1. INVENTORY ANALYZER FINAL PRESENTATION Lynette Jones Tamanna Patel Ann Van Dyne CIS 375 Fall 1999 12-13-99

2. What 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.

3. 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 installation

4. Inventory Analyzer Criterion (cont..) Complexity Documentation Maintainability Longevity # of changes over 36 months Cost of maintenance Cost of operations Business Value Business Critical

5. Inventory 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 SW

6. CONCLUSION Business critical Longevity Current Maintainability Candidate for Re- engineering