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This document discusses the importance of an organized method for collecting facts in systems analysis. It covers the common fact-finding techniques and proposes a strategy for discovering information system requirements.
What's inside
- Opinion on systems analysts' methods
- Seven common fact-finding techniques
- Strategy for discovering information system requirements
- Proposed step-by-step strategy
- Importance of an organized method for collecting facts
Who it is for: Students studying systems analysis and design. (Undergraduate)
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Summary
Systems analysis requires gathering facts in an organized way. A student gets guidance on which methods to use and when.
Issue with interviews
Interviews are not always the best way to start gathering facts. This is because people have their daily jobs to complete. A student offers their opinion on this issue.
Fact-finding techniques
There are seven common techniques for finding facts. These are sampling of existing documentation, forms, and databases, investigation, observation, questionnaires, interviews, prototyping and joint application design. A student proposes a strategy for using them.
Step-by-step strategy
A student suggests a step-by-step strategy. This strategy starts with investigations and ends with joint application design. The student also explains why they put the steps in this order.
Key terms
- fact-finding
- The process of gathering information required for systems analysis.
- sampling
- Examining existing documentation, forms, and databases to gather facts.
- investigation
- Looking into the situation to understand what is happening.
- joint application design
- Working with end users to design the system together.
- prototyping
- Creating a working model of the system to test and refine it.
- questionnaire
- A list of questions to gather information from a group of people.
Questions this document helps with
- When should a systems analyst start with interviews?
- What are the seven common fact-finding techniques?
- What is the best order for using fact-finding techniques?
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