Objectives

• Gain a business understanding of the systems development process.

• Define the range of roles and function in a typical system development project.

• Discuss the relationship between users, analysis and programmers and the need for clear agreement as to the users requirements.

• Specify the task and contribution of the members of a system project team.

• Describe the nature of the 'system life cycle' and the need for maintainable systems that have been developed and documented to defined standards.

• Apply the concepts of users-driven and user-friendly systems.