2. What is Systems Development?
Definition:
Systems Development is the
process of creating and
maintaining information systems.
You are a project manager …
3. What is Systems Development?
Involves all five IS components:
• Hardware
• Software
• Data
• Procedures
• People.
4. What is Systems Development?
• Must be a team effort.
What if all of the emphasis
of a team’s management
was placed on who they
drafted?
• Remember: IS is more
than technology.
5. Systems Development Challenges
• Requirements determination
• Requirements creep
• Schedule / budgeting difficulties
• Changing technology
• Diseconomies of scale.
6. The Five Phases of the SDLC
• System Definition
• Requirements Analysis
• Component Design
• Implementation
• System Maintenance
11. Component Design
Identify specific tasks for each of the five IS
components.
•Build a timeline with target dates.
• Color-code for departments or state of
completion.
• Use a shared document.
• Meet with key people regularly.
12. Component Design
• Hardware design: Purchase it, lease it, or lease time
from hosting service
• Software design: Off-the-shelf, custom developed
• Database design: Convert data model to a database
design
• Procedure design: Normal, backup, failure recovery
procedures
• Design of job descriptions
13. Process Design
• Normal Operations Procedures
• Backup Procedures
• Failure Procedures
• Document using process notebooks or
team wiki
