ACCA Applied Knowledge · Business and Technology · Financial systems and technology
In the systems development life cycle, a retail group has documented what its new inventory system must do, including required reports, user access levels and processing volumes. Which stage has just been completed?
The requirements specification stage has been completed. Defining the required functions, reports, user access and processing volumes sets out what the new system must do, and it is the basis for design and build. Feasibility comes earlier and testing and review come later.
- AFeasibility study
- BRequirements specificationCorrect
- CSystem testing
- DPost-implementation review
Explanation
Documenting what the system must do, including outputs, users and volumes, is the requirements specification (systems analysis) stage. A feasibility study judges whether the project is worthwhile before this. Testing and post-implementation review happen after the system is built or implemented.
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