiydyl2a/
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Group Project
Group 1
Charles Williams
Participating Members
John Holmberg, Sean Austin, Christian Dillon, Charles Williams, Matthew Serdy, Frank Opoku
Non-Participating Members
5/22/2019
IT488 – IT Capstone II (IT488-1902B-01)
Henrietta Okoro
Table of Contents
Section 1 – Project Overview (from IT487) 3
Section 2 – Requirements (from IT487) 5
Section 3 – Design (from IT487) 7
Section 4 - Methodology 10
Determining Methodology 10
Section 5 – Work Breakdown Structure 12
Section 6 – Communication Plan 13
Plan involvement – 13
Stakeholder requirements 14
Key Messages 14
Scheduling 15
Section 7 – Quality Assurance Plan 16
Section 8 – Documentation Plan 17
Section 9 – Quality Assurance and Results of Test Case 18
Project Closure 19
References 20
Section 1 – Project Overview (from IT487)
The company Education Information Systems. (EiS) is an information and management company that specializes in the creation and care of large-scale educational information and technology systems. EiS has implemented and managed systems ranging from the pre-K to 12th year primary school systems, and is developing larger scale systems to facilitate collegiate, graduate and post graduate educational institutions. EiS is a privately held organization that has the primary focus of providing the best possible systems to help grow the educational sector. Previous clients have implemented system wide software replacement and upgrades. With a stellar track record of previous educational institutions, and references, EiS has completed all the projects on time, and within budgetary guidelines. All problem issues or negative feedback from clients were handled in professional and timely manner that resulted in a completely satisfied client.
Moving toward post high school educational institutions, EiS is working with an extremely talented development team to move into the graduate and post graduate sector with ease. With new projects being developed, and more clients, EiS also works to recruit the best talent in the development, and technical aspects of information technology.
The information system to be developed by EiS for the institution will allow for all student, and faculty to store, share, and secure data. Utilizing a web-based UI, the information will be easily accessed, with the proper credentials. Data can be shared among staff, and students with preferences designed to mitigate corruption of data, loss of information, especially personal and financial information. All faculty and staff can be added to the application via an admin portal and all security is designated there. All remote access to the application will require a 2 factor
authentication system for another level of security to ensure that the proper access protocols are being followed. All information that is stored will be designed to the student or faculty member, and kept throughout the students’ academic career or the faculty member’s tenure. The.
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Unit 3 Group Project
System Architecture
Group 4
John Holmberg, Sean Austin, Christian Dillon, Charles Williams, Matthew Serdy, Frank Opoku
24 April 2019
IT487 – IT Capstone 1
Nolyn Johnson
Table of Contents
Section 1 - Overview of Company and Client Business Case 3
Section 2 - Application Requirement Elicitation Strategy 5
Section 3 - System Components and Design Requirements 7
Section 4 - Methodology for Application Development Process 10
Section 5 - Complete Features and Trade-off Analysis 12
Section 6 - Milestones and Deliverables Based on Date and Dependencies 15
Section 7 - System Architecture Aligned with System Requirements 21
Section 8 - Technical Design Document 24
Section 9 - Design Review Checklist 25
Section 10 - Testing and Deployment 26
References 27
Section 1 - Overview of Company and Client Business Case
The company Education Information Systems. (EiS) is an information and management company that specializes in the creation and care of large-scale educational information and technology systems. EiS has implemented and managed systems ranging from the pre-K to 12th year primary school systems, and is developing larger scale systems to facilitate collegiate, graduate and post graduate educational institutions. EiS is a privately held organization that has the primary focus of providing the best possible systems to help grow the educational sector. Previous clients have implemented system wide software replacement and upgrades. With a stellar track record of previous educational institutions, and references, EiS has completed all the projects on time, and within budgetary guidelines. All problem issues or negative feedback from clients were handled in professional and timely manner that resulted in a completely satisfied client.
Moving toward post high school educational institutions, EiS is working with an extremely talented development team to move into the graduate and post graduate sector with ease. With new projects being developed, and more clients, EiS also works to recruit the best talent in the development, and technical aspects of information technology.
