Professional Documents
Culture Documents
1. systems analyst
3. application software
4. methodologies
5. system
6. Scope
7. Subsystem
8. Interfaces
10. Modularity
13. take raw data that have been previously captured and convert them into a
meaningful aggregated form that managers need to conduct their responsibilities
16. Often involves semistructured problems and the need to access data at different
levels of detail
17. Draws on diverse yet predictable data resources to aggregate and summarize data
34. the planner's "best guess" of the amount of time the activity actually will require for
completion
57. Extranet
62. enable the large amount of information gathered during requirements determination
to be organized
63. JAD
64. Interviews
65. Problems with existing systems; special info processing circumstances that occur
irregularly; the reason why current systems are designed the way they are; the
organizational direction that can influence info system requirements
66. call the duplication to the attention of management as an issue to be resolved before
system design can proceed
69. indicate what data flow in or out of a system and which are necessary for the system
to function
71. enables you to work backward from the information on the document and identify the
data that must have been necessary to generate it
75. communication problems have existed in the past between users and analysts
76. business process reengineering
84. Outsourcing
85. Info tech services firm; open-source software; enterprise-wide solution software; in-
house development
90. the resources and staff are available and the system must be built from scratch
91. Some information systems (IS) and user staff to define requirements and evaluate
packages are needed
92. Some internal staff are necessary, but mostly consultants are needed.
95. flexibility