SYSTEM ANALYSIS Preliminary Investigation

The basic purpose behind Preliminary Investigation is to first clarify, understand and evaluate the Project Request.

Preliminary Investigation basically refers to the collection of information that guides the management of an organization to evaluate the merits and demerits of the project request and make an informed judgment about the feasibility of the proposed system. This sort of investigation provides us with a through picture of the kind of software and hardware requirements which are most feasible for the system, plus the environment in which the entire project has to be installed and made operational.

1) Reviewing the Documents provided by the Organization

They were quite effective in guiding us towards visualizing the features that were needed to be put together in the system and the required output which had to be generated once the system became functional.

These specifications provided to us by the organization showed how the new system should look like; it helped us in understanding the basic structure of the application which we were supposed to develop.

2) On site Observation:

Another technique utilized by us to gain information about the project was to visit the client site where the system had to be installed. Here a detailed system study was carried out, checking the existing system to replicate it with our system. We also observed the activities of the system directly. During the on-site observation, we saw the office environment, work load of the system and users, method of work, and the facilities provided by the organization. This information helped us to understand how the system should operate. But after interviewing the persons, who is affected by the system, we got more details that further explain the project and shown whether assistance is merited economically, operationally and technically.

3) Conducting Interviews:

This method of investigation conducted by us involved questioning the concerned personnel to get the user’s (client) view about the system and the features they desired it to have. Some of the Questions put forward by our team were:

a) The amount of data needed to be stored.

b) The number of customers using the system and number of which the application needed to be installed.

c) The issue of our application with existing system was widely discussed.

d) The level of access given to the customer would depend on his department.