The information system to be developed by EiS for the institution will allow for all student, and faculty to store, share, and secure data. Utilizing a web-based UI, the information will be easily accessed, with the proper credentials. Data can be shared among staff, and students with preferences designed to mitigate corruption of data, loss of information, especially personal and financial information. All faculty and staff can be added to the application via an admin portal and all security is designated there. All remote access to the application will require a 2 factor
authentication system for another level of security to ensure that the proper access protocols are being followed. All information that is stored will be designed to the student or faculty member, and kept throughout the students’ academic caree.
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APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT METHODS 2
Unit 1 Group Project
Application Development Methods
Group 4
John Holmberg, Sean Austin, Christian Dillon, Charles Williams, Matthew Serdy, Frank Opoku
April 10, 2019
IT487 – IT Capstone 1
Nolyn Johnson
Table of Contents
Section 1 - Overview of Company and Client Business Case 3
Section 2 - Application Requirement Elicitation Strategy 5
Section 3 - System Components and Design Requirements 7
Section 4 - Methodology for Application Development Process 8
Section 5 - Complete Features and Trade-off Analysis 10
Section 6 - Milestones and Deliverables Based on Date and Dependencies 11
Section 7 - System Architecture Aligned with System Requirements 12
Section 8 - Technical Design Document 13
Section 9 - Design Review Checklist 14
Section 10 - Testing and Deployment 15
References 16
Section 1 - Overview of Company and Client Business Case
The company Education Information Systems. (EiS) is an information and management company that specializes in the creation and care of large-scale educational information and technology systems. EiS has implemented and managed systems ranging from the pre-K to 12th year primary school systems, and is developing larger scale systems to facilitate collegiate, graduate and post graduate educational institutions. EiS is a privately held organization that has the primary focus of providing the best possible systems to help grow the educational sector. Previous clients have implemented system wide software replacement and upgrades. With a stellar track record of previous educational institutions, and references, EiS has completed all the projects on time, and within budgetary guidelines. All problem issues or negative feedback from clients were handled in professional and timely manner that resulted in a completely satisfied client.
Moving toward post high school educational institutions, EiS is working with an extremely talented development team to move into the graduate and post graduate sector with ease. With new projects being developed, and more clients, EiS also works to recruit the best talent in the development, and technical aspects of information technology.
The information system to be developed by EiS for the institution will allow for all student, and faculty to store, share, and secure data. Utilizing a web-based UI, the information will be easily accessed, with the proper credentials. Data can be shared among staff, and students with preferences designed to mitigate corruption of data, loss of information, especially personal and financial information. All faculty and staff can be added to the application via an admin portal and all security is designated there. All remote access to the application will require a 2 factor
authentication system for another level of security to ensure that the proper access protocols are being followed. All information that is stored will be designed to the student or faculty member, and kept throughout the .
Analysis the solution or planning, meeting with the employees, clients, consultants how the product would be better than the competitors. After studying the information we have the choose one of these three option: how can develop the system, how can improve the current system or if any of these two are not possible than leave the system. Planning stage is the preliminary step for a successful system, at first we have to detect the problems how we solve it and what we want to do, the objectives and the resources, required cost etc. System design is the second step in the system. Here a feasibility study is needed to recognize the requirements of the end user’s i.e. customers, what are the expectations of them for the system. It is very vital to maintain a strong communication with the customers. Ensure that the finished product can fulfil its required level and its function. Design phases arise after the good understanding with the customer; it defines the elements of a system, the security level and the different types of data which are necessary for the system. A general system design may be complete with pen-paper work. After the designing phase the system required an implementation process. In the phases the system fulfil the customer promises, now the system is ready to running, training may be required or not. This phase may be takes a long time, that’s depends on the complexity of the system.
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The automated cosmetic shop management system should deal with the automation of general workflow and administration process of the shop. The main processes of the system focus on customer's request where the system is able to search the most appropriate products and deliver it to the customers. It should help the employees to quickly identify the list of cosmetic product that have reached the minimum quantity and also keep a track of expired date for each cosmetic product. It should help the employees to find the rack number in which the product is placed.It is also Faster and more efficient way.
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Stewardship is the act of taking good care of something.
Antimicrobial stewardship is a coordinated program that promotes the appropriate use of antimicrobials (including antibiotics), improves patient outcomes, reduces microbial resistance, and decreases the spread of infections caused by multidrug-resistant organisms.
