Chapter 1 - Assuming the Role of the Systems Analyst
- Information as an Organizational Resource
- Managing Information as a Resource
- Managing Computer-Generated Information
- Systems Analysis and Design Concepts
- Transaction Processing Systems (TPS)
- Office Automation Systems and Knowledge Work Systems (OAS) & (KWS)
- Management Information Systems (MIS)
- Decision Support Systems (DSS)
- Expert Systems and AI
- Group Decision Support Systems and Computer Supported Collaborative Work Systems (GDSS) & (CSCWS)
- Executive Support Systems (ESS)
- Need for Systems Analysis and Design
- End Users
- Role of The Systems Analyst
- Systems Analyst as a Consultant
- Systems Analyst as Supporting Expert
- Systems Analyst as Agent of Change
- Qualities of the Systems Analyst (problem solver, communicator, ethical, self-disciplined, self-motivated)
- The Systems Development Life Cycle
- Identifying Problems, Opportunities, and Objectives
- Determining Information Requirements
- Analyzing Systems Needs
- Designing the Recommended System
- Developing and Documenting Software
- Testing and Maintaining the System
- Implementing and Evaluating the System
- The Impact of Maintenance
- Users often request additional features after they become familiar with the computer system and its capabilities
- The business changes over time.
- Hardware and software are changing at an accelerated pace.
- Using CASE Tools
- Increasing Analyst Productivity
- Improving Analyst-User Communication
- Integrating Life Cycle Activities
- Accurately Assessing Maintenance Changes
- Upper and Lower CASE
- Upper CASE Tools (allows analyst to create and modify the system design)
- Lower CASE Tools (used to generate computer source code)
- Software Reverse Engineering and Reengineering
- Object-Oriented Systems Analysis and Design
- Need for Structured Analysis and Design
- Alternative Methodologies (prototyping, ETHICS, project champion approach, Soft Systems Methodology, Mutliview)
Transparencies
Exercises: (due - noon Sept. 1, 1998)
e-mail to summers_wayne@ColumbusState.edu your answers to the following questions: pg. 24 - 1, 8, 11
Explore the MRE HyperCase company and e-mail the answers to the questions [This can be done in a group of 2-3]