System Acquisition Checklist

The Checklist has beeb collapsed to save space.

 

Business Strategic Needs

Statutory

                        Must never miss

Regulatory

                        Must never miss

Business Drivers

                        On time

                        Cost

Operational Business Needs

What is the size of the organisation?

What is the cost?

Breakdown of cost

Short term Drivers               Immediate targets

What are the pressures to do something NOW?

Functions Performed

            Who are the customers?

Functions Desired

Interfaces

Benefits Sought 

                        Competitive Edge

                        Profit

                        Social

Longer-term targets

Current Operational IT

IT Standards           

            Hardware

            OS

            Database

            Language

Future IT Strategy

Interfaces again

Roll-out Plan

Systems Acquisition

Benchmark

Business Unit Sequence

IT Upgrades

Hardware Capacity

Model Office/Pilot

Training

Testing

Acceptance