Management Information System
A company is facing problems to provide quality of services to the customer due to inefficient and ineffective manual business operations. Therefore, the company is reducing the customer’s satisfaction level as well as the profit margin.
Project Overview
In order to increase the customer’s satisfaction level as well as enhance the business, the company decided to implement a Management Information System (MIS). The MIS is expected to resolve the existing problems of the company as well as support the management to take informed decisions and developing strategies and policies. One of the objectives of the deployment of the MIS is to provide an automated environment in a way that the company can provide quality services in an efficient and effective manner. The ultimate goal of the MIS implementation is to reduce the operating cost of the company, while raise in revenue (O'Brien & Marakas, 2009).
Key Milestones
There are six (6) major milestones of the project include, the development of project charter, project plan, risk management plan, communication plan, procurement of hardware and software, MIS Design and Deployment.
Budgetary Statement
As per the initial cost analysis of the project, it is identified that the project would be completed in $250,000.
Benefits
Key Stakeholders
The following are the project key stakeholders:
- Higher Management of the Company
- Employees using the MIS
- Vendors
- Project Team
- Project Manager
- MIS Manager
- Database Developer
- Requirement Engineer
- Procurement Engineer
Critical Path
The above-given Gantt chart presents the critical path of the MIS implementation project. From the above diagram, the activities in red color present the critical path of the project. If one of the critical activities of the above-given project delays, the duration of the whole project delays.
References
Laudon, K. C. & Laudon, J. P. 2013. Management Information Systems: New Approaches to Organization and Technology – 12th Edition. Prentice Hall College Div
O'Brien, J. & Marakas, G. 2009. Introduction to Information Systems - 15th edition. McGraw-Hill Irwin
