Approval System Development in Information System for Project Management in a Retail Company

Information Technology plays a crucial role in business processes in the era of digitalization. A key issue in the business process of submitting or modifying an information system is that the users are required to manually seek approval from each responsible individual person in a hierarchical manner using to sign in physical paper. This makes the process inefficient, ineffective, and time-consuming. Additionally, since the submission relies on a sheet of paper, managing system documentation becomes challenging, requires physical storage space, and takes a long time to retrieve. The aim of this research is to develop a project management information system that supports hierarchical approval processes, where progress can be directly monitored by the user who submitted the request. Existing project management applications have not yet been able to accommodate this feature. In developing this project management information system, the author uses the Waterfall development methodology, conducting an analysis through interviews with several users involved in the process of submitting and modifying information systems. The result of this implementation is a system that helps users monitor the progress of their submission requests for creating or modifying information systems. Additionally, this project management information system assists users in organizing project documentation more effectively, making it easier to retrieve.