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Feasibility Study - Report  Checklist

The Feasibility Study Report Checklist gives you a structure for your report and ensures that you cover all the issues.  The report should clearly address the key questions:

Can we resolve the challenge? If so, how?
Are there other ways of resolving the challenge?  If so, what are they?
For each solution, how much & how long?
For each solution, what are the benefits?
For each solution, what are the impacts on the organisation?
What is the preferred solution?

THE CHECKLIST

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Purpose:

To define business problem, consider potential technical solutions and resources required, identify costs and determine the best approach to resolve the problem
Authors:

 

 Business Manager -

Analyst - 
Contents: The problem - defined in terms of:
 - functionality
______
 - business performance
______
 - data
______
 - reporting
______
 - statutory obligation
______
Possible solutions - defined in terms of:
 - customised or packaged ______
 - in-house developed or 3rd party ______
 - stand-alone or integrated ______
 - development tools ______
 - programming languages ______
 - database environment ______
 - technical complexity ______
 - operating and networking systems ______
Resources: Resources required to delivery a solution - defined in terms of:
 - in-house IT staff ______
 - in-house user staff ______
- subcontractors ______
- suppliers staff ______
 -equipment outages ______
 -test equipment ______
 -additional equipment ______
Impact on Other systems - defined in terms of:
 - validation interfaces ______
 - shared data and data flows ______
 - network performance ______
 - batch or real-time linkages ______
 - risks ______
Potential Suppliers

 
Potential Costs - defined in terms of:
 - hardware ______
 - software ______
 - customisation ______
 - training ______
 - implementation ______
 - delivery and installation ______
 - first three years maintenance ______
Number of people affected  ______
Probable delivery time  ______
Preferred Solution:  
Date:                                                                  

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