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Systems Development
Chapter 8
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Top Uses for New Systems in Various Industries
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Participants in System Development
• Stakeholders: Those that benefit from the project • Users: Those that will interact with and use the
system• Project Manager: Person responsible for
coordinating all resources in the project – Human resources (who should participate in the project,
what she should do, etc.)
– Equipment (what is needed to carry out the project, servers, hubs, etc.)
– Travel (does the project require traveling to other places, if so, when, or how often)
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Participants in System Development
• Systems Analyst: Analyzes and designs business systems– Sees the system as a whole– Design the whole system so that it fulfils the
requirements– Detect potential problems early on
• Programmer: Develop the system based on user requirements
• Technical Specialists: Hardware engineers, DB engineers, etc.
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Participants in Systems Development
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Information Systems Planning
• Decide on organizational goals
• Discuss how these can be achieved with IS
• Plan on IS development
• Develop individual components
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Systems Development Life Cycles and Approaches
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The Traditional SDLC
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The Traditional SDLC
• Systems investigation– Identify problems and opportunities– Worth solving it; what are the benefits?
• Systems analysis– What will it take to solve this problem?– Study existing systems– Generate list of requirements
• Systems Design– What must be done to achieve the solution?– Generate technical design (either new system or an
improved system)
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The Traditional SDLC
• Systems implementation– Create individual components– Combine them to have a working system– Train users so that they can use the system easily– Install the system
• Systems maintenance and review– Make sure that the system operates as expected– Modify functionalities that are not working properly
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Prototyping is an Iterative Approach to Systems Development
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Rapid Application Development (RAD)
• Employs tools, techniques, and methodologies designed to speed application development
• Reduces paper-based documentation• Automatically generates program code• Extreme Programming (EP): Change code as
you go along• Joint Application Development (JAD) – Used
for data collection and requirements analysis.• JAD: Participants come together and discuss
requirements, needs, etc.
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Advantages and Disadvantages of RAD
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Use of Project Management Tools
• Aim: Plan, schedule, direct resources• Project schedule:
– Details description of what will be done– What are smaller parts (activities)? – How long will each activity will take?
• Project milestone– Critical date for the completion of a part of the project– Ex: First release
• Project deadline– The date for the entire project to be ready– The date is based on client’s needs
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Use of Project Management Tools
• Critical path– All activities that will cause a delay if they are delayed– Such activities must be finished on time
• Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT)– Three time estimates: Shortest possible, most likely,
and the upper bound
• Gantt chart: Graphical tool for planning and monitoring activities
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Gantt Chart
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Selected Project Management Software
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Computer-Aided Software Engineering (CASE) Tools
• Automate many of the tasks required in a systems development effort– Rigorous– Standard systems development process
• Upper-CASE tools – Deal with early stages of development
• Lower-CASE tools– Automatically generate structured program code
• Integrated-CASE tools– Provide links between upper- and lower-CASE
packages.
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Object-Oriented Systems Development
• Identify potential problems and opportunities within the organization that would be appropriate for the OO approach
• Define the kind of system users require
• Design the system
• Program or modify modules
• Evaluation by users
• Periodic review and modification
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Use Case Diagram for a Kayak Rental Application
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Systems Development Maturity Based on the Capability Maturity Model (CMM)
• Initial: No discipline; ad hoc• Repeatable: Track costs,
schedules, functionality• Defined: Use documented
and defined procedures• Managed: Use measures;
monitor and improve system development
• Optimized: Improve continuously
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Systems Investigation
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Systems Investigation
• Attempts to answer the following questions:
– What primary problems might a new or enhanced system solve?
– What opportunities might a new or enhanced system provide?
– What new hardware, software, databases, or procedures will improve an existing system?
– What are the potential costs (variable and fixed)? – What are the associated risks?
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Feasibility Analysis
• T: Whether hardware, software, and other components can be developed to solve the problem
• E: Are the predicted benefits more than the cost?
• L: Do laws and regulations permit its usage?
• O: Can it be put into action?• S: Can it be finished in a reasonable
time?
