Ch 2 New Century Health Clinic Case Study

1. The New Century Associates should determine whether or not I am suitable for their request to turn their office into a computerized system. In the meeting with the New Century Associates; my mission would be to determine their projects’ actual needs and requests in detail. 2. The computerized system project is a strong Business Case. The project needs are justified and the company has the means to put it in place. 3. Operational Feasibility: - Are all the New Century Associates in support of the project? - Will the development schedule of the project conflict with other company priorities? Technical Feasibility: - Does the proposed platform have sufficient capacity for future needs? If not, can it be expanded? - Will a prototype be required? Economic Feasibility: - Will consulting expenses be a problem? - Will Licenses and Fees be budgeted? Schedule Feasibility: - Has management established a firm timetable for the project? - What conditions must be satisfied during the development of the system?

4. The information needed for the preliminary investigation: - Understand the problem or opportunity. - Define the project scope and constraints. - Perform fact-finding. - Analyze project usability, cost, benefit, and schedule data. - Evaluate feasibility. - Present results and recommendations to management. I’ll obtain this information from New Century Associates, financial advisors reports, and Staff feedback. The fact-finding techniques I’ll use are: - Analyze organizational charts. - Conduct interviews. - Review documentation. - Observe operations. - Conduct a user survey.