Standard Development Life Cycle
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Is the project even feasible to do?  Is it cost justified?  Can the project be finished in time?  Is
there a return on the investment?  Will you get more savings in return than the cost of
designing and developing the process?  All these questions need to be answered.

In the feasibility phase you need to identify your resources for the tasks to come.  At the same
time you need to check any competing projects that will interfere with the resources you
need.  

For example, if the accounting department is your primary resources for input and those
individuals have been assigned to some other task, it could very well interfere with the time
line of the project.  It may not even be feasible to start the project.

You will also need to do an "AS IS" study.   What is the design you are going to mimic?  Are all
the processes defined.   

For each Process you will need

      Purpose
      Department Affected
      Policy
      Definitions
      Responsibilities
      Procedures
  

Finally you will need to:

      Form Team
      Generalize current system flow (AS IS)
      Evaluate current running cost
      Evaluate resources
      Evaluate cost of all NEW Resources
              (Hardware, Software, Business Users, Developers,Training, Travel)
      High level cost of  each Process to design

After all the tasks above are complete

For each AS IS Process that was defined, you will need to identify with the new system how
they will be handled or how it will be replaced.

All the As Is processes will be the Basis of the
Analysis Phase.  Each task will either be
redesigned or if able carried forward.

Benefits of the Feasibility Phase.
  • Knowledge of what will need to be replaced(AS IS)
  • Upfront valuation of the project
  • Knowledge of competing projects
  • Knowledge of core project team
Feasibility Phase
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