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5. What is the need of feasibility study ? Explain the various types of feasibility study with example.

6 marks | Asked in 2073

Feasibility study is so important stage software life cycle as after completion of feasibility study it gives a conclusion of whether to go ahead with proposed project as it is practically feasible or to stop proposed project here as it is not right/feasible to develop or to think/analyze about proposed project again.

Along with this Feasibility study helps in identifying risk factors involved in developing and deploying system and planning for risk analysis also narrows the business alternatives and enhance success rate analyzing different parameters associated with proposed project development.

Types of feasibility study:
1. Technical Feasibility: Technical feasibility helps in accessing the current resources as well as technology that is required for accomplishing the requirements of the user in the software within the allocated budget and time. Following tasks are performed in the technical feasibility:

  • Helps in determining whether the technology used is stable.
  • Is the technology being demanded available? Or can the features being requested are possible to embed with the current/ available technology.
  • Analyze the technical capabilities and skills of the team members of software development.

2. Operational/ Behavioral Feasibility: Behavioral feasibility is studied in order to check, whether the human or employees in the business will use it or not. Operational feasibility relies on human resources and analyzes whether the software will operate after it is developed properly or not.

3. Economic Feasibility: Economic Feasibility helps in determining whether the required software has the potential to generate financial gains for an organization. This type of study involves the cost incurred on the team of the software development, cost of study involved in conducting a feasibility study, estimated cost of software and hardware. 

4. Scheduling feasibility: It is the most important study that is used for measuring the success of the project. All the projects will fail, if not completed at specified time. In scheduling feasibility, an organization is able to estimate the time required for completing the project. The time that will be required for the development of the system, is estimated on the basis of the requirements. Once all these things are sorted, manpower is allocated their respective task and efforts are made to complete the task within the deadline.