Name: Jecca Cervero

Section: O0C

            Book: Systems Analysis And Design Methods/Fifth Edition

            Author: Jeffrey L. Whitten, Lonnie D. Bentley, Kevin C. Dittman

            Reference No.: QA 76.9 S88 W48 2000

Chapter:  Chapter 1

Quote:    “ For Systems Analysts, most failures are attributed to poor leadership and management.”

Review:

Cross Life Cycle Activities

Cross Lifecycle Activities are activities that overlap many or all phases of the methodology.

These are the activities involve:

*Fact-finding

      Fact-finding is the formal process of using research, interviews, meetings, questionnaires, sampling, and other techniques to collect information about systems, requirements, and preferences. it is also called information gathering or data collection.

*Documentation and Presentations

            -Documentation is the activity of recording facts and specifications for a system or current and future reference.

            -Presentation is the activity of communicating findings, recommendations, and documentation for review by interested users and managers. It is maybe written or verbal.

(There is a data base where system developers store all documentation, knowledge, and products for one or more information systems or projects called "repository")

*Feasibility Analysis

            -Feasibility is a measure of how beneficial the development of an information system would be to an organization.

            -Feasibility Analysis is the activity by which feasibility is measured and assessed.

*Process and Project Management

      -Process Management is an ongoing activity that documents, manages the use of, and improves an organization's chosen methodology (the process)for systems development.

         -Project Management is the activity of defining, planning, directing, monitoring, and controlling a project to develop an acceptable system within the allotted time and budget.

*Change Management

         - The change management is the process of requesting, determining attainability, planning, implementing and evaluation of changes to a system.

*Quality Management

      - Quality management is a method for ensuring that all the activities necessary to design, develop and implement a product or service are effective and efficient with respect to the system and its performance.