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Q1 / What is IT?
Combination of hardware and software products and services
that companies use to manage, access, communicate, and
share information.
Q2/ What IT did change the world?
Changes in the world
Changes in technology
Changes in client demand
Q3/what Systems Analysis can do? .
-Plan, develop, and maintain information systems.
-Also manages IT projects, including tasks, resources, schedules, and
costs.
-manage meetings, delivers presentations, and writes memos, reports, and
documentation.

Q4/ What is information system components?

5 key components:
1-hardware.
2-software:
Application software: Horizontal system. Vertical system. Legacy systems
3-data. 4-processes.
5-people.

Q5/ What is E-commerce sectors?

1- B2C.
2- B2B: Electronic Data Interchange (EDI).
Supply chain management (SCM).
Supplier relationship management (SRM).
Q6/ What is Business Profile?
A business profile is an overview of a company’s mission, functions, organization,
products, services, customers, suppliers, competitors, constraints, and future
direction.
Q7/ What is Business process
and Business process model?
a. Business Processes is a
Specific set of transactions,
events, and results that can be
described and documented.
b. A business process model
(BPM) is a graphically
displays one or more business
processes. See figure1.
Figure 1

Q8/ What is the new system?

1-Enterprise Computing system. 2- Transaction Processing system.
3- Business Support system. 4- Knowledge Management system. 5- User Productivity
system.

Q9/ What are the techniques of system development tools?

1-modeling. 2-prototyping. 3-computer-aided systems.
Q10/ What are the system development methods?

a. Structured Analysis :
Uses (SDLC) system development life cycle.
The SDLC model includes:
1- System planning.
2- System Analysis
3- System Design.
4- System Implementation.
5- System Security & Support.

b. object-orientated Analysis:
1- Combines data and the processes that act on the data into things called
objects.
2- Objects are members of a class, which is a collection of similar objects.

c. Agile Method:
1- A series of prototypes are built and adjusted to meet user requirements.
2- As the process continues, developers revise, extend, and merge earlier
versions into the final product.
3- Agile method emphasizes continuous feedback
Iterative development.

d. JAD & RAD Method.

**Analysts should understand the pros and cons of any approach before
selecting a development method.

The IT Department: