Glidex Sdn. Bhd. has recently launched its new products. In view of the sales that have been very encouraging since then, Mr. Thomas Tham, the Sales Director of Glidex, has decided to computerize the sales and inventory system. The software organization that you work with has successfully bid for the above mentioned project. You, as one of the project managers in your software organization, have been appointed to lead this project. During the initial requirement study exercise, your team noticed that the staff members of the Sales Department of Glidex are all very supportive of this upcoming project. They are able to explain their requirements very clearly in the recent interview sessions. Furthermore, most of them have highlighted to you that they hope the new system should have a very low learning time. The top management of Glidex wants the new system, which will include an online order and payment feature, to be available before end of this year. They believe that this online feature will boost their sales during the New Year festive season. Hence, the project team will only have about three months to work on this project. Explain the strategies involve for integration. It is effective to implement top-down integration? Please give justification. It is bottom-up integration is most beneficial? Please give justification.
Glidex Sdn. Bhd. has recently launched its new products. In view of the sales that have been very encouraging since then, Mr. Thomas Tham, the Sales Director of Glidex, has decided to computerize the sales and inventory system.
The software organization that you work with has successfully bid for the above mentioned project. You, as one of the project managers in your software organization, have been appointed to lead this project. During the initial requirement study exercise, your team noticed that the staff members of the Sales Department of Glidex are all very supportive of this upcoming project. They are able to explain their requirements very clearly in the recent interview sessions. Furthermore, most of them have highlighted to you that they hope the new system should have a very low learning time.
The top management of Glidex wants the new system, which will include an online order and payment feature, to be available before end of this year. They believe that this online feature will boost their sales during the New Year festive season. Hence, the project team will only have about three months to work on this project.
Explain the strategies involve for integration.
It is effective to implement top-down integration? Please give justification.
It is bottom-up integration is most beneficial? Please give justification.
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