Conduct an initial short field interview with either:
An information systems/information technology professional (it is better if the interview subject was recently
involved with an information system implemented in the past 2 years, but this is not required)
OR
A business professional who was recently involved with a recently implemented information system (If you
interview a business professional such as a manager then this individual should have been involved with an
information system project implemented in the past 2 years)
Some Themes/questions for your interview
1- What type of job does your interview subject do? For whom?
2- What projects is he/she currently working on for the organization What projects has he/she recently
completed?
3- What IT applications has the firm recently implemented?
4- Were the most recently applications developed in-house, were they outsourced development or were they
application software packages that were customized and purchased?
5- How much time does he/she spend in each of the following activities?
6- Gathering requirements
7- Researching hardware/software options
8- Documenting
9- Programming
10- Training and developing training materials/user manuals
11- Customizing existing software
12- Software maintenance
13- Meetings
14- Other activities?