Gatdula, Kate Nicole S.

1. Define systems documentation.

Systems documentation is the collection of documents that describes the
requirements, capabilities, limitations, design, operation and maintenance of a
system, such as communications, computing, or information processing system.
2. What are the users of systems documentation?

- To provide the necessary information to develop training programme for

operators and users.

- To create a vehicle of information to provide evidence of progress in the

development process and to monitor the process.

- To make conversion of a system from one machine to another machine

easier.

- To make system modification and implementation easier.

- To narrow down the communication gaps among users, designers and

management.

- To provide a means to determine in advance what will occur and when.

3. What are the types of systems documentation?

 System documentation records detailed information about a system’s
design specifications, its internal workings, and its functionality. System
documentation can be further divided into internal and external
documentation. Internal documentation is part of the program source code
or is generated at compile time. External documentation includes the
outcome of all of the structured diagramming techniques, such as data-
flow and entity-relationship diagrams.
 User documentation is written or other visual information about how an
application system works and how to use it.