SAD Notes

Chapter 1: Foundation of Systems Development

Information System Components

(PSP HD)
P- People
S- Software
P- Processes
H- Hardware
D- Data

Methodology
( WPRS )
W- Waterfall model
P- Prototype model
R- RAD (Rapid Application development
S- Spiral model

Stages of the Cycle SDLC

(PADIM)
P- Planning
A- Analysis
D- Design
I- Implementation
M- Maintenance

Activities & deliverables for each stage of SDLC

( PFST WW)
P- Problem Definition Report
F- Feasibility
S- Specifications
T- Technical Design Specification
W- Working System
W- Working System

Sources of Software
( II COPE)
I- IT services films
I- In house
C- Cloud computing
O- Open source
P- Packaged software providers
E- ERP providers

Selecting Off-the-Shelf Software

( RED C FF VV)
R- Response time
E- Ease of installation
D- Documentation
C- Cost
F- Functionality
F- Flexibility
V-Vendor support
V- Viability of vendor

Reuse (development technologies)

(OC)
O- Object-oriented development
C- Component- based development

Approaches to Reuse
( F MAD)
F- Facilitated
M- Managed
A- Ad hoc
D- Designed

Chapter 2: Requirement Elicitation

Type of Requirement
( BUS FuN )
B- Business requirements
U- User requirements
S- System requirements
Fu- Functional requirements
N- Non- functional requirements

Example of Fu
(PI)
P- Process-oriented
I- Information oriented

Example of Non
( Cp SOP)
Cp- Cultural and Political
S- Security
O- Operational
P- Performance

Good Systems Analysist Characteristics

( IRARI)
I- Impertinence
R- Relax constraints
A- Attention to details
R- Reframing
I- Impartiality

Traditional method
( AIO)
A- Analyzing Procedures & Other Documents
I- Interview
O- Observation

Contemporary Method
(JG CS)
J- Joint Application Design (JAD)
G- Group support systems
C- CASE tools
S- System prototypes

Radical Method
(DB)
D- Disruptive technology
B- Business Process Reengineering

Deliverables and Outcome for Requirements Determination

From interviews and observations
( OMI)
O- Observation transcripts
M- Meeting minutes
I- Interview transcripts

From existing written document

( FB PM)
F- Flowcharts
B- Business forms
P- Procedure manuals
M- Mission and strategy statements

From computerized sources

( JRD)
J- Joint session result
R- Reports from existing systems
D- Displays and reports from system prototype