Shaping the future: business design through information technology
Shaping the future: business design through information technology
Managing Information Systems for Profit
Managing Information Systems for Profit
A strategy for evaluating alternative information system designs for business process reengineering
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
The practice of IS/IT benefits management in large Australian organizations
Information and Management
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
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Evaluation of investments in information technology is quite a difficult task, difficulties being both conceptual and functional. The fact that the investment's performance is very much dependent on the way a certain information technology project is implemented renders the evaluation procedure even more difficult. In this paper we propose a certain methodology for evaluating investments in information technology, placing special emphasis on investments in telecommunications infrastructure. In the first place, assessment of the alternative implementations/design solutions is conducted and selection of the one best satisfying user and system requirements is selected. At a second level, the selected alternative is compared with the present situation so that the expediency and feasibility of assuming the investment is determined. Evaluation is based on both economical and technical criteria.