WHO launched the Global Antimicrobial Resistance and Use Surveillance System (GLASS) in 2015 to fill knowledge gaps and inform strategies at all levels.
ACCORDING TO apic.org,
Antimicrobial stewardship is a coordinated program that promotes the appropriate use of antimicrobials (including antibiotics), improves patient outcomes, reduces microbial resistance, and decreases the spread of infections caused by multidrug-resistant organisms.
ACCORDING TO pewtrusts.org,
Antibiotic stewardship refers to efforts in doctors’ offices, hospitals, long term care facilities, and other health care settings to ensure that antibiotics are used only when necessary and appropriate
According to WHO,
Antimicrobial stewardship is a systematic approach to educate and support health care professionals to follow evidence-based guidelines for prescribing and administering antimicrobials
In 1996, John McGowan and Dale Gerding first applied the term antimicrobial stewardship, where they suggested a causal association between antimicrobial agent use and resistance. They also focused on the urgency of large-scale controlled trials of antimicrobial-use regulation employing sophisticated epidemiologic methods, molecular typing, and precise resistance mechanism analysis.
Antimicrobial Stewardship(AMS) refers to the optimal selection, dosing, and duration of antimicrobial treatment resulting in the best clinical outcome with minimal side effects to the patients and minimal impact on subsequent resistance.
According to the 2019 report, in the US, more than 2.8 million antibiotic-resistant infections occur each year, and more than 35000 people die. In addition to this, it also mentioned that 223,900 cases of Clostridoides difficile occurred in 2017, of which 12800 people died. The report did not include viruses or parasites
VISION
Being proactive
Supporting optimal animal and human health
Exploring ways to reduce overall use of antimicrobials
Using the drugs that prevent and treat disease by killing microscopic organisms in a responsible way
GOAL
to prevent the generation and spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Doing so will preserve the effectiveness of these drugs in animals and humans for years to come.
being to preserve human and animal health and the effectiveness of antimicrobial medications.
to implement a multidisciplinary approach in assembling a stewardship team to include an infectious disease physician, a clinical pharmacist with infectious diseases training, infection preventionist, and a close collaboration with the staff in the clinical microbiology laboratory
to prevent antimicrobial overuse, misuse and abuse.
to minimize the developme
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There is a movement towards home-based care for the elderly, next generation scanning and MRI devices, wearable technology, artificial intelligence incorporation, and online connectivity. Experts also see a focus on predictive, preventive, personalized, participatory, and precision medicine, with rising levels of integration of home care and technological innovation.
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Defecation
Normal defecation begins with movement in the left colon, moving stool toward the anus. When stool reaches the rectum, the distention causes relaxation of the internal sphincter and an awareness of the need to defecate. At the time of defecation, the external sphincter relaxes, and abdominal muscles contract, increasing intrarectal pressure and forcing the stool out
The Valsalva maneuver exerts pressure to expel faeces through a voluntary contraction of the abdominal muscles while maintaining forced expiration against a closed airway. Patients with cardiovascular disease, glaucoma, increased intracranial pressure, or a new surgical wound are at greater risk for cardiac dysrhythmias and elevated blood pressure with the Valsalva maneuver and need to avoid straining to pass the stool.
Normal defecation is painless, resulting in passage of soft, formed stool
CONSTIPATION
Constipation is a symptom, not a disease. Improper diet, reduced fluid intake, lack of exercise, and certain medications can cause constipation. For example, patients receiving opiates for pain after surgery often require a stool softener or laxative to prevent constipation. The signs of constipation include infrequent bowel movements (less than every 3 days), difficulty passing stools, excessive straining, inability to defecate at will, and hard feaces
IMPACTION
Fecal impaction results from unrelieved constipation. It is a collection of hardened feces wedged in the rectum that a person cannot expel. In cases of severe impaction the mass extends up into the sigmoid colon.
