ITM 305 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Contract Management, Bet Her, Continuous Testing
22 Oct 2012
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System development life cycle (sdlc): the process of understanding how an information system (is) can support business needs by designing a system, building it, and delivering it to users. Key person in sdlc is the systems analyst: analyzes business situation, identifies opportunities for improvements, and design an is to implement them, primary objective is to create value for the organization (increasing profits) Sdlc has four fundamental phases (each has steps, techniques, and deliverables): planning, analysis, design, implementation. Planning phase is the fundamental process of understanding why an is should be built and determining how the project team will build it: project initiation the system"s business value is identified: The is dept. works together with project sponsor (who made the request) to conduct a feasibility analysis. Idea"s technical feasibility (can we build it?) Economic feasibility (will it provide business value?) Organizational feasibility (if we build it, will it be used?)
