(Solved by Humans)-Personal Trainer, Inc. owns and operates fitness centers in a

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Personal Trainer, Inc. owns and operates fitness centers in a dozen Midwestern cities. The centers?have done well, and the company is planning an international expansion by opening a new "supercenter" in the Toronto area. Personal Trainer's president, Cassia Umi, hired an IT consultant,?Susan Park, to help develop an information system for the new facility. During the project, Susan?will work closely with Gray Lewis, who will manage the new operation. Background

During data and process modeling, Susan Park developed a logical model of the proposed system.?She drew an entity-relationship diagram and constructed a set of leveled and balanced DFDs.?Now Susan is ready to consider various development strategies for the new system. She will investigate?traditional and Web-based approaches and weigh the pros and cons of in-house development versus other alternatives. Before you begin, you should review the background information

and facts contained in Chapters 2, 4, and 5 of the case study.

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3. Based on the suggestions in Part A of the Systems Analyst's Toolkit, what visual aids should

Susan use during her presentation?

4. Susan wants to prepare a presentation that will calculate the total cost of ownership for the

system. What financial analysis tools are available to her, and what are the advantages (and

possible disadvantages) of each tool?