Information Systems Development

A. Development Participants

   1. Steering committee
   2. Project leader
   3. Project team
      a. Systems analysts
      b. Programmers

B. Guidelines

   1. Phased approach
   2. Involve users
   3. Develop standards

C. System Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

   1. Planning (Steering Committee)
      a. Review requests
      b. Prioritize
      c. Assign team
   2. Analysis (All levels)
      a. Feasibility assessment
      b. Project plan (Gantt chart)
      c. Preliminary investigation
      d. Produce structure analysis
         i. ER diagrams
         ii. Data Flow diagrams
         iii. Structured English
         iv. Decision table
         v. Decision tree
         vi. Data dictionary
   3. Design
      a. Acquire hardware/software
      b. Detailed system design
         i. Database
         ii. Program flowchart
         iii. Input/Output specifications
         iv. CASE diagrams
   4. Implementation
      a. Develop
      b. Install/Test
      c. Train users
      d. System conversion
         i. Direct
         ii. Parallel
         iii. Phased
         iv. Pilot
   5. Support