Analyze Hr System – Final
...19, 2007
Analyze HR System 2
Analyze HR System – Section One
Riordan Manufacturing is a global plastics manufacturing company with operations in the United States and China and employing 550 people. The tracking of employee information is currently done by different systems and procedures throughout the organization which are lacking automation and consolidation. To remain competitive in business and retain employee satisfaction, it becomes necessary to update the systems to be more effective. The company would like to take advantage of technology to create a single information systems application in the Human Resources (HR) Department. With the implementation of information systems technology, Riordan can integrate existing separate human resources processes to consolidate information into a single application and increase efficiency.
To analyze the existing HR system and create a project plan to update the system, it is best to utilize a system development life cycle (SDLC) technique. Following SDLC will provide a structured, organized approach to system development. This allows the analyst to cover the five primary phases of system development, which includes project planning, analysis, design, implementation, and support (Satzinger, Jackson, & Burd, 2004). The project planning phase includes defining the scope of the project and the feasibility of the project. This phase will be followed by an overlapping series of analysis, design, and implementation phases, which will occur in multiple iterations to create an incremental system deployment.
Project Planning
The scope of Riordan Manufacturing’s new HR system will include maintaining employee personnel records from the current system and integrating the various human resource related Microsoft Excel worksheets managed by department managers and various other company personnel. Consolidating the separate...
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