Najmuddin Dost Edexcel BTEC Level 3 90 Credit Diploma in Information Technology Unit 11: Systems Analysis and Design Hazel Raven Table of Content Contents Najmuddin Dost 1 Table of Content 2 List of Figures 3 Introduction 4 Task 1: Principals of Systems Analysis 5 Principals of Systems Analysis 5 Benefits of structured analysis of a specified business process 5 Task 2: Key Stages of a Development Life Cycle 8 Stages of a Development Lifecycle 8 Development Lifecycle Models 9 Spiral 9 Agile 10 Conclusion 12 Bibliography 13 List of Figures Figure 1: Spiral Lifecycle Model 9 Figure 2: Agile Lifecycle Model 10 Introduction As part of my job in Business Systems ‘Analysis LTD (BSAL), I have been requested to create a report which enables businesses and the general public, to understand what systems analysis is and why it is a value to businesses. This report will clearly illustrate the principals of a systems analysis which are used to identify the system which a business has in place, issues which are related to the system and a solution for the issue. Doing this using a structured analysis has many benefits and will make the whole process much easier and reliable. There are different systems development lifecycles which can be used to create or solve issues of a system. Each stage of the systems development lifecycle will be explained along with all the different alternative models which are available. Businesses require a system analysis due to key drivers. Key
SIS was developed by Mayon-White in the 1980s. Its purpose is to provide a cyclic structure for analysing business systems, but, unlike soft systems methodology, it is relatively quantitative (rather than qualitative).
One of the first steps involved in carrying out a preliminary investigation include understanding the problem or opportunity in sight. The analyst must first identify which department, users and business processes the system request is involved in to evaluate and assess the causes and effects related in the proposed system. Defining the project scope and constraints is the second step. With clear indications of the projects boundaries or extent the project scope is determined, while the requirements or conditions the system must confer to or achieve determine the projects constraints. The third step in a preliminary investigation consists of fact finding techniques, that involve the analyses of charts, interviews with users, managers and review of documents , observing operations and finally user surveys. Followed by the fourth step that includes the process of evaluating feasibility. This step consists of evaluating the feasibility of the proposed projects operational, technical, economical and
The information system’s requirements in the systems planning phase are based on a case summary, potential interview questions, and the systems analyst’s experience in systems planning. One must not only generate requirements based specifically on what users’ state they want or need. Analysts must also generate requirements based on insight into the overall organization and project goals.
This aim of this document was to provide a summary and definition of the concept of Information Systems and contrast the subject against Information Technology. As part of this I have defined systems and I then have offered some brief commentary on how IS has changed over the last hundred years or so.
The next step in the process is system analysis. This second stage involves gathering requirements, such as documenting the strengths and weaknesses of the current system, having discussions with the users to understand their roles and needs. This is an integral part of the life cycle as employees are the most important asset a company has. Baya, Gruman, & Mathaisel state, “information technology
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System Analysis is the process of studying a procedure or business in order to identify its goals and purposes. System analysis can help manage and reduce risks by identifying hazards so they can be prevented (Leape, 1997). A great example of how Apria Healthcare system analysis was studied and figured out ways to save the organization money. The partnership began with Ryder performing an analysis of Apria’s inbound supplier to distribution centers channel to identify cost savings opportunities. Many suppliers were making hundreds of direct shipments to Apria distribution centers annually. The organization has seven distribution centers and more than 350 branch locations (Apria.com). By teaming with Ryder my organization improved efficiency
Here I want to discuss what is System analysis and design, when and where the concepts are used and how to overcome the problems using these concepts. The methodology of using characterizing the parts, structural engineering, interfaces and information for a framework to fulfil the decided necessities is said as system design. This course is helpful in developing the designing and analysing skills. Overall, system analysis and design is said as analysing and designing the different process.
System development can generally be thought of having two major components: systems analysis and systems design. In System Analysis more emphasis is given to understanding the details of an existing system or a proposed one and then deciding whether the proposed system is desirable or not and whether the existing system needs improvements. Thus, system analysis is the process of investigating a system, identifying problems, and using the information to recommend improvements to the system. System design is the process of planning a new business system or one to replace or complement an existing system.
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Systems analysis refers to a problem solving technique where a business or procedure is studied and the goals are identified in order to create information systems to help the business achieve their goal more efficiently and easier. Systems analysts obtain feedback from the system users in various ways e.g. interviews, questionnaires etc. More importantly they find out from the users what their specific requirements are regarding the proposed system and then use the information obtained to formulate requirements for the system, the system is then written ensuring that all the requirements and expectations are met.
Systems engineering emerged as a formal discipline in the late 1990s, responding to both a rapidly increasing rate of technological product development, and a growing complexity within the products developed. Product prototypes developed in the late 19th century took over four times as long to reach a quarter of their market as similar prototypes developed in the late 20th century, with the average penetration time over the last 140 years dropping from 44 years to 17 years. Poorly-designed systems rushing to market with that speed will easily sink not only entire products, but also the organizations that own them. To help the engineering industry at large avoid such catastrophes, the International Council on Systems Engineering codified a generic but comprehensive collection of best practices and guiding principles for systems engineering in the Systems Engineering Handbook. The Handbook is a living document, originally published in 1994 and updated numerous times over the past twenty years to respond both to advances in the field of systems engineering, and to audience evolution (as system design migrated from a primarily national-defense-oriented discipline to a more broadly-applicable approach for building systems of all kinds). This paper focuses on the processes that support systems engineering, as described in Chapters Three and Seven.
• Systems Development: An audit used to verify that the systems under development meet the objectives of the organization, and to ensure that the systems are developed in accordance with generally accepted standards for systems development.
The interview session has been done by include an open-ended and closed-ended question which are related to the implemented project. Next, sampling technique is executed by system analyst who does evaluation to the current system or prototype. These processes give feedback in evaluation form that filled after tested the system. Lastly, observation is performed by using questionnaire form. According to Burch (1992), the questionnaire is analyzed and transform into structured form that easy to understand. After all information has been collected, structuring of system requirement takes place. It focused on development process modeling which perform “graphically representing the process, or actions, that capture, manipulate, store, and distribute data between a system and environment” (Hoffer, George, & Valacich, 2012, p. 182). In this step, Data flow diagram (DFD) is structured by system analyst using special tools and techniques to create a decision table. According to Hoffer, George and Valacich (2012), decision table is a “diagram of process logic where the logic is reasonably complicated” (p. 200). This table is useful to help system analyst to make a decision toward the project. Then all information’s gained from this phase are documented in System Analysis Report (SAR) that acts as a guideline or reference to the future system development project (Burch, 1992).
Systems analysis is a technique that divide a system into small parts for the aim of the learning however well those part components work and move to accomplish their purpose.