What should be management's role in the system development life cycle (SDLC)?
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It is management's responsibility to ensure that systems thinking is utilized throughout the Systems Development process. \n\nManagement complements the SDLC when it comes to Project Quality. It provides a method of managing these unique project efforts, which increases the odds of attaining cost, schedule and quality goals. \n\nThe primary benefits of a good Management Process will:\n\nProvide consistency of success with regard to Time, Cost, and Quality objectives\n\nEnsure customer expectations are met\n\nCollect historical information/data for future use\n\nProvide a method of thought for ensuring all requirements are addressed through a comprehensive work definition process\n\nReduce Risks associated with the project\n\nMinimize scope creep by providing a process for managing changes\n\n\nWithout strong management support, circumstances will affect our ability to satisfy the customer and meet our project and product objectives. Management that is willing to intervene, when asked to, will further increase the probability of successfully delivering a quality product.
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In terms of software development:\n\nSystem Life Cycle is a systems analyst term to describe the requirements, training, design, implementation and maintenance. \n\nSoftware life cycle is a management term to describe the stages a software product goes through to completion.
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"Managers"\nIn IT, the term configuration management or configuration control has the following meanings:\n\nThe management of security features and assurances through control of changes made to hardware, software, firmware, documentation, test, test fixtures and test documentation of an automated information system, throughout the development and operational life of a system. Source Code Management or revision control is part of this. \nThe control of changes--including the recording thereof--that are made to the hardware, software, firmware, and documentation throughout the system lifecycle. \nThe control and adaptation of the evolution of complex systems. It is the discipline of keeping evolving software products under control, and thus contributes to satisfying quality and delay constraints. Software configuration management (or SCM) can be divided into two areas. The first (and older) area of SCM concerns the storage of the entities produced during the software development project, sometimes referred to as component repository management. The second area concerns the activities performed for the production and/or change of these entities; the term engineering support is often used to refer this second area. \nAfter establishing a configuration, such as that of a telecommunications or computer system, the evaluating and approving changes to the configuration and to the interrelationships among system components. \nIn distributed-queue dual-bus (DQDB) networks, the function that ensures the resources of all nodes of a DQDB network are configured into a correct dual-bus topology. The functions that are managed include the head of bus, external timing source, and default slot generator functions. \n\n"Developers"\nA software developer is a programmer who is concerned with one or more facets of the software development process, a somewhat broader scope of computer programming. This person may contribute to the overview of the project on the application level rather than component level or individual programming tasks. Software developers are often still guided by lead programmers but also encompasses the class of freelance software developers.\n\nOther names which are often used in the same close context are software analyst and software engineer.\n\nAs time passes, differences between system design, software development and programming are more apparent. Already in the current market place there can be found a segregation between programmers and developers, being that one who actually implements is not the same as the one who designs the class structure or hierarchy. Even more so that developers become systems architects, those who design the multi-leveled architecture or component interactions of a large software system.\n\n"end-users"\nThe end user is a central concept in software engineering, referring to an abstraction of the group of persons who will ultimately use a piece of software (i.e. the expected user or target-user).
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Phillips and Royal Dutch Shell are two of them.  International Manager is a generic title, might be involved in any function.
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If you are looking for a computer system to manage the company , first you have to contact a software designer, and then Analise and design the software as required , programmer it using preferable language. This is not a simple process because it will drive your company to new methods and processes.
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1. Has senior management support and sponsor.\n2. Has gone through business risk analysis.\n3. Has good project management controls.\n4. Has good change management controls.\n5. Has good user interaction/feedback controls.\n6. Has good security management controls.\n7. Has good management reporting system.\n8. Has good return on investment.\n9. Was delivered in time.\n10. Delivered all the functional requirements and users liked it.\n\nMost of all, recognize that it's ususally a judgement call and best of systems typically get assessed again and again by different people in the organization and at different times causing fluctuations in determining what the characteristics of a good management information system is.
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Its called Software Development Life Cycle [SDLC]. Begins with Requirement Planning, Documentation, Coding, Testing and Implementation.
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system development : well it refers to the structuring of hardware and software to achieve the effective and efficient processing of information.\n\nsystem development life cycle : A written strategy or plan for the development and modification of computer systems, including initial approvals, development documentation, testing plans and results, and approval and documentation of subsequent modifications.\n\nsystem development process : The different phases of system development activities viz., feasibility study, analysis, systems design, program development, procedures and forms development, acceptance testing, conversion, operation and maintenance and post-implementation review.
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Hi \n\nWell , its the kind of software that lets you manage either another part of the software , remote system or local machine. In otherwords is the part were you make changes to the running sofwares or system that connect to the software
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The link below describes the role of a project manager.  This is a generic description, but the role would be largely the same for a software implementation project.
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A manager obtains and directs resources to achieve an objective\n\nA leader creates a compelling vision and inspires/influences others to follow them towards that vision
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I understood you Pankaj. I went to a business conference last month, MBS Convergence. MSCRM looks really good. Here is a link to Microsoft's implementation guide.  In the pdf document, found in the compressed file, there are a few sections on "Managing Implementation". The information looks very similar to some of the break-out session I attended. good luck with your preparations. -r
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This question can have different answers depending on the kind of agency (traditional marketing? web-only shop? ad sales? startup?). \n\nIn general, a project manager is responsible for taking "ownership" of  a product or initiative and making sure it moves forward. Sometimes this means hiring the team to make it happen, but usually you're just herding a team already in place. You help set deadlines, navigate obstacles, track the budget and timeline, facilitate communication and write reports about the progress. You often have to give presentations or interact regularly with both upper management and middle/lower management and worker bees so it helps if you can talk intelligently about such wide-ranging topics as HR, technical specs and art/design.\n\nEssentially, you have to keep things moving in all areas, because if your project grinds to a halt or goes down in flames - it's your fault.\n\nOn the flip side, you get a little credit when it goes flawlessly.
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Management information system
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customizing the software for users in a certain kind of business or providing software maintenance.\n\nthose would be the 2 areas that seem useful.
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An "IS manager" is the information systems manager.\n\nInformation systems managers install computer systems, ensure that back up systems operate effectively, buy hardware and software, provide the ICT technology infrastructures for an organisation, and contribute to organisational policy with regard to quality standards and strategic planning.\n\nInformation systems managers work in every size of organisation in every industry and service sector, usually with a staff of technicians, programmers and database administrators reporting to them. \n\nWithin the ICT sector actual job titles are dependent on the employing organisation. You might, for example, be a service delivery manager in a software house or a data processing manager in an end-user organisation. \n\nInformation systems managers direct the work of systems/business analysts, computer programmers, support specialists, and other computer-related workers. \n\nThe role is ultimately dependent on the employing organisation and the complexity of its information systems. \n\nStandard activities are likely to include: \n\n---evaluating user needs and system functionality\n---ensuring that ICT facilities meet the needs of individuals and projects\n---planning, developing and implementing the ICT budget, obtaining competitive prices from suppliers, where appropriate, to ensure cost effectiveness \n---scheduling upgrades and security backups of hardware and software systems\n--researching and installing new systems\n--ensuring the smooth running of all ICT systems, including anti-virus software, print services and e-mail provision \n--ensuring that software licensing laws are adhered to\n--providing secure access to the network for remote users\n--ensuring the security of data from internal and external attack\n---providing users with appropriate support and advice\n---managing crisis situations, which may involve complex technical hardware or software problems\n---mentoring and training new ICT support staff\n---keeping up to date with the latest technologies