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What are the stages of System Analysis?
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Research, Analysis, Design, Production, Testing, Documentation, Implementation, Evaluation
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Research is to collect info about the present system.
List different ways of gathering/collectin information. |
Observation, Interviews, Questinnaires, Collecting Documents.
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what are the advantages and disadvantages of colleting info by "observation".
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adv: first-hand, unbiased info.
disadv: people won't work the way they normally do if they know they are being watched. |
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what are the advantages and disadvantages of colleting info by "interviews".
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adv: key people can be interviewed. Detatiled info can be gathered.
disadv: take a long time. |
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what are the advantages and disadvantages of colleting info by "questionnaires".
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adv: quicker and simple way to gather info for a large group of people.
disadv: return rate may be small; people cannot ask questions if they have problems with the questions; people do not take it seriously. |
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what are the advantages and disadvantages of colleting info by "collecting documents".
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adv: most business and organization have forms and records;
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In a payroll system, what are the inputs?
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Employee timesheets, employee pay rates, employee bank accoutn details, employee personal details, employee id, etc.
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In a payroll system, what are the outputs?
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printed pay slips, EFT payments, salary report for management;
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In a payroll system, what are the process?
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to calculate the pay; to print the pay slips; to make EFT payments; to produce salary report;
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What is "off-the-shelf" software?
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Off-the-shelf software refers to the software that can be bought easily from a store. It is usually used by a large lange of customers and it tends to be general-purpose.
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What are the advantages of "off-the-shelf" software?
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it is usually cheaper than "custom-written" software.
it usually comes with a lot of support and help. |
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What are the advantages of "custom-written" software?
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it is usually very expensive.
it provides exactly what the customers need. it usually caters for one customer only, hence, it only comes with little help/support. |