What is meant by cost/benefit analysis? Illustrate its relevance to the System Analyst during systems development life cycle

      

What is meant by cost/benefit analysis? Illustrate its relevance to the System Analyst during systems development life cycle

  

Answers


gregory
Cost/benefit and its relevance
Cost benefit analysis refers to the economic feasibility a evaluation of a system to determine
whether it is a good investment or not. It seeks to establish whether the benefits that are to be
reaped from the system outweigh the costs incurred to implement it.
The relevance of cost benefit analysis to the system analyst during system development arise
due t the fact that: -
1. The analyst carries out a methodological study at the current system so that a system that
suits user requirements and which is feasible is obtained. Thus, cost benefit analysis is
inevitable.
2. The system analyst specifies the input output and storage files as well as the processing
hardware and software. Thus, he must be conscious about the costs of such facilities and
the benefits to be accrued from each of them.
3. The analyst is also involved in the post in the post implementation review stage and as
such he is able to know and appreciate whether the system is working in conformity with
desired costs and benefits
gregorymasila answered the question on November 30, 2017 at 13:36


Next: Examine any four desirable features which should be inherent in an operating system
Previous: For applications such as banking, it may be argued that security is a major concern when implementing database systems. As a database administrator, you are...

View More Computer Science Questions and Answers | Return to Questions Index


Exams With Marking Schemes

Related Questions