Innovative strategies for acquiring IT applications among selected companies in Metro Manila, Philippines and its benefits

• Main Author: Ong, Harvey T.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2012
• Subjects: Technological innovations—Philippines—Metro Manila; Information technology—Philippines—Metro Manila; Technology and Innovation
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/8860
• Institution: De La Salle University

System development life cycle (SDLC) is the systems development and improvement that organizations are used for IT projects. After the company successfully justified an IT investment, it must then decide how to pursue it. Companies have several options for acquiring IT applications, some of their strategies are buying applications, leasing them, using open-source software, using software-as-a-service, developing them in-house, or outsourcing them, and other innovative organization’s strategies in acquiring IT applications. The objective of the study is to identify and describe the innovative organization’s strategies adopted by selected top corporations in Metro Manila, Philippines in acquiring IT applications. The study likewise aims to look into perceived benefits considered by these companies in their decision to implement the strategies. The research design used was descriptive. Data gathered (survey and interview results) from the respondent companies were used to discuss the innovative strategies in acquiring IT applications and benefits which were perceived by 58 companies in Metro Manila, namely in the following sectors: service; manufacturing; and merchandising corporations. Based on the surveyed and interviewed, the proponent found out that there are 54 company respondents (or 93.10%) mentioned that they bought the IT applications or off-the-shelf approach. While 26 companies (or 44.83%) stated that they lease the IT applications. On the other hand, 30 company respondents (or 51.72%) mentioned they used Open Source, 24 companies (or 41.38%) used software-as-a-service to acquire their IT applications. There are also 27 companies (or 46.55%) mentioned that they developed in-house IT applications. All the companies need to apply appropriate organization strategies in acquiring IT applications in able to come up with more successful system development project, in selecting an acquisition strategy, the decision must be made by presenting the feasibility information for each acquisition strategy in which they can be compared easily.