BUS 362 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Database Design, Computer Monitor, Flip Chart

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Business Administration
• Course: BUS 362
• Professor: Drew Parker

Document Summary

The term analysis refers to breaking a whole into parts with the intent of understanding the parts" nature, function and interrelationships. Outputs of planning phase (system request, feasibility study, and project plan) = inputs into analysis phase. Systems analyst works with business users of new system to understand their need. So system analysis can be broken down into 3 phases: understand the existing situation (as-is system, identify improvements, define requirements for the new system (to-be system) Critical thinking skills - important for analyst to understand key issues and develop new business processes that are supported by information system technologies. Final deliverables of analysis phase - system proposal includes requirements definition statement, uses case, process model, and data model together with revised feasibility and work plan. Performed to transform the system request"s high-level statement of business requirements into detailed, precise list of what the new system must do to provide value to business. 1: get user"s definition of the ideal" system.