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This document is an examination paper for the MSc Project Management program at the University of Mauritius, focusing on Management Information Systems. It includes instructions for candidates, the exam date, duration, and a total of six questions covering various topics such as IS expenditure, IT management, outsourcing, disaster planning, Executive Information Systems, and project management failures. Candidates are required to answer any four of the questions provided.

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Cse6005 2009 1

This document is an examination paper for the MSc Project Management program at the University of Mauritius, focusing on Management Information Systems. It includes instructions for candidates, the exam date, duration, and a total of six questions covering various topics such as IS expenditure, IT management, outsourcing, disaster planning, Executive Information Systems, and project management failures. Candidates are required to answer any four of the questions provided.

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UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2009

PROGRAMME MSc Project Management

MODULE NAME Management Information Systems

DATE Monday MODULE CODE CSE 6005


7 December 2009

TIME 9.30 – 12.30 hrs DURATION 3 Hours

NO. OF 6 NO. OF QUESTIONS 4


QUESTIONS SET TO BE ATTEMPTED

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

Answer any FOUR (4) questions.


MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS - CSE 6009

Answer any FOUR (4) questions.

Question 1

a) Nolan and Gibson generalized IS model of expenditure: IS expenditure


rises over time within a business.

i) Can you explain the six stages of this IS expenditure? [8 Marks]

ii) What are the IS Benefits that can be achieved and how do they help
in making the Investment decision? [7 Marks]

b) How can Porter’s five forces help your business achieve competitive
advantage [10 Marks]

Question 2

a) You have recently been appointed the IT Manager of a large commercial


organization. The systems use a variety of PC computers platforms and
also several local applications with different versions being operated and
which are not interconnected to each other.

You need to prepare a plan on

(i) how you are going to reduce total cost and


(ii) how to connect the systems into a common networking platform,
using the waterfall model.
[20 Marks]

b) Discuss how the implementation of such a system might improve the


efficiency and reliability of the organization. [5 Marks]

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MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS - CSE 6009

Question 3

a) Your company is currently facing financial crisis and the management has
decided to embark only on core business and to outsource non core
business. One of the outsourced entities is Information Technology.

You have been asked to make a report on what are the disadvantages of
outsourcing and what are the issues of the outsourcing decision if
implemented for the IS Department.
[15 Marks]

b) Management has decided not to outsource but to have an in house


development of the required financial application.

What are the software quality factors and testing attributes you would be
looking at for the financial software? [10 Marks]

Question 4

a) Your CEO is convinced by your contingency plan and has asked you to
prepare a framework for a Disaster plan in respect of the management
information system.

Prepare a report to the CEO to explain about the contents in the


framework.
[10 Marks]

b) Discuss the importance of an IS Security policy? [5 Marks]

c) Risk is the likelihood that something bad will happen causing harm to
information asset (or the loss of the asset).

Can you explain the risk Management process? [5 Marks]

d) What are the cores Principles for Information Security? [5 Marks]

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MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS - CSE 6009

Question 5

a) Executive Information Systems (EIS) are a type of decision support system


especially designed for high-ranking managers, to provide them with the
most essential information for running the organization.

What are the effective features that the EIS should have to be able to
support managers for decision making? [10 Marks]

b) Critical Success Factors is an approach for connecting MIS plans with


corporate Plans.

What are the benefits and limitations of a Critical Success Factors?


[10 Marks]

c) Why should Managers be familiar with Decision Support System?


[5 Marks]

Question 6

a) As a newly recruited IS Manager, Management wants you to explain what


are the re-engineering approaches that you will use for changing the Sales
application which is no longer delivering the required outcome to the
business and also explain the motives for embarking in Business Process
Re-engineering. [15 Marks]

b) The Project team, the suppliers, the customers and the stakeholders can all
provide a source of failure, but the most common reasons for project
failure are rooted in the project Management process itself and the
alignment of IT with organizational cultures. (Tilmann and Weinberger
2004)

Can you elaborate on the primary causes for the failure of IT projects?
[10 Marks]

END OF QUESTION PAPER


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