System Analysis and Design (Prelim)

REFERENCES:Chapter 1: System Analysis and Design
By: Shelly Cashman
and some notes from class :p

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4 Ps and their techniques
> The product>The process>The project
>The problem
Step by step activity of the process involved
Algorithm
Why is this course important?
>Most errors(54%) are detected after coding and testing
>Almost half of all the errors in software(45%) are in requirements and design
>Most errors made during requirements analysis are nonclerical (77%) and may arise because of incorrect facts
Is a set of inter-dependent compounds. (Some of which may be systems in their own right) which collectively accomplish certain objectives.
System
___ + ___+___ = information System
Information Base + Applications + interfaces = Information System
Differs from other kinds of systems in that its objectives is to monitor/document the operations of some other system, which we can call a target system.
Information System
Can store, manage, and process large amounts of information for routine business transactions, e.g. , a bank customer account system.
Data Processing(DP)
4 main types of information systems
>Data Processing
>Inforamation Management
>Decision Support
> Expert System
Provide periodic reports for planning, control and decision making, e.g. , generate end-of-the-month reports, sharing number of new accounts, transaction volume etc.
Information Management
Support decision maker by providing information or demand, e.g. , an online system that combines a spreadsheet with a database to help executives draw up a new budget.
Decision Support
Capture expertise of decision makers in interpreting information or solving problems and serve as assistants to the users of an information system e.g. , a system that offers advice to a loan manager
Expert System
An organized collection of logically related data.
By organize we mean that data are structured soi as to be easily stored, manipulated and retrieved by users.
Database
May be of any size an d complexity
Data
Data that has been processed in such a way that it has meaning or relevance to the person using it.
Inforamtion
Data that can be described with the characteristics of other data.
Metadata