INFORMATION SYSTEM

• Is a set of components that support storing, collecting, and retrieving data

and information of the organization.
FIVE COMPONENTS OF INFORMATION SYSTEM
People Hardware
Network Software
Database
 BUSINESS
KNOWLEDGE
WHAT IS BUSINESS KNOWLEDGE
• Business knowledge is defined as thorough understanding of
the general business function and the specific areas under
analysis.
• What it is, what it does, why and how it does what it does, and
how those activities can be performed more efficiently.
ACQUISITION OF INFORMATION
• The Current state of the firm environment
• The user
• What the Firm Does
• The place of the user
• User’s Organization within the body politic of the firm (Union)
NOTE:

• The accuracy and completeness of this knowledge are crucial to

the development of the foundation upon which the analyst can
build an understanding of the user and the user’s problem and
requirements and design new and more efficient methods of
accomplishing the primary task of that user.