Week 11: Clear/Information Systems

This week in class we learned about information systems and the system development cycle. I found the topic very easy to understand after we went through the entire cycle:

• Planning- where project requests are reviewed and then approved
• Analysis- completing a preliminary analysis where technology, objective, schedule, and cost are looked at and then a detailed analysis is completed where solutions are developed
• Design- figure out how to create the system, obtain the hardware necessary and sign off on the final plans
• Implementation- develop, install, and test the new program and train everyone to use it before converting
• Operation, Support and Security- look at the maintenance, performance, and security

I believe knowing about information systems is very important in the business world no matter what company you work for because you could be the one creating the system or the one learning the new system because your company is converting. This is very common in the real world and an article I found that dealt with this topic in the real world can be found here.