ISDP1: system methodologies-PROJECT SELECTION UNIT 1

1.0 INTRODUCTION Systems analysts do not start working on any projects they desire. They receive a lot of requests from the management for starting different types of projects. When projects are formalized, the systems analysts, under the management’s direction, conduct a preliminary investigation to analyze the reasons for the request and collect various facts to respond to the request in a systematic way. Some projects are feasible, while others many not be feasible for various reasons. 2.0 OBJECTIVES After going through this unit you will be able to: • describe different reasons for developing new systems projects. • state the different sources of project requests. • discuss how to select a project out of a number of project requests.