[ITEC 3010] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (38 pages long)

• School: York University
• Department: Information Technology
• Course: ITEC 3010
• Professor: Jiashu Zhao

Document Summary

System analysis the process of understanding and specifying what an information system should accomplish. System design the process to define and describe in detail how the information system should be implemented to provide the desired solution. Information system: computer application (app) a software program that executes on a computing device to carry out a specific set of functions. Information system a set of interrelated components that collects, processes, stores, and provides as output the information needed to complete business tasks. Types of information systems: transaction processing systems (tps) workers. Capture and record information about the transactions that affect the organization: management information systems (mis) middle managers. Take information captured by the transaction processing system and produce reports management needs for planning and controlling business: decision support systems (dss) senior managers. Support human decision making and allows users to explore the potential impact of available options or decisions. Closel(cid:455) related to (cid:862)e(cid:454)pert s(cid:455)ste(cid:373)(cid:863) or (cid:862)k(cid:374)owledge-(cid:271)ased(cid:863) s(cid:455)ste(cid:373)s: executive information systems (eis) executives.