1. Analyst Salaries

2. Development Project Interactions
Application Specialist
Hardware Specialist
Hardware/Software Vendor
Database Administrator
Senior Management
Systems Analyst
Network Specialist
Satisfied End-Users
Dissatisfied End-Users
IT Steering Committee

3. A Typical MIS Production Scheduling Management Information System
Inventory Tracking System
Materials Management System
Customer Order System
Accounting System
Production Scheduling Management Information
System

4. SDLC Preliminary Investigation Analysis Logical Design Physical
Implementation
Maintenance

5. Errors Are Costly

6. Data and Process Centricity
Data-Centric Approach
Process-Centric Approach
What data does the system need?
What is the system supposed to do?
Tends to have an enduring design stability due to low volatility in organizational data needs.
 Design stability is necessarily limited due to constant changes in business processes.
The file structure is enterprise dependent.
The file structure is application dependent.
Data redundancy is generally limited and controlled.
Data redundancy is generally massive and uncontrolled.

7. Relationship to Organization
Analyst Roles
Analyst Role
Relationship to Organization
Programmer/Analyst
Employee of the organization
Systems Analyst
Independent Analyst
Contractor to the organization
Outsource Provider
Employee of outsourcing contractor
Systems Consultant
Software developer
Manufacturer or supplier of software