
Students' Guide to Business Computing
Fact-finding techniques - record inspection
You will find that the organization has a great deal of information that
will be useful. We have already looked at the possibility of using or
creating organization charts and the value of looking at the annual
report. Now we will consider record inspection as part of the formal
fact-finding activity.
The company should have, for example, a user
guide
or manual for
the system you are investigating. This details the inputs, processes and
outputs of the system. The document will show you how the system
ought to be carried out and the associated forms and documents ...