ICT Info3 Checklist

Systems

• Payroll - administration of wages and salaries
• Human Resources - management of people who work for the organisation
• Accounting - financial operations
• Back Office - internal operations, not visible to public
• Transaction Processing - day-to-day activities at operational level
• Workflow Management - helps analyse processes 
• Document Management - electronic archive of paper documents
• Collaborative Working - involves version control and team projects
• Management Information - processes data to help managers with decisions
• Decision Support - refined MIS
• Enterprise - serve whole company
• Customer Relationship Management - stores info on customers 
• E-Commerce - supports buying and selling over the world wide web

Factors Influencing Strategy

• Business Goals
• Finance
• Legislation
• Legacy Systems
• Geographical Factors
• Management of assets over time

Influencing Factors of Corporate ICT Strategies

• Keeping Pace With Developments
• Information Management
• People

Standards

• Communications Protocol
• File Transfer Protocol
• Open Systems Interconnection
• Electronic Data Interchange
• SMTP and POP3
• IP Address
• HTTP(S)

Policies

• Security
  • Network Security
  • Use of Laptops
  • Backup and Recovery
  • Change Control and Monitoring
  • Data Transfer
• Training
• Acceptable Use
• Procurement

Legislation

• Data Protection Act
• Freedom of Information Act
• Health and Safety at Work Act
• Copyright, Designs and Patents Act
• Computer Misuse Act

Systems Development Life Cycle

• Analysis
• Design
• Construction
• Testing
• Implementation
• Review and Maintenance

Maintenance

• Adaptive
• Corrective
• Perfective

Factors Influencing Development…