SAD

An overview that describes a company's overall processes, products, customers, suppliers, competitors, constraints, and future businesses.

Business Profile

A system that processes data generated by day-to-day business operations.

Transaction Processing System

Provides job-related information support to users at all levels of a company.

Business Support System

A chart that consists of horizontal bars connected with arrows indicating past dependencies.

Gantt Chart

A preliminary investigation conducted by a system analyst to study the system and recommend specific actions.

System Request

A chart that displays complex task patterns and relationships.

Program Evaluation Review Technique (PERT) Chart

A widely used tool for visualizing issues that lead attention, drawn as a vertical bar graph.

Pareto Chart

A professional who investigates, analyzes, designs, develops, installs, evaluates and maintains a company's information system.

System Analyst

The analysis that ensures a company’s image will not be at risk taking on a specific project.

Operational Feasibility

A project management tool that allows one to manage a project as one large task.

Word Breakdown Structure (WBS)

A problem-solving tool used to analyze relationships between two variables.

Scatter Diagram

Software that controls the flow of data, provides data security, and manages network operations.

System Software

A system that consists of logical rules and identifies data patterns and relationships.

Knowledge Management System

A practice that promotes continuous iteration of development and testing throughout the software development lifecycle.

Agile Methodology

Requirements or conditions that a system must satisfy, or outcomes that a system must achieve.

Constraints

The electronic transfer of data between organizations to facilitate business transactions.

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

An inventory management strategy that aligns raw-material orders from suppliers directly with production schedules.

Just in Time (JIT)

A diagram that uses various shapes to illustrate the flow of processes.

Process Flow Diagram

An analysis tool that represents the possible causes of an issue in a graphical outline.

Fish Bone Diagram

An ongoing evaluation process that ensures a project meets its access requirements throughout its lifecycle.

Accessibility Analysis