A standard business depends on information technology for their continued existence. Information technology can provide a business with efficiency which assists a business to be highly successful. Recently, information systems have been recognized as a tool for obtaining a competitive advantage. Information technology is so crucial in a company's need to produce, manipulate, communicate, and distribute information. In today's aggressive IT world where the competition is intense, it can be valuable for any business such as the Bead Bar Company to follow the standard systems development life cycle (SDLC) to make information technology upgrades.
The Bead Bar is a unique company in which customers can make their own jewelry. Meredith S was the founder of the Bead Bar business in 1998 by opening the first bead bar studio in New Canaan, Connecticut. The studio is a unique place where customers craft jewelry such as bracelets and necklaces.
[...] The Bead Bar's printers are output devises because they transfer texts and images from a computer to paper. The input and output devises are important when building the computer systems for the Bead Bar. After the system is built it is ready for the stage of testing. The testing stage is the pre-rollout stage. This stage the computer specialist will make sure all equipment is set-up and connected properly before presenting the project to all employees. The testing stage requires the Bead Bar business to complete several test to ensure the accurateness of the system. [...]
[...] In developing a new database, a physical system model is valuable in identifying the database management system and computer hardware required to apply the logical design. The Bead bar purchased fifteen desktop computers, one handheld computer, and two notebook computers. A laptop is lightweight and contains 128-256 MB of Ram. The laptop has Plenty enough of RAM to access all work related materials. The executives who travel could access the company's programs and emails with their portable computer. The laptop computers are valuable in the design stage. [...]
[...] The main purpose of the systems project is to select and apply an Information system to accommodate the needs of the Bead Bar's customers and employees. The information systems project will include recommendations of a database model for the Bead Bar. Every step is important and may take a day or up to a week to finish effectively each one. The Bead Bars purpose of using systems development life cycle is to develop an efficient and accurate system which will promote the success of the company. [...]
[...] of the problems with the distributed database is that it will require all of the Bead Bar's computers to be connected through a telecommunications system and computer network” (Malaga p.120). This stage takes approximately one to two week to develop a well thought out design plan for the Bead Bar. Following the systems design is the development stage of the SDLC. The development stage consists of building and setting up all computers. In the development stage the process of programs can be challenging. [...]
APA Style reference
For your bibliographyOnline reading
with our online readerContent validated
by our reading committee
