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Chapter 10
Planning and Selecting
Information Systems
CHAPTER OUTLINE
• e Information Systems Steering Committee
• Setting Priorities
• Make or Buy?
• Selecting Soware
• Aer the Contract Is Signed
WHY THIS CHAPTER MATTERS
Every information system begins when someone thinks “We need a new information sys-
tem to do ________.” (Fill in the blank with your favorite idea.)
Such ideas arise from several drivers:
• Dissatisfaction with a current information system or business process
• Seeing or hearing about what other organizations, perhaps competitors, have done
• A merger or acquisition that changes the way an organization works
• Recognizi