Sdlc Approach to Modernization
Abstract This paper deals with a proposal that was submitted approximately a year ago to address Prudential New Jersey 's Martinsville office growing need of technology standardization. The proposal, which was accepted then implemented by two friends and me as a "moonlight" job, was to fully automate their agents ' data and communication processes through the use of computer equipment and peripherals. In doing so, we hoped to alleviate the agents ' dependence on physically being in the office thus allowing them greater operational flexibility. This process would also extend the reach of their current AgentOffice software application right into their clients ' home. By extending the reach of their current network, we would open up a whole new avenue of capabilities to their agents. No constraints were put in place at the beginning of the project by the Business Manager of Prudential New Jersey Realty, an old friend to all members of the design team, as he knew the only drawback was in not changing the way things were done then. Below, I will outlay in detail how the various phases of the Systems development Life Cycle (SDLC) were utilized to bring forth a final product.
Prudential Realty: A Systems Development Life Cycle Approach to Modernization
Initiation
In a discussion shared over a beer one night after a soccer match, a friend of mine named Rodger, who held the position of Business Manager for the Prudential Real Estate office in Martinsville, NJ, was bemoaning the fact that the way in which his agents worked was not in tune with the times. Each was working with their own setup and the only thing they had in common was the fact that they needed to come into the office to enter all their client information into an outdated system. As they say one thing lead to another and more or less as a favor, I along with two other friends with whom I had done some side work in the past, assisted Rodger in formulating a business plan to meet his and his
Prudential Realty: A Systems Development Life Cycle Approach to Modernization
Initiation
In a discussion shared over a beer one night after a soccer match, a friend of mine named Rodger, who held the position of Business Manager for the Prudential Real Estate office in Martinsville, NJ, was bemoaning the fact that the way in which his agents worked was not in tune with the times. Each was working with their own setup and the only thing they had in common was the fact that they needed to come into the office to enter all their client information into an outdated system. As they say one thing lead to another and more or less as a favor, I along with two other friends with whom I had done some side work in the past, assisted Rodger in formulating a business plan to meet his and his
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