University of California, Davis

Application Development Methodology

Analysis Stage

This is where the determination and analysis of the business requirements are performed. This includes both a high level and broad analysis of business activity(s) and events as well as an analysis of the data those business activities require or produce. The scope of the analysis is either a specified business area or a well defined information system project. The unit of work performed in this stage is known as a Business Area Analysis project.

Stage Scope : A business area (major subset of the University (enterprise) defined via business activities, business events, and/or entity types) or a pre-scoped IT development project.

Stage Input : A business area definition or pre-scoped information technology project.

Stage Tasks :

A3.1 Acquire initial understanding

A3.2 Produce entity relationship diagram

A3.3 Produce process model

A3.4 Analyze involvement matrices

A3.5 Confirm outline business model

A3.6 Analyze distribution

A3.7 Define design areas

A3.9 Analyze entity type life cycles

A3.10 Analyze process logic

A3.11 Analyze business rules

A3.12 Analyze current systems

A3.13 Confirm correctness of the detailed business model

A3.14 Reaffirm design area evaluation

Stage Output : One or more sets of Business Requirements. Each set of business requirements will relate to either a business area or to an information system.

D3.1 Project Control

D3.2 Data

D3.3 Processes

D3.4 Process/Data Interaction

D3.5 Business Model

D3.6 Distribution & Frequency

D3.7 Design Preparation

D3.8 Current System Information

D3.9 BAA Report

D3.10 System Plans


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