
Students Guide to Information
Technology
The systems project life cycle
The analysis and design of
a
system is called a
systems
project It will
involve a number of clearly defined phases, which together form
the
project
life
cycle.
These phases are listed below; in traditional (or
classical)
systems analysis and design, they follow each other in
sequence.
1 The survey, also called
the
feasibility study. This will involve the
analyst in extensive interviews with users. Its purpose is: to
identify the scope of the system, i.e. what parts of the
organization are covered by it; to identify the
shortcomings
in the
current system; and to determin ...