Chapter 7, Problem 7.1UYK

Explanation of Solution

Levels of scope:

The three levels of scope are:

• Workgroup
• Enterprise
• Inter-enterprise

Workgroup processes:

Workgroup processes achieve goals of a particular department by implementing groupwork.

Example: Professors’ time table manager, subject manager, workload manager.

Enterprise processes:

Enterprise processes provide the organization to sustain longer and also it supports the activities performed in various departments.

Example: Students’ events manager.

Inter-enterprise processes:

Inter-enterprise processes provide two or more independent organization to sustain longer and also it supports the activities performed in various departments.

Example: Symposium manager

The three departmental information systems that share common data are: financial department, library department, and Administrator department. These all departments share common data like student’s name, age, department, enroll ID, etc.

Characteristics:

Scope	Examples	Characteristics
Workgroup information system	Timetable manager, subject manager and workload manager for the professors.	It contains 10 to 100 users. It is used by professors from the university.
Enterprise information system	Events manager for students	It contains 100 to 1000 users. It is used by students as well as professors.
Inter-enterprise information system	Symposium manager	It contains more than 1000 users. It is used by several universities.