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Systems Investigation Report
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Systems Analysis
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Systems Analysis
• Data Collection – Seeks additional information about the problems– Requires identification of internal and external
sources
• Data Analysis – Manipulates collected data so that it is usable for the
development team– Uses data and activity modeling
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Internal and External Sources of Data
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The Steps in Data Collection
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Modeling
• Data Modeling– Mostly done by entity-relationship diagrams– Describes the objects and their relationships but not
the activities
• Activity Modeling – Done by data-flow diagrams (DFMs)– Models objects, activities– Describe how data flows between objects
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Data and Activity Modeling
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Requirements Analysis
• Asking directly– To stakeholders, users, etc. their needs– Critically evaluate needs– Keep in mind that some needs are contradictory
• Determining critical success factors (CSFs)– Managers and decision makers list critical factors only– Derive other requirements based on this
• Developing the IS plan – Translate strategic and organizational goals into
systems development
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The Systems Analysis Report
• The report should cover the following:
– The strengths and weaknesses of the existing system from a stakeholder’s perspective
– The user/stakeholder requirements for the new system (also called the functional requirements)
– The organizational requirements for the new system– A description of what the new information system
should do to solve the problem
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Converting Organizational Goals into Systems Requirements
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A Typical Table of Contents for aReport on an Existing System
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Systems Design
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Systems Design
• Logical design – What will the system do to solve the problems identified
earlier?– Plan the purpose of each system element– Ex: Output of the system, the needed inputs
• Physical design – Refers to how the tasks are accomplished– How do the components work together– What does each component do?
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Request for Proposal
One of the most important documents generated during systems development.
• Results in a formal bid that is used to determine who gets a contract for new or modified systems.
• Specifies in detail required resources.
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A Typical Table of Contents for a
Request for Proposal
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Acquisition Options
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Freezing Design Specifications
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A Typical Table of Contents for a Systems Design Report
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Systems Implementation
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Typical Steps in Systems Implementation
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Typical Steps in Systems Implementation
• Hardware: Buy new or used or refurbished• Software:
– Make-or-buy decision – Reuse existing software
• Users: Train them to use the software fast and with ease
• Personnel: Similar but more technical training for the personnel
• Site preparation: Find a place for the system, ensure environmental constraints
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Typical Steps in Systems Implementation
• Data preparation: Convert physical files into computer data
• Installation: Physically place the system on the site and make it operational
• Testing: Make sure the system operates as planned– Unit: Each component
– System: System as a whole
– Volume: Test the system with lots of data
– Integration: Test all related systems
– Acceptance: Test user cases
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Types of Testing
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Start-up Approaches
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Systems Maintenance and Review
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Systems Maintenance
• Reasons for program maintenance include:
– Changes in business processes– New requests from stakeholders, users, and
managers– Bugs or errors in the program– Technical and hardware problems– Corporate mergers and acquisitions– Government regulations– Change in the operating system or hardware on which
the application runs– Unexpected events, like the terrorist attacks of
September
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Examples of Review Types
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Summary
• Systems development team - consists of stakeholders, users, managers, systems development specialists, and various support personnel.
• Five phases of the traditional SDLC - investigation, analysis, design, implementation, and maintenance and review.
• Systems investigation - designed to assess the feasibility of implementing solutions for business problems.
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Summary
• Systems analysis - the examination of existing systems, which begins once approval for further study is received from management.
• Systems design – purpose is to prepare the detailed design needs for a new system or make modifications to an existing one.
• Systems implementation - to install a system and make everything, including users, ready for its operation.
• Systems maintenance - involves checking, changing, and enhancing the system to make it more useful in obtaining user and organizational goals.
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Principles and Learning Objectives
• Effective systems development requires a team effort of stakeholders, users, managers, systems development specialists, and various support personnel, and it starts with careful planning.
– Identify the key participants in the systems development process and discuss their roles.
– Define the term information systems planning and list several reasons for initiating a systems project.
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Principles and Learning Objectives
• Systems development often uses different approaches and tools such as traditional development, prototyping, rapid application development, end-user development, computer-aided software engineering, and object-oriented development to select, implement, and monitor projects.
– Discuss the key features, advantages, and disadvantages of the traditional, prototyping, rapid application development, and end-user systems development life cycles.
– Discuss the use of computer-aided software engineering (CASE) tools and the object-oriented approach to systems development.
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Principles and Learning Objectives
• Systems development starts with investigation and analysis of existing systems.
– State the purpose of systems investigation.– Discuss the importance of performance and cost
objectives.– State the purpose of systems analysis and discuss
some of the tools and techniques used in this phase of systems development.
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Principles and Learning Objectives
• Designing new systems or modifying existing ones should always be aimed at helping an organization achieve its goals.
– State the purpose of systems design and discuss the differences between logical and physical systems design.
– Outline key steps taken during the design phase.– Define the term RFP and discuss how this document
is used to drive the acquisition of hardware and software.
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Principles and Learning Objectives
• The primary emphasis of systems implementation is to make sure that the right information is delivered to the right person in the right format at the right time.
– State the purpose of systems implementation and discuss the various activities associated with this phase of systems development.
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Principles and Learning Objectives
• Maintenance and review add to the useful life of a system but can consume large amounts of resources, so they benefit from the same rigorous methods and project management techniques applied to systems development.
– State the importance of systems and software maintenance and discuss the activities involved.
– Describe the systems review process.