Week 7: Ending Analysis Phase

This is the final lecture regarding analysis. I realise that we took three weeks to fully complete analysis studies. So this must have certain importance in this unit. The analysis of a system is very the basis of the system. As we discussed before, if the analysis is not done properly or critical tasks are not taken in during analysis the system will fail to fit the requirements of the client.

On this week, we talked about how much system costs, how much automation the system has to be, request for proposals, etc. Compared to the slides from the past week, this was rather done quickly. It was not rushed through and Rob really wanted to slow down but i think he has done a good job trying his best to slow down his talking.

Part of teh lecture we discussed about how systems are developed. It can be done via internal or external sources. Internal sources require the organisation to develop the system with their own staff. External sources means getting people outside the organisation to develop the system.

Pros and cons? Internal means staff from the organisation are asked to develop the system. This means that they are taken from their usual workload and given this new task. Sensitive data is kept within the organisation when the system is being developed in-house. Cost of developing is lower compared to external sources.

External sources are organisations that are experts in developing systems. These companies comes in, plan, analyze and design the system. They are good at what they are doing and they don't come cheap. I know how much a simple ERP solution cost while i was interning at Microsoft. Cost is not the important part. It is trust. Trust that these external sources do not leak sensitive data or even customer data to their rivals. As these organisations deal with plenty of other customers, the is a risk of losing sensitive data to competitors. MS made sure that the project leader sign a document with the company to trust them. Trust them not to comprommise sensitive data. If discovered, MS will pay damages. Usually amounts that i have dreamed of winning. Haha...

Lastly, we discussed about the professionalism in our work. How we present our analysis in a profesional way. How companies will ask for quote on developing the system. This is important as analysis understood by just the developers is not much of value when the clients do not understand them. Therefore we must create documents that satsify both parties than money will start to roll in.