DIARRHEA
Diarrhea is an increase in the number of stools and the passage of liquid, unformed feces. It is associated with disorders affecting digestion, absorption, and secretion in the GI tract. Intestinal contents pass through the small and large intestine too quickly to allow for the usual absorption of fluid and nutrients. Irritation within the colon results in increased mucus secretion. As a result, feces become watery, and the patient is unable to control the urge to defecate. Normally an anal bag is safe and effective in long-term treatment of patients with fecal incontinence at home, in hospice, or in the hospital. Fecal incontinence is expensive and a potentially dangerous condition in terms of contamination and risk of skin ulceration
HEMORRHOIDS
Hemorrhoids are dilated, engorged veins in the lining of the rectum. They are either external or internal.
FLATULENCE
As gas accumulates in the lumen of the intestines, the bowel wall stretches and distends (flatulence). It is a common cause of abdominal fullness, pain, and cramping. Normally intestinal gas escapes through the mouth (belching) or the anus (passing of flatus)
FECAL INCONTINENCE
Fecal incontinence is the inability to control passage of feces and gas from the anus. Incontinence harms a patient’s body image
PREPARATION AND GIVING OF LAXATIVESACCORDING TO POTTER AND PERRY,
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2. Overview
Managing information technology (IT) personnel and projects is a
challenging undertaking.
A public health manager charged with developing and
implementing a new information system must identify and recruit
technical staff and consultants possessing the right kinds of
educational qualifications and experience.
In addition, the project manager must organize the technical team
and use effective strategies for communication with every
stakeholder, including company management, users of the
proposed new system, and IT personnel assigned to the project.
Along the way, the project manager must secure appropriate
funding, analyze current processes, identify user needs, manage
the expectations of every stakeholder, address the inevitable
political opposition, analyze processes to be affected by the new
system, determine the appropriate technology to be employed,
and educate management about the costs of the proposed new
system.
3. Although IT projects have a history of very high failure
rates, there are strategies that a project manager can use
to help insure project success.
Through use of such tools as rapid prototyping, a
project manager can identify user needs and involve
users from the beginning in the project.
Through a careful review of business processes, a
project manager can define the appropriate technology
to be applied.
Finally, through knowing and recognizing the
characteristics of successful and unsuccessful IT
projects, a project manager can minimize the
probability that the IT project will fail.
4. Introduction
Managing IT personnel and projects is a challenging
undertaking
A public health manager charged with developing and
implementing a new information system must:
identify and recruit technical staff and consultants with
right kinds of qualification and experiences
organize the technical team and use effective strategies
for communication with every stakeholder, including
company management, users of the new system and IT
personnel
5. Contd…
Secure appropriate funding, analyze
current processes and identify user needs
mange the expectation of every
stakeholders and address the inevitable
political opposition
analyze processes to be affected by the new
system
determine the appropriate technology to be
employed, and educate management about
the costs of the proposed new system
6. Managing IT Personnel
Successful IT projects depend greatly on a
project head’s ability to:
1. Identify computer expertise
2. Recruit right people
3. Communicate with technical personnel
4. Hire consultants appropriately
5. Organize technical team
7. 1. Identifying computer expertise
Requires the identification and selection
of the right people to perform the work
Requires a manager to determine
whether candidates for project team
position have the right computer
expertise
8. Key factors to look for identifying computer
expertise
Factor Relevant characteristics
Education in
computer sciences
Bachelors level: possession of programming skills, knowledge of
database design, experience with project tools
Masters level: all skills of bachelors level plus completion of at
least one major IT project
Doctoral level: all skills of masters level plus development of a
significant new approach to solving a computer science problem;
primary emphasis is on research
Certification: indicate possession of expertise with regard to
specific products and systems
Experience Should be related to current task
Should be relevant to role the candidate will perform on the project
team
Should indicate cooperative service on a project team
References Should be multiple
Should include inquiry about the success of projects on which the
candidate has worked
9. 2.Recruiting
• Offering competitive compensation levels is
important in attracting high quality personnel, but
it is not the only tool to attract them
• Tools related to a candidate’s career development
and lifestyle are also extremely important
• Offering a candidate a desirable work environment
such as nice office space, good equipment can
attract good people
10. 3. Communication with technical
personnel
Manager should communicate effectively with
technical personnel
Manager should be familiar with the basic
terminology of information systems
Manager must insist on clear explanations of
technical terms from technical personnel
Technical personnel should be able to explain what
they are doing in plain English
11. 4. Hiring consultants
If a manager does not understand what he/she is being told and cannot get
clear explanation, it is time to hire a consultant
When there is a very specific issue or question that is beyond the expertise of
an in-house staff, it is time to bring in a consultant.
