Book : Systems Analysis and Design By Shelly Cashman Series
You will write a 5-page short article on the failure of healthcare.gov initial launch from the Systems Analysis and Design perspective (e.g. take a look at the table of contents of the text book. Essentially you can address its failure for each chapter in the text book. You need to identify the most significant causes of its failure.)
Outline:
(1) Overview
Tell us some background of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and its mandates
(2) Identify the scope. highlight the main points.
(3) Vendor selection How the general contractor was selected?
(4) Development Strategies, Architecture, Testing, and Deployment Issues What strategies did they pick? Who are "they"?
(5) Early Warning Signs of Failure - Where was the Management "The Emperor's new clothes"?
(6) Lesson Learned and Concluding Remarks List 3 major causes you identified above that are fatal errors.