You are appointed as CIO for a well-known hospital. The medical staff of the oncology ward would like to build an expert system for diagnosis. Your preliminary review shows that the financial investment would be great. You have the options to use either System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) or enduser system development or prototyping approach to build this system. State the choice of your approach and cite the reasons behind your choice.

You are appointed as CIO for a well-known hospital. The medical staff of the oncology ward would like to build an expert system for diagnosis. Your preliminary review shows that the financial investment would be great. You have the options to use either System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) or enduser system development or prototyping approach to build this system. State the choice of your approach and cite the reasons behind your choice.

MIS

9th Edition

ISBN:9781337681919

Author:BIDGOLI

Publisher:BIDGOLI

Chapter10: Building Successful Information Systems

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 4P

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