Reference no: EM132737898

Covisint Technology (CT) is a medium-sized developer of electronic parts for the automotive industry. Over the past 5 years, CT has grown from a small operation in Ottawa, Ontario with less than 10 employees, to its current size of 1,000 employees located in 10 offices and manufacturing facilities across Canada. The owner of Covisint Technologies is Mr. Bart Simpson.

• CT was in desperate need of a new Accounting Information System (AIS). The old system was experiencing issues and there were growing concerns that the output from the system may not be reliable. CT had done some preliminary planning and analysis for the new system and discovered that some of their requirements were general ones that would be features and functionalities in most AIS, but they also had some very specific needs that may not be contained in an AIS that they could purchase. As an Accountant, Mr. Simpson has asked you to help guide him through the acquisition process for the new AIS.

• Mr. Simpson needs help in determining the acquisition process for the new AIS, but he is also concerned about the implementation process. In the past, CT had experienced many issues during the implementation of new systems, and he wants to be sure that this does not happen for the new AIS. CT did not have many employees who were familiar with the systems implementation process and in the past, many users avoided getting involved with any systems projects, and in some cases refused to use the systems once they were implemented.

Required

PROBLEM a. How you can help Mr. Simpson to guide him through the acquisition process for the new AIS?

PROBLEM b. What's need to be done to resolve the system implementation process.