Issues To Address In The Development Of The Information System

Question: 1. What error did the Missile Defense Agency make in the development of the GMD system? 2. How do the factors that pushed the agency to release the GMD compare to those that rush the development of business software? 3. What steps can businesses take to ensure that engineers report all potential problems that arise during development? 4. What steps can IT professionals take to make business managers aware of the importance of following the complete systems development process? Answer: 1: Errors in the development of the GMD system After the attacks on the twin towers in 2001, President G.W Bush issued directive to deploy the GMD system by the year 2004. From that point the agency began deploying the missiles instead of testing and developing the technology (Weiderpass, 2013). Mainly the political pressure to deploy the system forced to neglect the different issues related to the software and other components. But in the year 2004 and 2005 the agency aborted the tests of the missiles of GMD program. The testing of the missiles was aborted since the missiles were remained stuck into their silos due to the software related issues (Kreshchuk Zyablov, 2014). Figure 1: The functionality of a interceptor missile (Source: Kelleher Dombrowski, 2015, pp-98) The previous test of these missiles in the period of 2008 to 2014 was unsuccessful, but in June 2014 the U.S missile defense agency reported the success of this program. This technology can be considered as the result of the idea of President Ronald Reagan. The following report contributes to the development and the errors that occurred in the course of the development (Hensley et al, 2015). Moreover, the report comprises discussion about the factors that pushed the agency to release the GMD. In addition to that the report also focuses on the steps that ensure that all the problems faced by the engineers are reported. Once the interceptor missiles are launched it travels toward the predicted location. These missiles are capable of destroying the ballistic missiles in their midcourse phase, i.e when they are outside of the atmosphere and at the highest point of their trajectory. The technology was designed asa mean toprotect an army base from a potential nuclear attack. It involves 30 interceptors and can be launched fromvarious locations acrossthe United States. The missile gets the inflight updates all along the way.In the year 2010 the test were failed due to the failure of the sea based radar systems. The radar system helped the missiles to calculate the trajectory of the transcontinental ballistic missiles. The GMD or the ground based mid course defense system is a ballistic missile defense system of United States. This system is mainly developed to detect and tracks long-range ballistic missiles in their boost phase (Spinardi, 2014). This radar system failed because of its problem of to detect the target with the other metal pieces that tore away from the target as it approaches to kill vehicle (Handberg, 2015). It is observed that the development of the missile was defective due to the thruster hardware used in it. Before every test launch of the missiles the engineers of the agency redesigned the defective components and the related software. It is observed that the development of the missile was defective due to the thruster hardware used in it. 2: Factors that pushed the agency to release the GMD system The factors that pushed the release of the GMD are the success of the North Korea that helps it to minimize the size of the nuclear warhead (Hensley et al, 2015). These warheads can fit to the top of ballistic missiles. It increased the vulnerability of United States against the nuclear warheads of the North Korea. Again in the same year the North Korea and South Korea exchanged fire on the issue of the disputed sea border. Again the talk between the northand SouthKorea collapsed due to the issue of leading the delegations. In February 2013, North Korea confirmed that it has conducted its long threatened and anticipated nuclear warhead test (Kreshchuk Zyablov, 2014). In order to make it sure the U.S officials tried to find out the signs that may confirm the nuclear test done by the North Korea. In the month of March North Korea declares that, it would not abide by the 1953 war truce. This truce prevented the North Korean government to cease any army drill against the United States a nd South Korea. In the same month the officials of United States stated that, they will deploy more numbers of the ballistic missile interceptors in California and Alaska. As the result of this decision North Korea shuts the military hotlines connected with the South Korea (Weiderpass, 2013). The release of the GMD is finally pushed by mission of the U.S military over the Korean peninsula. 3: Steps to be taken by the business to ensure the reporting of the engineers While developing a product, it is necessary to ensure that the engineers can report all the potential problems to the concerned authority that arise in the different processes. It is helpful in the effective development of the product. Since each and every problem related to the development process are addressed thoroughly by the authority (Handberg, 2015). If the problems during the development are not addressed properly, then the whole development process fails to deliver the required product or service. In this development scenario the problems like the defects in the components and related to software are not addressed (Kreshchuk Zyablov, 2014). As a result of it the developed missiles failed due to the inability of the missiles to detect the launch and position of the missiles fired by the rouge nation. Moreover the project was intended to develop quickly and cheaply (Mayer, 2015). Thus to complete the development the engineers over looked the different pitfalls of the missile. Therefore the businesses should encourage the open environment inside the organization so that the employees can speak up and discus the problems in the development process. This is helpful to increase the productivity of the business since they are in better touch with the clients and stakeholders of the product development. This reporting process helps in the detection of the minor problems before they emerge as the blockage to the business processes (Spinardi, 2014). More over the business organizations should encourage the open door policy. This policy helps and encourages the engineers to approach the higher authorities about the problems in the development. 4: Steps taken by the IT professionals to make business managers aware of the process The steps to make the business manager to follow the complete system development process include approvals of the design of the products before the final production is started (Kelleher Dombrowski, 2015). Moreover the managers are also important to set the stage for the development. This includes the events like informing the engaged employees about the expectation, when it is required and how to achieve that in the prescribed timeframe (Mears, 2013). It helps to clearly outline the specifications and the description of the system. By organizing the progress meetings, that includes the completion of the significant milestones in the whole development process. Moreover to asses and manage the different risks the business manager must follow the total development process. In addition to that Managers need to be responsive about their staffs progress on the predetermined goals (Hensley et al, 2015). In order to help the employees with the assistance or resources when it is required to meet the targets in the prescribed deadline the managers need to be aware of the whole development processes. More over the manager helps in providing milestones to the employees helps to create a sense of urgency to complete the development process. References Handberg, R. (2015). The symbolic politics of ballistic missile defense: seeking the perfect defense in an imperfect world.Defense Security Analysis,31(1), 44-57. Harris, M. (2015).Deterring Chinese Ballistic Missile Threats to the US Homeland.Comparative Strategy,34(5), 447-457. Hensley, T. K., Caviness, L. P., Vaughn, S., Morton, C. (2015). Understanding the Indications and Warning Efforts of US Ballistic Missile Defense.Joint Force Quarterly,78(3), 91-97. Kelleher, C., Dombrowski, P. J. 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