ICT581: Information Systems Analysis and Design Tutorial 3 Report

This assignment solution addresses the ICT581 Information Systems Principles and Practice Tutorial 3, focusing on information systems analysis and design. The solution begins by identifying the information systems used by AgriDigital, including Sage for payroll and human resources, Google Data Studio for reporting and dashboards, and IPTIM for strategic planning. It classifies these systems as TPS (Quickbooks example), MIS (Sage), DSS (Data Studio), and EIS (IPTIM), explaining the rationale behind each classification. The solution also covers system development, outlining the key activities within the system development life cycle (SDLC), such as preliminary analysis, system analysis, system design, development, deployment, maintenance, and disposal. Furthermore, it defines the role of a systems analyst, emphasizing their systematic assessment of user interactions with technology and business operations to improve input, processing, and output. References to relevant literature are included.

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Exercise 1:

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The organisation picked is AgriDigital which has
Sage- for payroll and human resource
Google Data Studio for reporting and dashboard
Custom Agriculture management information system
IPTIM used for strategic planning
TPS
A TPS system is a special business grade system that is used to support the various transactional
processes in different business units for example the accounting systems such as Quick books is
a typical TPS system that records various financial transactions (Torossian & Maxwell, 2012).
MIS
These types of systems generally make use of IT to help the various managers ensure there is an
efficient and smooth running of the various operations. The data collected by these systems can
be used to evaluate the performance level of the company. Sage, a human resource management
is a good example of the MIS
DSS
The Decision support system is those that gather and analyse data and produce actionable
reports. The key feature is more visuals and dashboards (Yu et al., 2015). In the company, Data
studio is one such system
EIS
Executive Information Systems is a special DSS which majorly used by the executives in their
decision making apparatus . In the company, the IPTIM system is a good example of EIS
Exercise 2: System development
System development is the process used to create and maintain IT based systems. The key
activities in the development includes, preliminary analysis, system analysis and definition of
requirements, system design, development, deployment, maintenance and disposal (Baxter &
Sommerville, 2011) .

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What do systems analysts do? What is their role in systems development?
The system analyst does a systematic assessment of how the various users interact with various
technology and how the business operates by analysing the input, processing and output with the
goal of improving them.
References
Baxter, G., & Sommerville, I. (2011). Socio-technical systems: From design methods to systems
engineering. Interacting with Computers, 23(1), 4–17.
Kumar, N., Zadgaonkar, A. S., & Shukla, A. (2013). Evolving a new software development life
cycle model SDLC-2013 with client satisfaction. International Journal of Soft Computing

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and Engineering (IJSCE), 3(1), 2231–2307.
Torossian, A., & Maxwell, D. (2012). Contactless wireless transaction processing system.
Yu, C.-P., Chen, H.-G., Klein, G., & Jiang, R. (2015). The roots of executive information system
development risks. Information and Software Technology, 68, 34–44.