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Chapter 1 - From Beginning to End: An Overview of Systems Analysis and Design

Overview
As explained in the preface, the sixth edition of Systems Analysis and Design in a Changing World is a a completely new and innovative approach to teaching systems analysis and design. The intent of this new approach is to provide a much more example based learning opportunity. As such the entire first chapter is an example of a complete development project from beginning to end. Obviously, in a single chapter example, not every step is elaborated. However, by going through the entire process, students will be able to obtain a broad overview and a clear perspective of the entire development process.
The chapter first introduces several basic …show more content…

requirements, (2) define a solution, (3) work in a team to build the solution and (4) launch the application so that it is in productive use.

Systems Development Life Cycle
Key Terms project—a planned undertaking that has a beginning and an end, and that produces some definite result
Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)—the entire process consisting of all the activities required to build, launch, and maintain an information system information systems development process—the actual approach used to develop a particular information system
Agile Development—an information systems development process that emphasizes flexibility to anticipate new requirements during development
Notes
The second section in this chapter is an explanation of the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC). The SDLC defines all the activities required to develop a new system. There are many different versions of the SDLC. This section distills out six core process required for the development of any new system. In other words, these six core process are common to all types of SDLCs. By understanding these six core processes, students will not only be able to develop new systems effectively, but they will be able to adapt to any other SDLC that they may encounter in industry. The six core processes are: [Note: These six core processes are used throughout the textbook.] 1. Identify the problem or need and obtain approval to proceed. 2. Plan and monitor the project—what

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