CISSE Intermediate Level
Programming and Systems Analysis and Design glossary
Every term this guide defines, A to Z, each with the chapter that teaches it. Open it when a word in a question is unfamiliar, and test yourself on it in the last week: cover the definition and say it in one sentence.
10 terms from the free first chapter
D
- Data
The raw facts the system stores and processes.
E
- End users
Provide requirements and ultimately use the finished system.
H
- Hardware
The physical computing equipment.
P
- People
Users, analysts, developers and administrators.
- Procedures
The documented rules governing how the system is used and operated.
- Programmer/developer
Implements the design in code, the subject of Part B.
- Project manager
Plans and coordinates the whole effort, echoing CISSE's own dedicated project-management paper.
S
- Software
The programs that process data, the subject matter of this paper's programming half.
- Systems analyst
Gathers requirements (see the chapter on requirements elicitation) and translates business needs into a technical specification.
- Systems designer
Designs the system's architecture, interfaces and data structures (see the chapter on systems design).
The full glossary adds every term from the other 14 chapters, A to Z, each with the chapter that teaches it.