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- application architecture plan
- a description of the integrated information system that the organization needs to carry out its business functions
- automation boundary
- the separation between the automated part of a system and the manual part of a system
- business process reengineering
- a technique that seeks to alter the nature of the work done in a business function with the objective of radically improving performance
- communication support systems
- support systems that allow employees to communicate with each other and with customers and suppliers
- customer relationship management (CRM)
- processes that support marketing, sales, and service operations involving direct and indirect customer interaction
- Decision support System (DSS)
- support systems that allow a user to explore the impact of available options or decisions
- Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
- a process in which an organization commits to using an integrated set of software packages for key information systems
- Executive Information System (EIS)
- information systems for executives to use for monitoring the competitive environment and for strategic planning
- funtional decomposition
- dividing a system into components based on subsystems that in turn are further divided into subsystems
- information system
- a collection of interrelated components that collect, process, store, and provide as output the information needed to complete business tasks
- information systems strategic plan
- the plan defining the technology and applications that the information systems function needs to support the organizations strategic plan
- management information systems (MIS)
- information systems that take information captured by transaction processing systems and produce reports that management needs for planning and control
- office support systems
- support systems that help employees create and share documents, including reports, proposals, and memos
- strategic planning
- a process during which executives try to answer questions about the company, such as where the business is now, where they want the business to be, and what they have to do to get there
- subsystem
- a system that is part of a larger system
- supersystem
- a larger system that contains other systems
- supply chain management (SCM)
- a process that seamlessly integrates product development, product acquisition, manufacturing, and inventory management
- system
- a collection of interrelated components that function together to achieve some outcome
- system boundary
- the separation between a system and its environment that inputs and outputs must cross
- systems analysis
- the process of understanding and specifying in detail what the IS should do
- systems analyst
- a business professional who uses analysis and design techniques to solve business problems using information technology
- systems design
- the process of specifying in detail how the many components of the IS should be physically implemented
- techniques
- strategies for completing specific system development activities
- technology architecture plan
- a description of the hardware, software, and communications networks required to implement planned information systems
- tools
- software products used to develop analysis and design specifications and completed system components
- transaction processing systems (TPS)
- information systems that capture and record information about the transactions that affect the organization