Cost Justifying An Automated Change Control System

Abstract

Although most MIS departments use manual procedures to make changes to existing systems and applications, these procedures often cost the organization significant staff time and money. Although other MIS departments use their own automated methods for tracking these changes, these methods are no better because they are often not implemented throughout the organization's information systems, and, as a result, their effectiveness is limited. This column discusses the economic advantages of implementing an automated change control system.