Accession Number:

AD0672838

Title:

THE ROLE OF THE PERIOD OF TRANSITION IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

ARMY LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT CENTER FORT LEE VA

Personal Author(s):

• Gleason, Edward M.

Report Date:

1968-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

67.0

Abstract:

The report considers the process of transition in the implementation of a new information system involving the period when responsibility for the new system is transferred from the design to the operating organization. Methods of parallel operation, pilot operation and direct conversion are discussed, along with the techniques by which the tasks of equipment installation, personnel training, file conversion, system monitoring and system modification are handled under each method. Experience obtained under Project SPEED, a project under a standard information processing system was implemented at a number of U.S. Army Depots, is used to develop a set of precepts that should serve to facilitate the transition process.

Descriptors:

• *DATA PROCESSING
• MILITARY FACILITIES
• OPTIMIZATION
• PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
• COMPUTERS
• TEST METHODS
• TIME
• INSTALLATION
• INFORMATION RETRIEVAL
• INPUT OUTPUT DEVICES
• MILITARY TRAINING
• MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS

Subject Categories:

• Computer Hardware

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE