Project Management for Repair-Made-Easy Inc.

Running head: PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Repair-Made-Easy (RME) Inc.
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author’s Note

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Task 1: Approaches to system development...................................................................................2
Task 2: System requirements...........................................................................................................3
Task 3: Project Cost/benefit analysis...............................................................................................5
Task 4: Project management and scheduling...................................................................................8
Task 5: System information investigation technique.....................................................................10
Reflection and conclusion..............................................................................................................11
Bibliography..................................................................................................................................13

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Introduction
The paper mainly focuses on “Repair-Made-Easy” which presently utilizes manual excel
spreadsheet for selling various spare parts and for giving better customer service. Undoubtedly, it
is analyzed that the organization experiences a lot of problems that are mainly linked with the
present manual system which is mainly supported by the spreadsheet. For handling the issues,
the higher authority of the organization recruited one software consultant so that the person can
be able to design as well as develop a new and effective information system. The main goal of
the organization is to replace the current manual system by implementing a new information
system for managing the operations. The project objectives mainly include:
 To implement a new information system for replacing the use of spreadsheet
 To make the system available to various stores by using internet
 To keep the information and data updated on the centralized database.
Task 1: Approaches to system development
It is identified that the organization “Repair-Made-Easy” utilizes manual system and as a
result the organization experiences a lot of challenges due to which they want to implement an
information system. With the design and development of a new information system, the
organization will be able to manage its operations and can be able to keep update of all the work
on the centralized database (Maheshwaran et al. 2017). The information that were kept secured
on the centralized database includes information about the suppliers, customers as well as
business. For designing and developing the information system, the organization utilizes Joint
application Development (JAD) that generally ask for the involvement of the client as well as
end user for successfully designing and developing the application successfully.

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The main reason behind the selection of joint application is that by utilizing this
particular approach, the IS can be delivered on time and it further helps in analyzing the
requirements effectively. In addition to this, it helps in providing better understanding about the
objectives of the project and generally assists in improving the quality of the project quite
effectively (Nupap et al. 2016). The approach of brining all the different decision makers as well
as customers into proper discussion for sharing various types of opinions which further helps in
determining as well as resolving the errors early within the development phase of the project.
This helps in maintaining the quality of the project and further assists in meeting the objectives
of the clients (Aziz et al. 2017). Furthermore, it is analyzed that the accelerated analysis of
various requirements as well as speedy and efficient delivery generally helps in saving the cost
of the organization quite efficiently. Due to close communication with the clients, the progress of
the project is faster and it further helps in encouraging the entire team to work as per the
schedule for delivering the work of the project on time.
Task 2: System requirements
Functional requirements
Business requirements It is found that the system must be developed
in such a way that all the stores of the
organization which are situated at different
places can be attacked with the help of the
system by using internet for meeting the
needs of the business (Eckhardt, Vogelsang
and Fernández 2016). In addition to this,
centralized database must be developed for