What is MIS? Lab 1A

SDLCs are software development life cycles. The two main types are waterfall and agile SDLCs. Waterfall SDLCs express a set of phases, building off of one another and creating a linear slope. Agile SDLCs are more collaborative approaches as all work in the development is done at the same time. MIS is the use of systems in helping business professionals understand the use of technology in an organization. Mis professionals help businesses create efficiency with the use of technology and systems. These systems can be created to solve problems, make decisions, or plan ahead based on past events. We use many systems daily that most do not even think about, including me. In class, we had gone over a couple of examples, including ordering pizza and ordering off from amazon. Both these include extensive systems that would not occur to you unless brought to someone’s attention. These systems have been created to efficiently bring the consumer what they need in a timely, orderly manner. The important acronyms are SDLC- software development life cycles, API- application programming interface, ERP- enterprise resource planning, and UX- user experience.  The four core processes of designing UX(user experience) are research, design, test, and implement. A system analysis is used in the professional world to understand what business procedures needed to be completed throughout a system by identifying problems. Systems are a bundle of technologies, networks, etc. used as resources to achieve organizational goals. The three components of systems are inputs, processes, and outputs.