Conversion Strategies of ISa PDF

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Conversion strategies of information systems Direct Conversion – When a business decides to use a direct conversion strategy, Additionally, implementing due to the immediate departure of one system and the instant deployment of a new one. However, employing a direct conversion strategy

Phased Conversion – In an organization with multiple departments, With this approach, , thereby hedging the risks involved with a direct conversion strategy. For instance, a firm may first introduce a new information system to its Finance Department. Then, after a certain amount of time, the firm would introduce the new system to another department within the organization until eventually all departments became oriented with the new information system. This type of conversion strategy By implementing an information system Furthermore, the IT department may

Pilot Conversion Sometimes, organizations may decide to introduce a new system implementation via a pilot conversion strategy. Under this type of strategy, a However, unlike the phased conversion strategy, Once the system management may decide to of employing this type of strategy includes determining

One advantage Conversely, a

disadvantage to using this particular conversion strategy is

Parallel Conversion – Finally, an organization can choose to use a parallel conversion strategy. With this type of strategy, both comparing the results from both systems, the firm Organizations typically choose this conservative strategy because Another advantage for companies utilizing this conversion strategy is However, a primary disadvantage to incorporating this , particularly Moreover, this strategy i.e. double data entry, dual reports, etc.)....