For the situation you chose in Exercise 6, either buying a network of PCs for a department at your workplace or outfitting a laboratory of PCs for students at a university, conduct a multicriteria analysis that contrasts at least three alternative configurations with at least three different requirements and three different constraint criteria.

Table 5.4 Possible Information Systems Costs Types of Costs Examples Procurement . Consulting fees Equipment purchase or lease Equipment installation costs Site preparation and modifications . Cost of capital Management and staff time Project-related Application software Software modifications to fit local systems Personnel, overhead, etc., for doud development Training users in application use Collecting and analyzing data Preparing documentation - Managing development Start-up Operating system software - Networking equipment installation Start-up personnel Personnel searches and hiring activities Disruption to the rest of the organization API purchases Operating System maintenance (hardware, software, and facilities) - Rental of space and equipment Cloud rental - Management, operation, and planning personnel Adapted from: King and Schroms (1978). Tangible cost A cost that can be quantified with relative certainty. Intangible cost A cost that cannot be easily quantified with relative certainty