CIS 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Systems Development Life Cycle, Information System, Flowchart

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Computing and Information Science
• Course: CIS 1200
• Professor: John Saville

Document Summary

A system is a collection of pieces working together to achieve a common goal. Information system includes data, people, procedures, hardware and software. You interact with information systems all the time whether you are at a grocery store, bank, or restaurant. In any of these instances, the parts of the system work together toward a similar goal. Teams of individuals are required to develop these systems so an organized process needs to be followed to ensure that development proceeds properly. The steps are called system development life cycle (sdlc) Whether solving an existing problem or responding to an opportunity, corporations usually generate more ideas for systems than they have the time and money to implement. Large corporations typically form a steering committee to evaluate systems development proposals and decide which projects to take forward. They then document the process and relevant problems/opportunities are defined. Analysts explore the problem to be solved and develop a program specification.