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November 2004 General Meeting
Date:   Wednesday, December 1, 2004
Time:  7:00 pm
Location:  North York Public Library, Room 1/2, see map for details
Topics:   Business Requirements and Integrated Information Technology Solution
Speaker:   M. Jason Uppal, P.Eng. of QR Systems Inc.,

Background:

QR Systems Inc. is a Business Solutions Company located in Toronto, Ontario with Global Resourcing Capability in software solutions delivery arena. As well we have strategic alliances with several technology and business solution vendors. (www.quickresponse.ca)

Benefits

In this presentation, I will address chronic organization challenges such as why majority of IT projects fail to meet operational management information needs that enable business to achieve intended ROI from their information technology investments.

Topics Covered

  • Planned Business Outcomes and Success Factors for IT Initiatives
  • Required Business and Information Technology Conditions
  • Business Requirements that can be translated into
    • Information Technology Requirements
    • Requirements for On-Line Transaction Processing System
    • Requirements for Analytics and Operations Reports
  • Change Management Requirements
  • Project Team Requirements
  • Education and Training Requirements
  • Post Implementation Management Requirements including service level agreements, vendor management etc.
  • Discuss Information Technology Solution Options
    • Buy and Implement an off-the-shelf solution
    • Custom Build
    • Buy and Extend

For each option above we will discuss, Total Cost of Ownership, Business Value, Organizational Impact, Change Management and Continuous Improvement. At the end of this presentation, you will have better appreciation and awareness of why IT projects fail to meet customer expectations and specifically what could be done different in the future projects.

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