systems analysis

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noun
  1. the evaluation of an activity to identify its desired objectives and determine procedures for efficiently attaining them.

  2. 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

1
First recorded in 1950–55

Other words from systems analysis

  • systems analyst, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for systems analysis

systems analysis

noun
  1. 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

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