The Deployment Phase

An enrollment system is very important in a school or university since it is the said to be the foundation to be able for the students to enroll in the school they want: to learn and grow, and for the teachers and instructors to teach the students: to be a scheme for students' learning. As part of our next assignment, still related to the enrollment system or process of the University of Southeastern Philippines, we were given a scenario such that the dean Institute of Computing gave us a tasked to appraise the university's enrollment system. We were asked to list down and briefly discuss the possible characteristics that we, as an analyst, analyzes when selecting and determining deployment environment.

The Deployment Phase

The deployment phase is one of the phases that analyst must undergo in order to develop a new system, more stable and functional compared to the old one (if there is already an existing system.) The goal of the deployment phase is to determine the problem of the system and try to find solutions in many issues as possible in order to lessen the number of continual problems. Basically, a deployment environment dwells with the computer hardware and operating system that will support the program. It is consists of different programming languages, Computer-assisted Software Engineering (CASE) tools and other software used in developing a new application software. Deployment environment dwells primarily of Hardware, Networks, System software, Development software, as well as development methodology and tools.

As an analyst, the following points listed below are the characteristics that I need to consider in selecting or determining deployment environment:

Configuration of Computer Equipment, and Operating System

Basically, this talks about the things that is necessary to be sure of when the new application system is deployed. In order to have a good deployment system, the analyst must ensure the compatibility of the hardware and software with the computer's specification and operating system to improve system's performance and avoid long-term operation cost.

Correlation of System or Technical Requirements

This requirement deals with the location of the users, the fastness in terms of accessing and updating, transaction volume and security. These things have a huge impact on the performance of the system and environmental requirements.

External Systems Interfaces

When using external system interfaces, there must be a required software or hardware. The implementation of external system interfaces may reduce the time and cost of integrating other systems. To ensures correct integration of upgrades with external system, diminishing future errors in customization.

IT Strategic and Architectural Plans

In modernized world, organizations utilize information technology in storing data and resolving some issues. Information technology architecture and strategic plans are used by most of the organization nowadays in order to specify the hardware and software that they will use despite of the different variety of existing software and hardware. Basically, it limits the set of hardware and software a company will going to use. It is said that these plans are like a document where the organization's achievements and implementation of goals are presented. It aids in determining how changes in technology can be carried out within the overarching business goals.

Cost and Time

This characteristic of development environment defines how fast and how expensive is the system. The system analyst must be sensitive on what the strategic and architectural plans contain so that he could ensure that the environment choices in that plan with the existing systems can be acquired, configured and supported easily, in a less expensive and fast mechanism.

Based on the listed characteristic above, the analyst must specify an application deployment environment that is flexible to acquire those stated requirements, acceptable with the IT plans of the university, and can be configured and obtained with the presented budget and time.