Week 12: Clear

This week information and systems development was pretty much what i was expecting it to be. It was all about systems. A system is a set of components that interact to achieve a common goal. In the book they gave examples of a highway and how we do not realize that we use system all the time. As some of us may realize the systems when using that portion of us may or may not realize that behind every system there is a business creating it and with that business holds a team and key individuals to organize, research and develop this system.
A business working on a project, i.g. a highway, needs a main system developer also known as a program manager, is the key person in the system development cycle. A system development project usually needs a project team which is developed by the company. A project team works on the project from beginning to end and is made up of at least one person from each different area. The team usually consist of users, systems analyst, and other IT people. For each system development project you need to create a team consisting of this people to complete the project efficiently.
The development cycle is split into five phases.
1. Planning
2. Analysis
3. Design
4. Implementation
5. Operation, Support, and Security
Each phases also consist of a series of activities that the developers go by. There are also three guidelines to follow during the phases.
All this put together creates our systems that we use daily, most of the time without realizing. It is pretty interesting, and if you are caught captive and wanting to know more check into the engineering department on campus.