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Third Year - BFCI

2010-2011

StorySix Blind Men

Industrious Mouse

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System Analysis

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Example

Organizations

Organizations are composed of interrelated and interdependent subsystems.

System and subsystem boundaries and environments impact on information system analysis and design.

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Organizational Environment

Community environmentGeographicalDemographics (education, income)

Economic environmentMarket factorsCompetition

Political environment State and local government

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Open and Closed Systems

Systems are described as eitherOpen○ Free-flowing information.○ Output from one system becomes input

to another.

Closed with restricted access to information○ Limited by numerous rules.○ Information on a need to know basis.

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