Hints for Review Questions
Chapter 12
1. Whatarethescopeandobjectivesofsystemsanalysis?
SeeSection12.1
2. Whenconsideringacomplexintegratedsystem,whyisitimportanttouseamethodicalapproachtosystems
analysisanddesign?
SeeSection12.1and10.4
3. Whatbenefitsaretobeobtainedinanalysisbyinitiallyfocusingonprocessesandfunctionsatageneral,
ratherthanadetailedlevel?
SeeSection12.1
4. Whataretheadvantagesandlimitationsof:
(a) Decisiontables
SeeSection12.5
(b) Logicflowcharts
SeeSection12.6
(c) StructuredEnglish
SeeSection12.7
5. Whataretheadvantagesandlimitationsofmanualsystemsflowcharts?
SeeSection12.2
6. Explainthepurposeofadatadictionary.
SeeSection12.4