IFB103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Unified Modeling Language, Systems Analysis, Organizational Culture
20 Jul 2018
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Systems analysis - data flow diagrams (dfds) - week 7. Overview: analysis is not separate from design. Analysis is a very important part of the overall design: overall objective of systems analysis is to ensure that the system we design will support business requirements. The "system" concept means different things to different people: For developers, it is a collection of functional components (white box) For business people, it is "something that works" (black box) The systems analyst: knowledge, skills, and education, technical knowledge, strong communication and collaboration skills, analytic ability, an understanding of business operations, problem solving and critical thinking skills. Two main steps: requirements determination, visualising the results of system analysis via software such as visual paradigm, visio and. Requirements determination: a statement of what the system must do or what characteristic it must have. It is the most critical step of systems analysis. These requirements include: user experience, ease of use and learnability.
