business system needs analysis

Once you have met with us and we have given you your ballpark estimate for what we have discussed, the next step is system planning.

System planning is contracted on an hourly basis, a In order to get started on needs analysis, we require a simple one page time approval for up to an agreed upon number of hours. Time needed may be as little time as two hours or as much as twenty hours depending on the size of the project.

Proper needs analysis & system planning is
the SINGLE MOST ESSENTAIL KEY
to the positive outcome of your project.

Properly analyzing the needs of your business and making sure that all the functionality is present, and is presented in the right way for your users, makes the difference between failure and success.

DOBRISA CURKOVIC
Senior Programmer Analyst

With a career in network application development for the past fourteen years, Dobrisa is highly qualified to design, create and maintain unique systems for our clientele.

Our clients find that Dobrisa's easygoing and down to earth nature, along with his skill of putting things in simple terms, make him a pleasure to work with.

WHAT DO YOU DO DURING A NEEDS ANALYSIS MEETING?

Our clients usually know they'd like to have certain types of features on the website, but do not have the background to understand the number of decisions involved in information system architecture. After all, years of system planning experience is what they have us for!

During a typical planning session, typical kinds of phrases that will come up in the conversation in request to client ideas are:

• "To have this type of functionality, users will usually expect to have this other kind of function as well. "
  
  
• "If you need this feature, you should consider that it needs these four additional forms in order to integrate it with the workflow, increasing development time past the immediately obvious. Are you sure the time it will take is worth it to you?"
  
  
• "If we merge these two features, you're going to save development time on construction, and make it more user friendly. "
  
  
• "Technically, this feature is not a good idea under these circumstances (for instance, too much load on the database, which will slow the site down)"
  
  
• Have you considered that...
• You might want to think about...
• In this case we suggest...

During the needs analysis time, the System Analyst will be taking detailed notes on your preferences, any matters that needs research, and his own recommendations and thoughts.

Your Next Step > Research