Background Info - creating an IT system.

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Background Info - creating an IT system.

BACKGROUND INFO

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Sir Alex Ferguson is the manager of Manchester United Football club.

As in any football club transfers play a big part. Clubs usually

contact each other to enquire about the availability of certain

players and to request the transfer prices. Being Manchester United,

one of the best football clubs in the world, several calls are

received each day about players, since all the players are such high

quality. The way the system currently works is that all calls

regarding transfers are sent to Sir Alex, since all the players are

his and he has to deal with the transfer request, which involves him

having to contact the other clubs back with transfer prices and

answers about the availability of certain players.

PROBLEM

Sir Alex is tired of other clubs hassling him all the time to find out

about his players and feels he is wasting a lot of precious time

dealing with transfers. He is especially getting annoyed because a lot

of transfers are set up and then broken down. Sir Alex is looking for

a way for the managers of other clubs to find out about his players

without continually bothering him so he can concentrate more on things

like training and tactics so that Manchester United can try and have a

successful campaign. This is where I come into it. Sir Alex Ferguson

and the Manchester United board have hired me to come up with a new

more efficient system that would allow the managers of other clubs to

find out information about the availability of his players and the

transfer prices, which would allow them to make their own decisions

and then they can contact the club when they feel they are certain

they want a certain player. The end users are the managers of other

clubs.

POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS

So after discussions with the board and Sir Alex, I come up with a few

possible solutions:

Hiring new staff as representatives for the club, to talk to all the

other clubs: The way this would work is Sir Alex would make notes

about which players are available and give a transfer price for each

player. New staff would then be hired to operate the telephones and

would all possess a copy of these notes made by Sir Alex. When a club

then rang to enquire about certain players they would then use the

notes to inform the other club if the player they want is available

and give their transfer price. If a club is totally serious about

making a bud for the player the call will then be transferred to Sir

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