Chapter 1

Introduction to Systems
Analysis and Design

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The Impact of Information
Technology
 The Role of Systems Analysis and
Design

 Systems Analysis and Design

 Step-by-step process for developing high-
quality information systems

 Systems Analyst
 Plan, develop, and maintain information
systems

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Information System Components

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Understanding The Business

 Business Profile
 Overview of a company
 Business Models
 Graphical representation of one or more
business processes

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Systems Development Tools and Techniques
 Modeling
 A systems analyst can describe and simplify an
information system by using a set of business, data,
object, and process models.
 Prototyping
 Early working version of an information system

 Computer-Aided Systems Engineering

(CASE) Tools
 CASE uses powerful software to help systems analysts
develop and maintain information systems

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Systems Development Methods
 Structured Analysis
 traditional systems development technique
 Uses the systems development life cycle to
plan, analyze, design, implement, and support
an information system

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Systems Development Methods

 Object-oriented (O-O)
analysis

 combines data and the

processes that act on the
data into things called
objects
 Systems analysts use O-O
to model real-world
business processes and
operations

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Systems Development Methods

 Joint Application Development and

Rapid Application Development

 JAD – Team based fact finding

 RAD – compressed version of the entire

process

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The Systems Development Life Cycle

 SDLC used to plan and manage the

systems development process.

 It includes the following steps:

1. Planning
2. Analysis
3. Design
4. Implementation
5. Operation
6. Support
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THE END  Systems Analysis and Design 5th edition
Gary B. Shelly, Thomas J. Cashman, Harry J. Rosenblatt
ISBN: 0-7895-6649-4 © 2003
Publish date: March 10, 2003
656 pages

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