EBK ESSENTIALS OF SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND
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Chapter 4, Problem 8RQ
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Types of benefits from an Information Systems (IS) project:
The two different types of benefits from an IS project is as follows:
- Tangible benefits
- Tangible benefits are those benefits that can be touched with hand.
- The two tangible benefits are increased sales and the accounts at the receivable ends.
- For example, revenue or increased sales comes under tangible costs.
- Cost saving is also an example of tangible benefits.
- The tangible benefits that an organization might obtain from an
Information System (IS) project are as follows:- Reduction and avoidance of cost
- Cost reduction and cost avoidance are two types of cost savings method for the project.
- It is very hard to save costs by using cost reduction method and very easy to save costs by using cost avoidance method.
- Error reduction
- Most effective and efficient outcomes of the project are obtained by reducing the errors in the project.
- Increased flexibility
- It results in effective profits for the project.
- Increase in activity speed
- The user can finish the project without any delay in the estimated time if the task speed in the project is increased.
- Management planning and control improvement
- Improvement of management planning will help in managing the tasks in proper way.
- Reduction and avoidance of cost
- Intangible benefits
- Intangible benefits are the business values that add considerable business values to the organization, but they cannot be measured or expressed in terms of quantities.
- The new system allowed the customers to view more products at a time, and the payment methods were made easy...
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