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1) What is involved when outsourcing system development?

Answer:

Outsourcing: The technique used by the organisations or companies to develop/build their systems using the third party sources .In other words, Companies sub-contracts any other companies to develop the systems or to complete the Job is called Outsourcing.

The Major reason to outsource the project is for cost cutting.

The major activities involved when outsourcing system development are

1. Fact finding
2. Development of system

Fact finding: Some techniques are involved in finding the facts

• Observation
• Research
• Interviewing
• Sampling
• Surveys
• questionnaires

Development of system: Other major activity involved in outsourcing is to develop the system. System can be developed using the facts that are found in earlier process.

2)What is involved when developing systems in-house?

Answer:

The Major activities involved when developing systems in-house are

• System analysis
• System development

System analysis: Analysis phase is used to analyse the system requirements to visualize the clear picture of the system to develop .

The activities involved in the phase are

• Requirements modelling
• Data and process modelling
• Object modelling
• Development strategies

System development: In the process of developing the system in-house, system0 analyst document the collected and analysed information carefully   and record it .Such that he can describe the information system properly for the development of the system.

3) What textbooks, journals and/or websites might be useful to search for articles about discussing the topic?

Answer:

Text book prescribed for this Course is

Shelly, G & Rosenblatt, H 2010, systems analysis and design, 8^th edition, Course Technology, Boston.

Research is the best way to search for the articles about the discussion of the required topic .

White papers can be found about the topics in the internet.

Books related to the topic can be found from the internet .example : Books from the google and yahoo

Journels about the topic can be found from the popular discussion forums

and many more

What basic functions will the system need to provide?

The basic functions which the system should handle are

1: Providing a confirmation of booking for the customer.

2: Dealing with financial issues like calculating the expenses for accommodation, food (if any) etc and processing their payments and generating a receipt.

3: It should also be able to provide with the details of previous and future bookings given a specific period on    demand (e.g. like providing with the details of previous month bookings and next month bookings).

What information do you need to find out about the business processes to develop a detailed understanding of the required system?

Accommodation cost: The cost per night which includes both Accommodation and meals.

Payment methods: Payment can be done through EFTPOS and credit cards

Booking method: Client can book for accommodation through mail, e-mail or phone, which are processed through their officer computer (in-house booking).

Confirmation of booking: Processed client request is sent back to the client through e-mail, post or fax.

End of client’s stay: The bill includes accommodation costs, restaurant cost, swimming pool and outdoor spa. If a client doesn’t stay on appointed day, still client have to pay for the day he/she booked, for this Rainforest Hideaway would need to acquire credit card number.