W7_ISHAQ_Software_Selection
Problem Definition
As part of the IT department duties
within the Spot Market Division is to develop some in-house applications that
provide services related to the IT management and public website. We are in the
process of choosing the development environment solution that is
productive, increases the team efficiency.
Development of Feasible Alternatives
There are three feasible alternatives for the software
development tool:
- Visual Studio - Microsoft
- AWS Cloud9 – Amazon
- Eclipse PHP Developer Tools
Development of the Outcome for Alternatives
The following attributes are considered to
check which alternative is more suitable for this problem
- Customer Support
- Value for Money
- Features & Functionality
- In-house hosted
- Cloud hosted
Analysis and Comparison of the Alternatives
I will do
the analysis using three non-compensatory approaches which are:
Before applying the Lexicography method, a use of the disjunctive reasoning technique is a prerequisite where the above attributes are ranked as shown in the below table.
- Dominance
- Disjunctive Reasoning
- Lexicography
Before applying the Lexicography method, a use of the disjunctive reasoning technique is a prerequisite where the above attributes are ranked as shown in the below table.
Table 1. Disjunctive
reasoning
Based on the analysis, the ranking is Features
and Functionality > Customer Support > Value for Money > in-house
hosted > cloud hosted.
- Lexicography Method
Using the
ordinal ranking above, the orders of the feasible alternatives is as shown in
Table 2
Table 2. Lexicography
Results
- Dominance Technique
Table 3. Dominance
Results
Selection of the Preferred
Alternative.
Using
the 3 non-compensatory techniques, the preferred development solution is AWS
Cloud9 from Amazon.
Performance Monitoring and the Post Evaluation
of Result.
IT technologies change very rapidly and being up-to
date with the latest features and security parameters is essential to make sure
that we are not behind the others and our software’s are not obsolete.
References
- Amazon launches browser based IDE AWS Cloud9 [Video file]. (2017, November 30). Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYzwEcbME5k
- Intro to Cost-Benefit Analysis [Video file]. (2014, May 15). Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tdKkeNClPE
- GUILD OF PROJECT CONTROLS COMPENDIUM and REFERENCE (CaR) | Project Controls - planning, scheduling, cost management and forensic analysis (Planning Planet). (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.planningplanet.com/guild/gpccar/managing-change-the-owners-perspective
Nice work, Ishaq!!! Keep up the good work..... Now that your paper is complete you need to switch your focus to the questions in Rita's book....
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