Hi, need to submit a 1250 words paper on the topic Keeping Information System Alive in Social Services Department. The main reasons for one to carry out a given research are important in deciding which methodology to use. Available literature reviews and the current need to address a given problem are considered. There is a need for information systems to be active and remain ‘alive’ in order to provide information about the social workers to their customers. Having a better way of data entry and management is the main reason for having this study. To be able to address information requirements and high demands from the working environment of a social worker, the researcher thinks it wise to see how information system can be set up to operate continuously and be useful to the clients or customers. I will therefore look into information systems on social services (ISSS) in Italy based on the available literature reviews and government policies available (Palumbo 2001). A study by Carli and Barneschi (2009) looked at the impact of ISSS devices, although not directly. This reason propels the researcher to set up a study in analyzing ISSS within the working context to address this pertinent questions never raised before in the Italian social services. The researcher will base the research in Venezia Giulia Region where there is data recording software for clients, which has been in operation for a long time. This research is mainly designed to look at how maintenance is carried out in a different working environment.

Maintenance in different disciplines

Given that this is a new phenomenon, it is important to first define it. The conventional meaning of the word ‘maintenance’ is in relation to the technical intervention. Maintenance is the returning of a given device into a good form for efficiency. In Italian translation, the term ‘maintenance’ is manutenzione which means operations that keep the condition of something.

Riggs in 1994 pointed out that:

“System maintenance is the activity associated with keeping operational computer systems continuously in tune with the requirements of users, data processing operations, associated clerical functions, and external demands.”

Maintenance based on a computer approach

Post-implementation is one of the terms used in computer science to imply maintenance.&nbsp. This is incorporated in the software life cycle. The following are stages of system development life cycle: feasibility study, system analysis, system design, implementation, review, and maintenance (Avison & Fitzgerald 2000, p.