Systems Planning & Implementation

The Queensland Health Payroll System project (2007-2011) has received adverse media attention relating to significant issues and failures. Information regarding to the project can be obtained by reading appropriate project and auditors reports, accessed via the internet. Undertake some research of this information systems project to complete the following task:
Using the Systems Development Lifecycle (SDLC) process as a framework (figure 19.1 on page 612 of the Romney text), identify 5 deficiencies in the Queensland Health Payroll System project and relate each deficiency to the relevant step/phase in the SDLC. Also provide recommendations on how these deficiencies may be overcome in future projects. Your answer is to be specific to step 1 (systems analysis) and/or step 4 (implementation and conversion) of the SDLC only. Steps 2, 3 and 5 are not to be included in your answer.
You should focus your research on the project and auditors reports rather than the more subjective media documentation.
APA referencing must be used, where relevant, with citations and a list of references for any sources used in this assessment.


“Bring Your Own Devices” (BYOD) present new possibilities and challenges for all organisations.
a) Explain the concept of BYOD and identify 3 advantages to an organisation arising from the use of BYOD.
b) what risks and concerns must be addressed in the development of an -acceptable use- policy for the use of BYOD within an organisation ?
APA referencing must be used, where relevant, with citations and a list of references for any sources referred to in this assessment.
Rationale
This assessment task is designed to enable you to demonstrate your ability to:
• understand and apply foundation principles relating to computerised information systems in contemporary organisations;
• analyse organisational processes for risk, and design appropriate control mechanism to mitigate identified risk;
• evaluate accounting information systems architecture and generate models of business events;
• identify organisational risks and generate systems that control that risk;
• analyse, synthesize and apply the concepts underpinning a systems planning development and implementation.
Marking criteria
Criteria: HD DI CR PS
Enter data into a computerised accounting information system and generate nominated reports. - Accurate data entry
- Correct setup and accounting classifications
- Appropriate coding and naming applied to all new accounts and items
- Follows all specifications - Accurate data entry
- Correct setup and accounting classifications
- Appropriate coding and naming applied to all new accounts and items - Mostly accurate data entry
- Mostly correct setup and accounting classifications
- Appropriate coding and naming applied to a majority of new accounts and items - Mostly accurate data entry
- Incorrect setup and accounting classifications
- Appropriate coding and naming applied to a majority of new accounts and items
Analyse and evaluate organisational profitability and provide appropriate recommendations - Relevant and detailed analysis of the profitability of the business, by business segment, using accounting ratios where applicable.
- Identification of 5 key recommendations and provision of explicit actions to improve profitability.
- Clarity and coherence of written expression in correct report format - Appropriate analysis of the profitability of the business, by business segment, using accounting ratios where applicable.
- Identification of 5 key recommendations and specific actions to improve profitability.
- Clarity and coherence of written expression in correct report format - Some appropriate analysis of the profitability of the business, using accounting ratios where applicable
- Identification of 5 relevant recommendations and appropriate actions to improve profitability.
- Correct report format used - Some analysis of business profitability, using accounting ratios where applicable.
- Identification of 3-4 relevant recommendations to improve profitability.
- Incomplete report format used
Analyse, synthesise and apply the concepts underpinning systems planning development and implementation. - Appropriate identification of 5 critical systems development issues and relevant recommendations to overcome these issues - Appropriate identification of 5 key systems development issues and relevant recommendations to overcome these issues - Appropriate identification of 5 systems development issues and relevant recommendations to overcome these issues - Appropriate identification of 3- 4 systems development issues and relevant recommendations to overcome these issues
Explain BYOD, outline advantages, benefits and risks facing organisations from the use of BYOD devices - Thorough explanation and discussion of BYOD, users, types and connection methods
- Comprehensive identification and evaluation of advantages, risks and concerns, relevant to an 'acceptable use' policy. - Discussion of BYOD, users, types and connection methods
- Identification and evaluation of advantages, risks and concerns relevant to an 'acceptable use' policy. - Some discussion of BYOD, users, types and connection methods
- Basic identification and evaluation of advantages, risks and concerns relevant to an 'acceptable use' policy. - Basic identification of BYOD, users, types and connection methods
- Basic identification of advantages, risks and concerns relevant to an 'acceptable use' policy.