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Analysis
Methodology
1. Create Initial Needs Definition.
2. Print and Verify Needs Definition.
3. Run Initial Analysis.
4. Modify Needs Definition if Required (Modifiable Edition only).
5. Revise Needs Definition if Required.
6. Print and Examine Ranking Reports.
7. Create Semi-final Product Grouping.
8. Reprint Basic Ranking Reports.
9. Identify Specific Strengths and Weaknesses.
10. Prepare for Final Analysis.
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The
Methodology
Although the analysis program is the central point
of The Accounting Library, its real power is released only after
you have completed several critical prerequisite steps.
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First, you must understand what your organization
needs to do well in order to succeed.
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Second, you must translate this definition of
success into its individual components (strategy, organizational
structure, business processes, personnel management philosophy,
and finally the role your information system will play.
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Third, you must construct a detailed needs definition
which reflects the objectives you have set for your information
system.
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Finally, you can utilize The Accounting Library
to identify and analyze those products which seem to meet the
requirements set forth for your information system.
The analysis program has not been designed to make any form of
decision, but to generate information that might be of interest as
you consider various competing products. Let's review for a moment
what the analysis program will do for you.
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Facilitates the creation of an accurate and detailed
needs definition.
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Identifies specific products which appear to come
closest to meeting your unique requirements.
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Identifies relative strengths and weaknesses
of specific applications and subsections of each product under
consideration.
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Identifies specific functional strengths and weaknesses
of each product.
The Objective to the analysis program is to identify which
products appear to meet an organization's functional accounting and
operational requirements, and to present information to users that
might form the basis for more detailed questions when each product
is being analyzed individually.
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