Accounting Information

Systems - CAC 4104

Mr. C. Ncube and Mrs. F. Shumba
(Accounting Information Systems
– CAC 4104)

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Systems Analysis
 Is capture of business requirements of a system
from talking to or observing end users and using
other information sources such as existing
system documentation
 Once a proposed IS is agreed to be feasible, it is
necessary to carry out detailed work of assessing
precise requirements that the intended users
have have for the new system.
 Sometimes referred to as «requirements
determination» step or «systems study» step

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3 steps withing systems analysis phase
Necessary to understand how current
system works, computerised or paper-based
Diagrammic model of current system
workings is produced to ensure that IT
professionals and end-users agree
Set of requirements for new system is
produced

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Requirements specification
 Defines features that new system is required
to contain
 Scope of system under consideration
 Intended users of new system
 System performance standards, including
response times, and reliability needs
 Environment requirement, operating system
and and hardware on which the system will
run

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If requirements of system as articulated
by prospective users appear to be
unfeasible, feasibility step is revisited
and additional analysis is performed
Output is requirements analysis
document detailing what the proposed
system must do