Evolution of Business Systems Analysis

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Evolution of Business Systems Analysis
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Evolution of Business System Analysis

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Evolution of Business Systems Analysis
Abstract...................................................................................................................... 3
Introduction................................................................................................................ 4
Research Approaches and Methodologies applied.....................................................5
Observation............................................................................................................. 5
Sampling................................................................................................................. 5
Survey..................................................................................................................... 6
Alignment strategy..................................................................................................... 6
Execution of inventions........................................................................................... 7
Detection of misalignment...................................................................................... 7
Identification of the need to change........................................................................8
Implementation of changes..................................................................................... 8
Trends in business system analysis............................................................................9
Analysis based on SWOT......................................................................................... 9
Analysis of the non-functional requirements.........................................................10
Interviews and workshops..................................................................................... 10
Modeling of the business processes......................................................................11
Modeling of the data............................................................................................. 12
User experiences with the system........................................................................13
Conclusion................................................................................................................ 13
References............................................................................................................... 14

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Evolution of Business Systems Analysis
Abstract
Since the introduction of business systems planning back in 1970s, there has been
extensive evolution in the business system analysis. The evolution tends to accommodate many
business processes and implement an accommodative business system architecture that supports
all the non functional features of a complete system. Functionality, Usability, Reliability,
Performance, Supportability and Security are these features that tend to attract business
organizations to incorporate business systems analysis when developing their systems.
Functionality caters for the system functioning, reliability caters for the system reliance in case
of a misfortune, usability caters for user-friendliness, supportability caters for all the components
the system should support and security caters for the safety measures put in place to mitigate
attacks from malicious people.
As business systems analysis evolves, supporting software environments tend to evolve
too. This has to be the case for alignment purposes between the business system and the
supporting business environment. Over the years, as business systems analysis and supporting
software environments evolve analysts and developers have implemented strategies to ensure
that the business processes supported in the business system analysis align with the supporting
software environment the business software is being developed . The strategies put into
consideration the codification of the alignment, the changing aspects of analysis and supporting
software, the objects involved in the business processes and the parameters involved.

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Evolution of Business Systems Analysis
Introduction
Due to the dynamism of the; business processes, business requirements, technology and
supporting software environments available for the development of fully functional, effective
and efficient enterprise or business systems, the need to advance and improve the approaches,
methodologies and techniques of business system analysis has been very crucial and of concern
to most system analysts. The advancement in return has led to success of the business processes
accommodated by a business. This has made most businesses and business-oriented
organizations to implement business systems in their businesses to enhance their business
processes and in turn accrue a lot of profit at the end of the day.
Over the years the most significant aspect put in to consideration during the business
system analysis phase in the system development life cycle is the alignment of the business
processes with the supporting software environment. This is crucial when developing a system
because if a supporting software environment does not support the technologies behind business
processes, then the business system will not work and give feedback as expected by the system
analyst, system designer, system programmer and the organization at hand.
The business systems analysis has implemented new techniques like; Strength,
Weakness, Threat and Opportunities analysis (SWOT), Business process modeling, Use case
modeling, Non-functional requirement analysis, Data modeling, Requirement workshops,
Requirement interviews and User stories to advance the process of analyzing business systems.
All these in addition to the alignment strategy, have made business system analysis evolve