BUS 362 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Systems Development Life Cycle, Systems Analyst, Business Analyst

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

Document Summary

Chapter 1 systems analyst and information systems development. Systems analyst skills: understand what to change, how to change it, and convincing others of the need for change takes a range of skills, which can be broken down into 6 categories, 1. Technical skills: 2. business skills, analytical skills, interpersonal skills, management skills, ethical skills. Deliverables produced in analysis phase provide a general idea of what the new system will do. System request: system request: document that describes business reasons for building a system and the value that system is expected to provide. Feasibility analysis: feasibility analysis guides organization in determining whether to proceed with project. Identifies important risks associated with the project that must be managed if project is approved: assess 3 areas for feasibility, technical feasibility, extent to which system can be successfully designed, developed, and installed by the it group. If npv > 0, project is considered economically acceptable.