Business Systems Development II
BSA/400
Design Enterprise-Level Business System Paper 1.0 Design methods for developing an enterprise-level information system There are many things that have to happen correctly in the design phase in order for an enterprise-level business system to be effective. In order for the system to be effective, it should align with strategy, reduce costs, improve productivity, promote timely execution, enable better decision making, leverage emerging technologies, ensure acceptable levels of control and risk management, optimize the skills and capabilities of the organization, and promote collaboration across the extended enterprise. (The …show more content…
I think that it would be hard for a vendor to balance the needs of the other business with the needs of their business. If a company makes square pegs, it may spend a lot more time looking for square holes to put them in. Once a working idea of how a business operates is completed, an enterprise resource planning vendor is a necessary partner in continuing the process. Many businesses try to make the mistake of having a vendor spend a great deal of time and effort customizing their software to work around their business processes. This is a huge mistake. A vendor should be very, very familiar with the sector of business they work in. Their entire software philosophy should be built around finding the most logical and efficient way of completing a particular task. In contrast, many businesses have a patchwork of processes and procedures that have grown with the size of the business. A solid partner with a level of trust and mutual understanding is probably one of the best tools or assets that a company can have in its arsenal when it comes to implementing enterprise wide systems. 4.0 Functionally requirements allocated to human interface design. Training and integration of an enterprise resource planning solution is critical to its success. Human interface design can improve the chances of successful training and implementation drastically. All of this has to do with cognitive load theory. “Cognitive Load Theory (CLT) is an