Identify the key participants in the systems development process and discuss their roles.
· Define the term information systems planning and list several reasons for initiating a systems project.
· Discuss the key features, advantages, and disadvantages of the traditional, prototyping, rapid application development and end-user systems development life cycles.
· Identify several factors that influence the success or failure of a systems development project.
· Discuss the use of CASE tools and the object-oriented approach to systems development.
· State the purpose of systems investigation.
· Discuss the importance of performance and cost objectives.