INVENTORY ANALYZER FINAL PRESENTATIONWhat is an Inventory Analyzer ?Inventory Analysis CriterionInventory Analyzer Criterion (cont..)Inventory Analyzer FunctionalityCONCLUSIONINVENTORY ANALYZERFINAL PRESENTATIONLynette JonesTamanna PatelAnn Van DyneCIS 375 Fall 199912-13-99What is an Inventory Analyzer ?TEAM’S DEFINITION•An inventory analyzer is a database tool used to maintain a company’s internal application usage.PRESSMAN’S DEFINITION•An inventory analyzer is a spreadsheet model of every application utilizes by a software organization.•Ideally there is no difference between the two definitions.Inventory Analysis Criterion•Name of application•Year it was originally created•# of modifications•Efforts for modifications•Last date of Mod•Efforts for last Mod•System (resides on)•Application (interfaces)•Database accessed•Errors reported•# of users•# of machine installationInventory Analyzer Criterion (cont..)•Complexity •Documentation•Maintainability•Longevity•# of changes over 36 months•Cost of maintenance•Cost of operations•Business Value•Business CriticalInventory Analyzer Functionality•Check for Re-engineering–based of pressman’s criterion•Edit Software application–add, update, view, delete SW•Reports•Help–Tutorial of IA functions•Exit–close out SWCONCLUSION•Business critical•Longevity•Current Maintainability•Candidate for
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