Sometimes a prototype system will be immediately converted into a production system. Such a system may not be able to accommodate large numbers of users, transactions, or files. Software packages are most appropriate in organizations that have a shortage of technical systems personnel or lack information systems staff with the required technical skills for a particular application. Packages are also useful for problems such as payroll and accounts receivable, which require the same or very similar information system solutions in all businesses. Describe two advantages and two disadvantages of software packages .
Packages provide a proven source of technical expertise.
Leading package vendors maintain their own technical support staff to furnish customers with advice. This allows organizations to retain fewer internal specialists. Packages can sharply reduce the cost of building an information system. Each organization has different requirements even for standard functions such as payroll. Therefore, a standardized package cannot completely meet the needs of every organization.