1. Application Life Cycle
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Application Life Cycle

2. Application Life Cycle
Agenda
Technology Management Process
Technology Life Cycle
Application Life Cycle
Application Life Cycle

3. Technology Management Process
Plan
Develop the technology plan
Research
Find out what is needed, forecast technologies, assess technology menu
Procure or
Develop
Find out what is available, developing acquisition and finance strategies
Improve
Monitor use, develop improvement strategies, adhere to technology plan
Control
Commercialize, transfer, plan for obsolescence, train, manage culture clash
Dispose
Scrap, reinvoke management cycle
Application Life Cycle

4. Application Life Cycle: Developer View
Mature Technology
System Audit; Maintenance; System Study
Market penetration, Use, Acceptance, Volume, etc.
Application Growth
Development
Application Installation
Turnover
Time
Application Life Cycle

5. Application Life Cycle: User View
Integrated Process
Event
Usefulness; Usability; Attraction; Excitement.
Substitution and Obsolescence
Application Learning
User Modeling
Application Launch
Time
Application Life Cycle

6. Application Life Cycle: System View
Routine Activity
Sophistica-tion and variety of use; routinization.
Improvement, corrections, termination
Increasing Complexity of Use
Component Creation
Live Action
Replace- ment
Time
Application Life Cycle

7. Financial View of Application
Net Value
Use Rate
Are all internally developed systems “loss leaders”?
Break-even
Time
Application Life Cycle