ESTABLISHING A FORMAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT PROCESS 1

Establishing a Formal Systems Development Process

NAME

Dr. Matthew Anyanwu
CIS510 Advance System Analysis and Design

21 July 2010

ESTABLISHING A FORMAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT PROCESS 2

Absract

Brian and Carrie are systems analysts with many years of systems development experience at a

large firm. Jane has recently been hired as the company’s first-ever process manager. She has

been reviewing the company’s past practices of systems development with the intent of trying to

establish a formal systems development process for the company. Brian has been a long-time

proponent of the waterfall approach to systems development. Carrie has been a big proponent of

the iterative/incremental development approach. Both are known to be very opinionated on the

tools and techniques that should be used for systems development projects and both are lobbying

Jane very hard to adopt their preferred techniques.

This paper will describe how Jane should deal with the two system analysts from a technical and

human resource perspective and explain the factors that Jane should consider in establishing a

process management solution.

Additionally, assuming you have two promising tools and techniques, we will suggest three or

more ways you can foster a team environment when one analyst does not get his or her way.

ESTABLISHING A FORMAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT PROCESS 3

Carrie needs to realize that there is no end to the waterfall vs. iterative/incremental

development approach methodologies. Feelings run strong on the subject with many considering

iterative/incremental development approach Agile ‘so of the moment’, just so right, while

waterfall is thought to be “fashionable”. But, before