capabilities and limitations of ICT

Hardware

Speed of the processor.

RAM

input

gigo

the requirements for outputs

communication

Operating system

requirements of applications software

avaliability

Software

appropriateness of software

errors and bugs

Support

hardware

cost

compatibility

abilities of the user

insufficent testing

limitations of software

speed of implementation

poor communications with user

organisations constantly changing

changes in circumstances during development

poor post-implementation procedures

maintenence procedures

repetitive processing

producing itemised
phone bills

Processing transactions
in e-commerce systems.

production of
accurate weather
forecasts

Processing of credit
card accounts

Production of utility bills

speed of processing

speed of the
processor

the speed of communications
if the processing is being performed on-line

the speed that the data arrives for processing,
usually depending on the speed of the
input devices.

data storage capacity

speed of searching

accuracy

speed of data communications

the ability to produce different output formats

text

tables

graphs

pictures