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A good system must be economical or cost effective meaning that tangible and intangible
benefits derived should overweigh all the costs involved in the development.
2. Efficiency
It will be in the interest of the user to develop a system which is fast enough so as to
accommodate changes in the real time environment
3. Flexibility
A good system must be expandable or flexible so that user requirement can be incorporated
from time to time.
4. User oriented
The system is designed for the user but not user for the system thus it must be user specific
so that it is acceptable to them.
5. Reliability
A good system should help users develop confidence through reliability this means cases of
breakdown or abnormality should be reduced.
6. High level integrity
A good system should safeguard the user confidentiality or the privacy of information under
processing.
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