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romney_ais14_stppt_03.pptxAccounting Information Systems
Fourteenth Edition
Chapter 3
Systems Documentation Techniques
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Learning Objectives
Prepare and use data flow diagrams to understand, evaluate, and document information systems.
Prepare and use flowcharts to understand, evaluate, and document information systems.
Prepare and use business process diagrams to understand, evaluate, and document information systems.
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Why Document Systems?
Accountants must be able to read documentation and understand how a system works (e.g., auditors need to assess risk)
Sarbanes–Oxley Act (SOX) requires management to assess internal controls and auditors to evaluate the assessment
Used for systems development and changes
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Data Flow Diagrams (DFD)
Focuses on the data flows for:
Processes
Sources and destinations of the data
Data stores
DFD are visually simple and can be used to represent the same process at a high abstract (summary) or detailed level.
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Basic Data Flow Diagram Elements
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Basic Guidelines for Creating a DFD
Understand the system that you are trying to represent.
A DFD is a simple representation meaning that you need to consider what is relevant and what needs to be included.
Start with a high level (context diagram) to show how data flows between outside entities and inside the system. Use additional DFD’s at the detailed level to show how data flows within the system.
Identify and group all the basic elements of the DFD.
Name data elements with descriptive names, use action verbs for processes (e.g., update, edit, prepare, validate, etc.).
Give each process a sequential number to help the reader navigate from the abstract to the detailed levels.
Edit/Review/Refine your DFD to make it easy to read and understand.
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Flowcharts
Describe an information system showing:
Inputs and Outputs
Information activities (processing data)
Data storage
Data flows
Decision steps
Key strengths of flowcharts are that they can easily capture control via decision points, show manual vs. automated processes.
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Flowcharts Symbols
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Types of Flowcharts
Document: shows the flow of documents and data for a process, useful in evaluating internal controls
System: depicts the data processing cycle for a process
Program: illustrates the sequence of logic in the system process
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Guidelines for Drawing Flowcharts
Understand the system you are trying to represent.
Identify business processes, documents, data flows, and data processing procedures.
Organize the flowchart so as it reads from top to bottom and left to right.
Clearly label all symbols.
Use page connectors (if it cannot fit on a single page).
Edit/Review/Refine to make it easy to read and understand.
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Business Process Diagrams
Is a visual way to represent the activities in a business process.
Intent is that all business users can easily understand the process from a standard notation (BPMN: Business Process Modeling Notation).
Can show the organizational unit performing the activity.
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Business Process Diagram Basic Symbols
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Payroll Business Process Diagram Example
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Guidelines for Drawing Data Flow Diagrams
Identify and understand the business process.
Decide the level of detail (summary or detailed DFD).
Organize diagram using as many rows needed to explain the process.
Enter each business process on the diagram showing where it begins and ends.
Draw a rough sketch, refine, and finalize.
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Key Terms
Documentation
Narrative description
Data flow diagram (DFD)
Data source
Data destination
Data flow
Process
Data store
Context diagram
Flowchart
Document flowchart
Internal control flowchart
System flowchart
Program flowchart
Business process diagram (BPD)
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