Data, Information, Business Processes, Fact-finding, and Feasibility Study

Data, Information, Business Processes, Fact-finding, and Feasibility Study

Business Processes

Business processes can be identified everywhere, from ordering a sandwich at a local café to booking a flight on the website of an airline. There are too many examples I can list. Task 1:

· Your first task is to identify a business process that you experienced before. For example, booking a hotel, checking in a flight, ordering a drink on a mobile phone, watching a movie on Netflix, etc.

· List the detailed steps about how the business process is performed to provide products or services.

Data and Information

Task 2:

· Once you identify a business process that you are familiar with, think about what data you can capture

through an information system and how you can turn them into useful information.

· Give examples of data and how they can be processed to become information.

· If you are the owner/CEO/general manager of the business, how would you use the information to help you improve your business

Fact-finding

Task 3:

• Answer the following questions.

o What is fact-finding? o What are different fact-finding techniques that an analyst may use?

Feasibility Study

Task 4: • Answer the following questions.

o What is a feasibility study? o What are different types of feasibility? For each type of feasibility, suggest two questions that will help you reach a determination.