Chapter 12: Systems Investigation and Analysis

The following are discussion questions for this chapter. Students should be able to answer the following questions and be prepared to discuss them in depth during class.

1. Why is systems development important?
2. What roles are involved in the systems development process?
3. What functions does each stakeholder perform on the systems development team?
4. What is information systems planning?
5. What are some factors used to determine performance objectives?
6. What are some factors used to determine cost objectives?
7. What are some of the special needs of e-commerce systems?
8. What are the stages of the traditional Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)?
9. What are some advantages and disadvantages of the traditional SDLC?
10. Describe prototyping as a systems development process?
11. What are the advantages and disadvantages of prototyping?
12. Describe rapid application development (RAD) as a systems development process?
13. What are the advantages and disadvantages of RAD?
14. Describe joint application development (JAD) as a systems development process?
15. What are the advantages and disadvantages of JAD?
16. What are some factors that affect the success of the systems development process?
17. Describe the difference between upper-CASE, lower-CASE, and I-CASE tools.
18. What is object oriented systems development (OOSD)?
19. Describe the systems investigation process and its output.
20. Describe the systems analysis process and its outputs.
1. What is data analysis?
2. What is data modeling and what tools are used?
3. What is activity modeling and what tools are used?
4. What is an application flowchart?
5. What is requirements analysis?
6. What are the components of the systems analysis report?