Saturday, July 26, 2008

eighth week...

this week we learned the stages of information systems development (planning, analysis, design of the target information systems, etc.), organizational knowledge (sales, marketing, customer service, etc.), information problems (data capture, data storage, information processing, etc.), and information system elements (hardware, software, people, etc.). all of these can be found in the index card that sir oli gave us. =)

Friday, July 25, 2008

seventh week...

this week we learned the reasons why is an information system needed to be developed:
1. Internal improvement
2. Internal correction of problem
3. External mandate
4. Strategically determined (long term)
4.1. competition
4.2. reduction of resource consumption
4.3. expansion
4.3.1. distribution
4.3.2. people
4.3.3. financial control

Sunday, July 13, 2008

sixth week...

this week we had a test! a very long and hard test! this time it's recorded. :( after the test, sir oli gave all the answers and i learned:
The six elements of an Information System are:
-hardware
-software
-data
-people
-procedure
-network
The five areas that Information is addressing in an organization are:
-data capture
-data storage
-presentation of information
-distribution and access to information
-data processing