ITEC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 47: Systems Analysis, Business Process

• School: York University
• Department: Information Technology
• Course: ITEC 1010
• Professor: Colin Coates

Document Summary

The entire system, and the business process with which it is associated, should be evaluated: often, a firm can make great gains if it restructures both business activities and the related information system simultaneously. The overall emphasis of analysis is gathering data on the existing system, determining the requirements for the new system, considering alternatives within these constraints, and investigating the feasibility of the solutions. One need might be to create and maintain an accurate list of each piece of equipment and a schedule for preventative maintenance. Another need might be a list of equipment failures and their causes. Analysis of a small (cid:272)o(cid:373)pa(cid:374)y"s i(cid:374)fo(cid:396)(cid:373)atio(cid:374) syste(cid:373) (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:271)e fai(cid:396)ly st(cid:396)aightfo(cid:396)(cid:449)a(cid:396)d: on the other hand, evaluating an existing information system for a large company can be a long, tedious process. As a result, large organizations evaluating a major information system normally follow a formalized analysis procedure, involving these steps: 1. Assembling the participants for systems analysis: 2.