INFORMATION SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE DESIGN
Phase SD.0 Start up
Write the
specifications
for the system architecture study (
Specifications
File
)
Together with the people in charge,
precise how the study will be performed (
Project Plan
)
Startup the quality assurance procedure
(
Quality Plan
)
Decide to launch a system architecture
study
Inform all concerned people
Define the scope of the study:
the company or a more limited domain
Set the purposes of the
information system
The information system of the company must implement
its strategy; drawn the requirements to the information
system from the strategic options !
Look for a solution to the company key problems
(critical factors)
Fix the study circumstances
Why now ?
The answer to this question will often indicate the
urgent and critical factors in the way the current system
is running.
Fix the results expected from
the system architecture
in terms of functional purposes: applications to be
developed, ...
reports to be submitted, presentations
in terms of analysis precision (detail level)
Name the project manager
Name the project Steering
Committee
Fix the study methodology
products to be delivered
reports structure; table of contents
project steps, due dates
documents to be consulted,
workshops
procedures, documents, control
circuits.
Identify the required resources
technical infrastructure
human resources: people to be
interviewed, meetings
Quantify carefully the required availability
Name & book the required people; define their roles
and responsibilities; fix the workshops agenda
planning
budget.
Identify the risk factors (reduce
them whenever possible)
in terms of probability
in terms of importance or cost
Write and let validate the
Quality Plan
that is
applicable to the whole project
Define and customize the project
quality purposes
take care to define correctly the products to be
delivered, and to fix the conditions to perform the
reception of the system architecture study
identify the key factors influencing the quality.
Name the main people who will be
responsible of the quality assurance; define their
role
Quality manager
Project manager
Customer representative
Make sure that the adequate
procedures and realization methods will be applied,
and that they conform to the quality purposes.
Make sure that the adequate control
procedures will be applied. In particular:
fix the guide lines of how the
Acceptance File
must be written
fix the responsibilities for the
control points
Make sure that the resources
required by the project are available. In particular:
take care that the responsibilities of the different
people involved in the project have been clearly
defined.
Fix the points of review of or
Quality Audit of the project
Make the decision to launch the study
Give an agreement on the purposes, the
scope, the resources, the results allocated to or expected
from the study and the future system.
Give an agreement on the
Quality Plan
.
Present the study to all concerned
people
get motivation & inform
let know the
Quality Plan
by all
involved people; take care that all necessary
information is available.
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