A system defines its high-level structure,

exposing its gross organization as a collection of

interacting components.

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Organizations also divide roles in hierarchical

layers from strategic planning to management control

and operation control.

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A system developer and architects cannot do

anything without first establishing this.

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A major kind of information system allows organizations to integrate different systems into one organization-wide application with an integrated database management system.

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Focuses on roles and responsibilities.

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A key issue for an organization for its growth.

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Focus on providing harmony between needs of

the organization and needs of people.

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Reflects the breaking of the complex into smaller

manageable task that could be assigned to a group of people

who could then be held responsible.

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They must take time to identify, understand and

manage relationships with all the project stakeholders.

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Focuses on symbols and meanings related to

events.

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It provides analytical and decision-making support for management.

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A critical component of a successful organization today.

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The people involved in or affected by project activities.

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It involves people and resources from various functional departments working together, and sharing information at any level of the organization.

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People who do similar tasks, and have similar skills and/or jobs in an organization are grouped into functional structure.

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This approach does not go through the analysis and design phases.

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Focuses on the new system’s architecture, user interface, and reporting requirements.

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Focus is on installing and releasing the system to the end-users and on monitoring the system release to the end-users.

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The combination of inter-related elements to achieve a common objective.

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It implements a small version of the final system.

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Similar to acquisition and testing stage of traditional SDLC.

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A more complex structure is that they group people in two different ways: by the function they perform and by the product team they are working with.

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Gradual movement of the company from the existing legacy system to the ERP implementation

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This is often managed by the operation team with assistance from the implementation team.

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The team are put together based on the number of members needed to produce the project or complete the project.

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It consists of tasks that are divided into phases or stages.

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This is similar to the investigation stage in SDLC.

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A process used by companies to manage and integrate the important parts of their businesses.

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A temporary endeavor undertaken to accomplish a unique product or service.

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Determine the user requirements of the new system by focusing on the problems of the current system.

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A development model prioritizes rapid prototyping and quick feedback over long drawn-out development and testing cycles.

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It has the most upfront cost because ERP system is implemented and used in conjunction with the legacy system.

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A collection of project phases.

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It begins with acquisition of hardware, software, development of custom applications, new system testing, training, and data conversion from old to new system.

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