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 stakeholders which include students, parents, teaching and
nonteaching staff, principal & management and also public to 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.