Analysis of Academic Administrative System Implemented at SIMS

An effective academic administration is essential in growing higher education institutions to provide required information to all its stakeholders. Automation in academic office administration is started in many higher education institutions with an objective to improve the quality & speed of service to stake holders which include students, parents, teaching and nonteaching staff, principal & management and also public for some extent. Srinivas Institute of Management Studies, Mangalore has developed an indigenous computerized web enabled information system called SIMS Academic Administration System (SAAS). SAAS has several features as it can provide support to various activities involved in data collection, data handling, storage & retrieval, information presentation to all stakeholders, including management, principal, teaching faculty, office, laboratory & library staff, students, parents, industries, job providers and publics. In this paper we have analyzed the various features of the SAAS software using our recently developed business model & concept analyzing framework called ABCD technique. The performance of the software SAAS is evaluated based on identifying and analyzing the advantages, benefits, constraints, and disadvantages. The result supported the logic of using ABCD analyzing technique in any System performance evaluation