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Intangible benefits
Difficult
to measure in dollars
Can involve job satisfaction or company image
5. Report to management
Finaltask in the preliminary investigation
Key elements
Evaluation of systems request
Estimate of costs and benefits
Recommendations
Invite questions
Possible actions
Take no further action
Apply some other solution
•Is it possible?
•Is it justified?
Technical feasibility
Is the measure of the practicality of a
specific technical Information
System solution and the availability
of technical resources i.e. Do we
have the technology & skills needed
to develop & operate the system?
Economic feasibility
Isthe measure of the cost-effectiveness of
an Information System solution i.e. Will the
system result in competitive advantage to
the enterprise?
Legal feasibility
Will the proposed system conform to laws
and regulations?
Ethical issues
Will the proposed system conform to the
norms of ethics for the Information systems
community?
which alternative?
Project team implements this decision
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Feasibility Analysis
On completion of Feasibility Analysis:
original problem (or need) understood
alternative solutions considered
➤Tangible
Software costs
Labor costs
Maintenance costs
Operational costs
evaluate projects
P - Performance
I - Information
E - Economy
C - Control
E - Efficiency
S - Services
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The “PIECES” framework
Performance
Is current throughput and response time
adequate?
Information
Do end users and managers get timely,
pertinent, accurate and usefully
formatted information?
Economy
Are services provided by the current
system cost-effective?
Could there be a reduction in costs
and/or an increase in benefits?
Control
Are there effective controls to protect
against fraud and to guarantee
information accuracy and security?
Efficiency
Does current system make good
use of resources: people, time, flow
of forms?
Services
Are current services reliable?