ISAD Session 1 - 2

a set of interrelated components that collects, processes, stores, and provides as output the information needed to complete business tasks

• Information Technology

• system

• Computer application

• Information system

Those activities that enable a person to understand and specify what an information system should accomplish

• Systems Implementation

• Systems analysis

• Systems design

• Systems Plan

System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) consists ... core processes

an information system development process that emphasizes flexibility to anticipate new requirements during development

• Predictive SDLC

• Rapid Application Development

• Agile

• Adaptive SDLC

Skills Required by a systems analyst...

• Techincal Skills

• Business Skills

• People Skills

• Systems Skills

a software application that assists developers in creating models or other components required for a project

Strategies for completing specific system development activities

an approach to system development in which the system is “grown” piece by piece through multiple iterations

• System development

• Software development

• Iterative development

• Agile development