systems analysis


noun

the evaluation of an activity to identify its desired objectives and determine procedures for efficiently attaining them.
Computers. the methodical study of the data-processing needs of a business or department, together with recommendations for specific hardware and software installations.

Origin of systems analysis

First recorded in 1950–55

OTHER WORDS FROM systems analysis

systems analyst, noun

British Dictionary definitions for systems analysis

systems analysis

noun

the analysis of the requirements of a task and the expression of those requirements in a form that permits the assembly of computer hardware and software to perform the task

Derived forms of systems analysis

systems analyst, noun