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INFO1409 Systems Analysis & Design Tutorial 4.1: SWOT analysis Strategic planning is the process of identifying long-term organisational goals. Question: Why does a systems analyst need to know about strategic planning? Answer: Systems analysts should focus on the larger, strategic role of IT as they carry out their day-to-day responsibilities. Sometimes changes are planned for the Organisation, and decisions have to be made as to what the possible outcomes will be. One excellent planning tool is the SWOT analysis. Tutorial Objectives: The aim of this tutorial is to introduce students to: • SWOT analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities & Threats). By the end of this tutorial you will: . …show more content…

My mechanics are capable people, and they’re doing the best they can. One problem I see is that it’s hard to pull up a history for a particular vehicle. We keep the data on a computer, but different people used different codes and procedures over the years, and the system probably needs a good overhaul. Alice I’m in charge of maintenance record keeping. We use a (maintenance spreadsheet system that was designed by a part-time employee clerk) who is no longer around. Because we work on a monthly budget, the spreadsheet has a separate page for each month. When the year is over, we start a new set of monthly pages. The spreadsheet is supposed to record labour and parts used, and assign the cost Alice to a specific vehicle, but it doesn’t always work out that way. I also use a notebook to keep track of vehicle mileage and scheduled service intervals, so I can let the department heads know when a vehicle needs to come in for service. I write up work orders for scheduled service or necessary repairs, but often a mechanic finds other problems and has to write up an additional charges form. Each time a vehicle comes into the shop, I start a new row on the spreadsheet. I enter the vehicle number, mileage and date. Then I enter the rest of the data into the columns for parts, labour hours, job code, shop supplies and miscellaneous charges. At the end of the month, I calculate

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