Fundamental Information System

Chapter 3:

Basics Of System Development

 System Development
 Systems development is the process of taking a set of business requirements and, through
a series of structured stages, translating these into an operational IT system.

 Systems development is the process of defining, planning ,analyses, designing,

testing, ,implementing and maintenance a new software application or program.

 The first development methodology we are going to review is the systems-development

life cycle (SDLC).
System Development Life Cycle
 1. PLANNING
 The is deciding in advance what to do, how to do it, when to do it, and who should do it.

o Why build the system? How should the team go about building it?

o Identifying business value

o Analyze feasibility

o Develop work plan

o Staff the project

o Control and direct project

 2.ANALYSIS
 The Existing system is Evaluated.

 Deficiencies are identified.

 Can be done by interviewing users of the system and consulting with support personnel.

 Who uses system, what will it do, where and when will the system be used?

o Information gathering

o Process modeling

o Logic modeling

o Data modeling
 3. DESIGN
 The proposed system is designed.

 Plans are laid out concerning the physical construction, hardware, operating systems,
programming, communications and security issues

o How will the system work?

o Physical design

o Architectural design

o Interface design

o Database and file design

o Program design
 4. DEVELOPMENT
 The new system is developed.

• The new components and programs must be obtained and installed.

• Users of the system must be trained in its use.

 5. TESTING:
 All aspects of performance must be tested.

• If necessary, adjustments must be made at this stage.

• Tests performed by quality assurance (QA) teams may include systems

integration and system testing.
 6. IMPLEMENTATION

 the new system can be phased in, according to application or location, and the old system

gradually replaced.

• In some cases, it may be more cost-effective to shut down the old system and implement the

new system all at once.

 7. MAINTENANCE
 This step involves changing and updating the system once it is in place.

• Hardware or software may need to be upgraded, replaced or changed in some way

to better fit the needs of the end-users continuously.
 Feasibility Analysis Study
• Is studies analyze strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to determine
whether the proposals are cost-effective and beneficial to a company’s long-term
success.

• study is an assessment that determines whether a project is legally, economically,

and technically feasible to be successful.
 Types of feasibility Analysis study
• Technical Feasibility Analysis

• Financial Feasibility Analysis

• Marketing Feasibility Analysis

• Organization Feasibility Analysis

 Technical Feasibility Analysis

• Technical feasibility study checks for accessibility of technical resources in the organization.

• In case technological resources exist, the study team will conduct assessments to check

whether the technical team can customize or update the existing technology to suit the new

method of workings for the project by properly

• Checking the health of the hardware and software.

 Financial Feasibility Analysis

• This projects how much start-up capital is needed, sources of capital, returns on
investment, and other financial considerations.

• The study considers how much cash is needed, where it will come from, and how
it will be spent.

• financial feasibility allows an organization to determine cost-benefit analysis. It

gives details about the investment that has to go in to get the desired level of
benefit (profit).
 Marketing Feasibility Analysis

 This is considered as the most important analysis which helps in describing the

current market for your product or service, identifying the market competition,

and potential market.

 It assesses the industry type, the existing marketing characteristics and

improvements to make it better, the growth evident and needed, competitive

environment of the company’s products and services.

 Organization Feasibility Analysis

• Organization feasibility focuses on the organization’s structure, including the

legal system, management team’s competency, etc.

• It checks whether the existing conditions will suffice to implement the

business idea.
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