Systems Analysis and Design Context

Systems Analysis and Design – IFSY361

Summer School 2015

Reymon Rotikan

Outline

• Systems and Information Systems

• Types of Systems

• Today’s Information Systems

• Systems Analyst

• Systems Development Life Cycle

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Systems and Information Systems

• Systems

A group of interrelated components that function together to achieve a desired

result.

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Systems and Information Systems (cont’d)

• Information Systems

An arrangement of people, data, processes, and information technology that

interact to collect, processes, store, and provide as output the information

needed to support an organization.

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Systems and Information Systems (cont’d)

• Information Technology

A term that describes the combination of computer technology (hardware &

software) with telecommunications technology (data, image, and voice

networks).

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Types of Systems

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Figure source:Kendall & Kendall. Systems Analysis and Design 8th Edition. 2011. Prentice Hall.

Today’s Information Systems

• Globalization

• Electronic Commerce and Business

• Security and Privacy

• Collaboration and Partnership

• Knowledge Asset Management

• Continuous Improvement and Total

Quality Management

• Business Process Redesign

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Business trends that are impacting Information Systems

Today’s Information Systems (cont’d)

Technologies that are influencing Information Systems:

• Networks and the Internet

• Mobile and Wireless Technologies

• Object Technologies

• Collaborative Technologies

• Enterprise Applications

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Today’s Information Systems (cont’d)

Integrating technologies for Systems

• Ecommerce Applications and Web Systems

• Enterprise Systems

• Systems for Wireless and Mobile Devices

• Open Source Software

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Today’s Information Systems (cont’d)

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Figure source:Kendall & Kendall. Systems Analysis and Design 8th Edition. 2011. Prentice Hall.

Systems Analyst

Systems Analysis and Design

• Seeks to understand what humans need to analyze data input or data flow

systematically, process or transform data, store data, and output information in

the context of a particular organization or enterprise.

• It analyze, design, and implement improvements in the support of users and

the functioning of businesses that can be accomplished through the use of

computerized information systems.

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Systems Analyst (cont’d)

Systems Analyst

• A specialist who studies the problems and needs of an organization to

determine how people, data, processes, and information technology can best

accomplish improvements for the business.

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Systems Analyst (cont’d)

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Figure source:Whitten & Bentley. Systems Analysis and Design Methods 7th Edition. 2007. McGraw-Hill.

Systems Analyst (cont’d)

Skills Needed by the Systems Analyst :

• Knowledge of Information Technology

• Computer programming experience and expertise

• General knowledge of business processes and terminology

• General problem-solving skills

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Systems Analyst (cont’d)

Skills Needed by the Systems Analyst :

• Good interpersonal communication skills

• Good interpersonal relations skills

• Flexibility and adaptability

• Character and ethics

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Systems Analyst (cont’d)

16Source: Computer Ethics Institute

Systems Development Life Cycle

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Figure source:Kendall & Kendall. Systems Analysis and Design 8th Edition. 2011. Prentice Hall.

References

• Kendall, Kenneth E., Kendall, Julie E. Systems Analysis and Design 8th Edition.

2011. Prentice Hall.

• Whitten, Jeffrey L., Bentley, Lonnie D. Systems Analysis and Design Methods

7th Edition. 2007. McGraw-Hill.

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Any questions?

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Assignment 01

• Task : Explain in details one type of Information System and

relate it to one of UNKLAB-IS students Mini-Thesis.

• Submission : Via Google Classroom

• File Type : Portable Data Format (.pdf)

2 pages at most.

• File Name : Full_Name.pdf

• Deadline : Tuesday, June 23rd 2015 @ 11.59 pm20

See u next class…

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