Criminal Justice Information System Case Study

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Executive SummaryThis is a project review based on a case study of Metro/Davidson County’s Criminal Justice Information System. This CJIS had been very successfully implemented, and set an example for other CJIS project in the future. The purpose of this document is to summary the valuable experience of CJIS project development.

This document describes the background and history of JIS / CJIS development, the complication about jurisdictional systems and the benefit to introduce CJIS. This helps to understand how CJIS can improve process efficiency and save resources.

The project review focuses on the development and management categories. It explains the theories, techniques and tools in detail, which have been referenced to various resources. The main part is to compare the theory issues and practical applications. It also highlights the key factors to achieve project success.

Table of ContentsExecutive Summary2Introduction4Introduce the JIS / CJIS5The benefit to introduce JIS5Current Project Discussion and Analysis6Project Development Methodology6Data and Process Modelling6Evolving Development (Prototyping)7Incremental Development7Phased Planning8Customer Involvement9Project Management Methodology9Develop a Comprehensive Plan11Model the Processes12Involve Users13Continuous Testing13Identify an Incentive14Conclusion15References16Appendices17JAIL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM17METHODOLOGY19IntroductionThe very aim of the project is to understand how information system has benefited the Davidson County justice system and we also learn how well it has been implemented.

The Justice Information System (JIS) what it does is that it allows any member within the justice community to access the information they need whenever they need it.(Larence, E R 2008) It all started when the Justice Information System agency was established in order to develop the Criminal Justice Information System.

Here we are going to discuss about the background, purpose of JIS, its structure and also we get a clear understanding on the Criminal Justice Information System. The different phases of the system are also documented and we also talk about the various technical applications, the...