ACCA Applied Knowledge · Business and Technology · Financial systems and technology
Which stage of the systems development life cycle (SDLC) involves gathering and documenting what users need the new system to do?
Requirements analysis is the SDLC stage where users' needs are gathered and documented. It comes before design and build because the system can only be designed properly once it is clear what it must do. Maintenance and review happen after the system is live.
- ARequirements analysisCorrect
- BSystem maintenance
- CPost-implementation review
Explanation
Requirements analysis is the stage where user needs are identified and documented so the system can be designed to meet them. Maintenance and post-implementation review occur after the system is built and live, so they cannot define what the system must do.
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