Important to interview potential consulting candidates same like as potential
full- time staff hire.
The references provided should be checked carefully
Task to be performed must be well defined and clear to consultants
12. 5.OrganizingTechnical Teams
Small interdisciplinary teams are most effective for handling IT projects
Technical team should include users, program staff, managers, and technical
personnel
A team manger should consider the input of all team members, and specially of
potential users of the system to be developed
Communication strategies such as holding regular meetings, making frequent
e-mail contact, issuing progress reports regularly, and locating team members
in close proximity to facilitate informal contact should be utilized
13. Managing IT Projects
A basic concept in IT projects is the “triangle”
relationship of the three key elements of time, features,
and budget.
The relationship of time, features and budget is
interdependent.
Not one of the elements of time, features, and budget of
IT projects can be changed without affecting another
element.
14. Interrelations of IT project time, features
and budget
Project component Impact of component increase or decrease
time If increased, will increase budget and may allow increase in system
features
If decreased, will reduce budget but also reduce system features
features If increased, will increase both project time and budget
If decreased, will reduce both project time and budget
budget If increased, may increase features and reduce project time
if decreased, will increase project time and reduce system features
15. Managing IT projects includes:
1. Managing expectation
2. Involving users
3. Communicating project benefits
4. Rapid prototyping
5. Managing political challenges
6. Securing funding for an IT project
7. Managing change created by a new system
8. Using technology appropriately
16. 1. Managing Expectations
IT project manager must:
Promise only what can be delivered and deliver what is promised on
time
be very cautious about making commitments
Educate higher management in the process of system development
Estimate – time and budget
Understand what can be done and how fast it can be accomplished
Estimate better future progress and therefore do a better job of
managing expectations
17. 2. Involving users
Give the users meaningful involvement from the inception
of the project to its completion
Involvement of users not only serves to solve real user
problems, but also fosters a sense of ownership of the
system
Involve users rather than supervisors of the system
Establish steering committee composed of users, managers
and the system developers
18. 3.Communicating project benefits
Deliver real benefits to higher levels of
management and the real users
The benefits of new system should include
improvement of the work flow of users
Providing small benefits to the intended
users early in the project development cycle
is extremely helpful in securing user
participation
19. 4.Rapid prototyping
Quick development of a nonfunctional test
version of the ultimate system for discussion and
review by users
Aids in the requirements specification process by
presenting users with a framework that captures
the current level of understanding of their needs
Minimizes risk by making very incremental
investments in system developments to refine the
requirements
20. 5.Managing political challenges
Overcome the inertia – the desire to maintain the status
quo- that is inherent in organizations
Understand who will benefit from the failure of a new
system development and to work to minimize those
benefits of failure
To gain acceptance of a new system, ensure job
placement for any person whose position will be
adversely affected by the new system
21. 6.Securring funding for an IT
project
Recognize inadequate funding usually is a
manifestation of political opposition within the
organization
Project manager should understand if decision
makers are not willing to pay for new system,
they do not really want it
It is also important for a manager to educate
senior management about the true costs of
information systems
22. 7.Managing change created by a new
system
A key element is changing employee behavior
The more rapid the change, the more the discomfort
increases
Behavior modification is a key part of system
development
Intermittent positive reinforcement is one of the
most powerful tools for behavior modification
Respect the affinity that users have with the old
system
23. 8.Using technology appropriately
Recognize that technology does not solve all
problems
A careful review of business processes helps to
define where technology can best be applied
Merely automating inefficient process is not a good
business strategy
Simply reengineering processes may eliminate the
need for automation and reveal new and different
information system needs
24. Reasons Projects Succeed
User involvement
Management support
Skilled, experienced project managers
Clear requirements statement
Comprehensive work plan
Sound development methodology
Prototyping
Extensive Testing
25. Paradigm for Success
Behavior Modification
– management
– users
Minimize increments of change
Use intermittent positive reinforcement
– provide real benefits to users
– what they want, NOT what you want
26. Managing IT - Summary
Know what you are doing
Use competent personnel
Use rapid prototyping to ensure user
involvement
Assess and respond to political
challenges
Know when to avoid technology