From your perspective as an outsider, Club IT seems successful to you. The club is busy in the evenings, the people are eating, drinking, and having funâ€â€Âthe staff is congenial and hard-working. Although, on the financial side, Lisa and Ruben would prefer to see the business earn more profits and possibly open a second Club IT.
Ruben would like to proceed by implementing an inventory system that communicates directly with the supply chain: vendors, distributors, and shippers. Ruben believes that the most difficult part of this project is at the beginningâ€â€Âidentifying the requirements of an inventory system that meets the needs of the business.
Lisa is considering a wireless order-taking system, and she has asked you to do a cost analysis of acquiring it. Consider the following information in your analysis:
• The acquisition cost is $35,000 paid at the time of installation.
• It reduces the wait staff by one person: Figure $10 per hour, or 2020 hours per year + 18% benefits.
• Money costs are 7%
• The system may become obsolete in three years.
Prepare a 4- to 7-slide PowerPoint® presentation addressing the following:
a. Identify the ROI and NPV of the wireless order-taking system. Discuss some of the intangibles Lisa needs to consider and make a recommendation as to whether Lisa should order such a system.
b. Research some executive dashboard products, identify information that Lisa and Ruben would likely find useful presented in a dashboard, and how they would use the information. Make recommendations as to which product you would recommend for Club IT.
c. Chose one of the technology project development methodologies described in the readings and explain how you would go about the systems analysis effort. Identify what information is needed for whom, when, and in what format. Additionally, consider what major stakeholders you would interview, and how you would proceed to gather information to make an informed decision.
d. Provide a description of how you envision this project would proceed through the systems development lifecycleâ€â€Âwhat would happen in each phase?
e. Be sure to include slide with the reference list at the end of the presentation