BUS 237 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Information System, Green Computing, Enterprise Architecture

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Business Administration
• Course: BUS 237
• Professor: Bisher

Document Summary

Business analysts - analysts who develop the business case for a newly proposed system and develop the requirements for the systems. Systems analysts - information systems professionals who understands both business and technology. Involved in designing and implementing the new system. Competitive strategy - the strategy an organization chooses as the way it will succeed in its industry. It architecture - the basic framework for all the computers, systems, and information management that support organizational services. Enterprise architect - manages the company"s complex information systems. Since the development of an it architecture is so complex, it is often helpful to use a method that organizes the development. Zachman framework - it divides systems into two dimensions, one based on six reasons for communication (what-data, how-function, where-network, who-people, when-time, why-motivation), and the other based on stakeholder groups (planner, owner, designer, builder, implementer, and worker)