Information Systems ANalysis and Design - Answers The process of developing and maintaining an
information system.
Application Software - Answers Software designed to process data and support users in an organization.
Ex: Spreadsheets, word processors, and DBMS.
Methodologies - Answers A sequence of step-by-step approaches that help develop your final product:
the information system.
Techniques - Answers Processes that you, as an analyst, will follow to help ensure that your work is well
thought out, complete, and comprehensible to others on your project team.
Tools - Answers Computer Programs that make it easy to use specific techniques.
System - Answers A group of interrelated procedures used for a business function, with an identifiable
boundary, working together for some purpose.
Component - Answers An irreducible part or aggregation of parts that makes up a system; also called a
subsystem.
interrelated - Answers Dependence of one part of the system on one or more other parts of the system.
Boundary - Answers The line that marks the inside and outside of a system and that sets off the system
from its environment.
Purpose - Answers The overall goal or function of a system.
Environment - Answers Everything external to a system that interacts with the system
Interface - Answers Point of contact where a system meets its environment or where subsystems meet
each other.
Constraint - Answers A limit to what a system can accomplish
Decomposition - Answers The process of breaking the description of a system down into small
components; also known as functional decomposition
Modularity - Answers Dividing a system up into chunks or modules of a relatively uniform size.
Coupling - Answers The extent to which subsystems depend on each other.
Cohesion - Answers The extent to which a system or subsystem performs a single function
Systems Analyst - Answers The organizational role most responsible for the analysis and design of
information systems.