Hei-Lesson_07.ppt

InformationSystem AnalysisDesign Methods Xinhong HEI Lei WANG ADD: Rd. South of Jinhua 5, 710048, Xi’an TEL: 0086 29 8231 2196 – 1010 FAX: 0086 29 8231 2456 Email: leiwang@ heixinhong@ WEB: 0/sysana/index.aspx Lesson Review Interviews Open-ended and close-ended questions Preparation is key Questionnaires Must be carefully designed Can contain close-ended as well as open-ended questions Other means of gather requirements Observing workers Analyzing business documents Joint Application Design JAD Prototyping Business Process Reengineering BPR Disruptive technologies Lesson Seven Structuring System Requirements: Process Modeling Part I Process Modeling Modeling a system’s process Utilize information gathered during requirements determination Structure of the data is also modeled in addition to the processes Process modeling Graphically represents the processes that capture, manipulate, store and distribute data between a system and its environment and among system components Data Flow Diagrams DFD Graphically illustrate movement of data between external entities and the processes, and data stores within a system Process Modeling: Deliverables and Outcomes Set of coherent, interrelated data flow diagrams 1. Context data flow diagram DFD Scope of system 2. DFDs of current system Enables analysts to understand current system 3. DFDs of new logical system Technology independent Show data flows, structure and functional requirements of new system 4. Through descriptions of each DFD component Data Flow Diagramming Mechanics Data Flow Drawn as an arrow Depicts data that are in motion and moving as a unit from one place to another in the system Select a meaningful name to represent the data Data Store Drawn as two horizontal parallel lines Depicts data at rest May represent data in File folder Computer-based file Notebook The name of the store as well as the number are recorded in between lines Data Flow Diagramming Mechanics Process Drawn as a circle Depicts