Towards a Tool Kit For the Systems Analyst

Benyon, D.; Skidmore, S.

Abstract

A review of the major systems analysis methodologies is undertaken in order to examine the aspects of information systems (IS) which they seem best able to represent. The importance of a collection of techniques – the analyst's tool kit – is stressed, and aspects of systems analysis poorly covered by existing methodologies are highlighted. The conclusion is drawn that one single methodology cannot cover the whole range of systems tasks.

Citation

Benyon, D., & Skidmore, S. (1987). Towards a Tool Kit For the Systems Analyst. Computer Journal, 30(1), 2-7. https://doi.org/10.1093/comjnl/30.1.2

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jan 1, 1987
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 1987
• Deposit Date: Aug 1, 2016
• Journal: The Computer Journal
• Print ISSN: 0010-4620
• Electronic ISSN: 1460-2067
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 30
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 2-7
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/comjnl/30.1.2
• Keywords: systems analysis methodologies, information systems, analyst's tool kit,
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/321754