SYSTEMS

DEVELOPMENT
AND
MAINTENANCE
ACT1V1T1ES
Lesson 5
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• Systems professionals are system analysts,
~..., system engineers and programmers who
� actually build the system.

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- End users are those who the system is built

І which include everyone in а11 1evels in an
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Participants organization.
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Development Stakeholders are individuals either within or

outside the organization who have interest in
the system but are not end users.
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• Accountants / Auditors are the professionals

. who address the controls, accaunting and
auditing issues for systems development.
111 Why are accountants аnd auditors involved
with System Development Life Cycle (SDLC)?

The creation vf the information ѕyѕtenn entaiJѕ ѕignificant financia1 tranѕactions.

Accountantѕ and auditorѕ сап provide critica1 input into the ѕyѕtem regarding
contralѕ, integrity, tinnelineѕѕ and other important aѕpects of financia1 transactionѕ.

There iѕ a сопсегп оп the nature of product or output that emerge in the EDLC that
~ produceѕ the accounting information ѕyѕtem (А1Ѕ). The ѕyѕtem ѕhou1d emp1oy
prоper accounting conventionѕ and ru1eѕ, and poѕѕeѕѕ adequate contro1ѕ.
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Accountants are users. They must provide a clear picture of problems

and needs to the systems professionals.
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Accountants participate as members of the dеvеlорmеnt team

extending beyond A1S applications. They may determine if the
proposed system constitutes an internal control risk.
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Accountants are involved as auditors. The A1S must be auditable. Some
computer audit techniques require special features that need to be
designed into the system.
INFORMATION SYSTEM
ACQUISITION

1n-house development
Commercial systems
of systems that are
are purchased frоm
highly tuned to their
software vendors.
unique operations
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 Relatively 1ow cost of gеnега1 commercial
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softwa re
Factors that
stimulated the
growth of ~ The emergence of industry-specific vendors
commercial
software market

~ Growing demand from sma11 businesses

Trend toward downsizing of organizational

units
 А. Turnkey systems are completely
finished and tested systems that are
ready fоr implementation.
1. General accouпting systems are
designed to serve a wide variety of
user needs.
2. Special purpose systems which
TYPES ОF target selected segments of the
COMMERCIAL economy. ( Е. Medical field,
banking or gоvеrnmеnt agencies.
SYSTEM 3. Office automation systems are
computer systems that improve the
productivity of the office workers
(Wоrd processing packages, DBS,
Spreadsheet programs, Desktop
puЫishing systems)
 В. Backbone s,ystems provide a basic
system structure on which tо
build. They come with all the
TYPES OF primary processing
рrоgrаmmеd. (Ех. ЕRР )
modules

COMMERCIAL С. Vendor-supported systems are

SYSTEM hybrid of custom systems and
commercial software. This is used
in health care and lеgаl services.
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1 mplementation time — the user does
not have to wait.

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Cost — a single user must wholly
absorb in-house development costs

Re1iability — reputabIe commercia1

ѕoftware packageѕ аrе thoroughly ;

teѕted before their re1eaѕe to the ~

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commercia1 market. ;

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DISADVANTAGES 1.Independence
OF COMMERCIAL 2. Maintenance
SOFTWARE
3. Need for customized systems
 System planning has the objective of linking
individual system projects or applications to the
strategic objectives of the firm.

Strategic system planning involves the

System allocation of system resources at the macro
iеvеi with a time frame of 3-5 years.
Dеvеiорmеnt Project planпing involves the allocation of
Life Cycle system resources to individual applications
within the framework of the strategic p1an.
(SDLC) 2. System analysis is the foundation of for the
rest of the SDLC. It involves survey, gathering
facts, analysis of the results and the user's
needs and issuance of the system analysis
report to the management.

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 3. Conceptual systems design provides several
alternative conceptual systems that satisfy
the system requirements identified during
the system analysis.
The auditability of the system depends in
part of its design characteristics. Some
computer auditing techniques should include
System special audit features.

Dеvеiорmеnt 4. System evaluatioп and selection is an

Life Cycle optimization process that seeks to identify
the best system which involves detailed
feasibility study and cost-benefit analysis.
(SDLC)
5. Detailed design produces a detailed
description of the proposed system that both
satisfies the system requirements identified
during system analysis and in accordance
with the conceptual design.
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 6. System programming and testiпg involves
selection of programming language that is
suitable to the application. Testing should
be done offline before deploying online.
The auditor may verify system personnel
and projects used in testing procedures.
System
Dеvеiорmеnt 7. System implemeпtation is an phase when
database structures are created and
Life Cycle populated with data, equipment is
purchased and installed, employees are
(SDLC) trained, the system documented and the
new system is installed.

8. Systems maintenance involves changing

systems to accommodate changes in user's
need.

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