P1 outline the principles of systems analysis

Key drivers

Need for Growth

The drivers are need for growth and many businesses need to expand into new markets they develop new products and also increase their turnover and profits for them to do this they have to plan effectively and they often will have to incorporates system analysis.

Need to increase productivity

The sales may have improved but there is also a need to improve capacity, also the activity of the competitors may require that the company their ability to respond

The more employers that are working on the system means that it may slow it down or cause a expansion in terms of physical space of multiple sites

Reduce costs

To reduce the costs they need to be more efficient and improve the turnover ratio especially in times of economic recession

A company may need to makes their systems less labour intensive or costly they can do this by saving money.

Developmental tools

They are things like data flow diagrams and activity diagrams

What are data flow diagrams?

A data flow diagram (DFD) is a graphical representation of the flow of data through an information system

A preliminary step used to create an overview of the system which can be elaborated

What are activity diagrams?

An activity diagram is graphical representation of workflows

They can be used to describe the business and operational step by step workflows of components in a system; an activity diagram shows the overall flow of control in a system

Techniques of systems analysis

How to gather all the information, you could do surveys or interviews in order to collect the information needed surveys are a good source of information but you are unable to expand your questions depending on the persons answer with an interview you can expand on your questions if needed so you gather more information.