INFORMATION SYSTEM DESIGN IN LARGE SCALE LOGISTIC SYSTEMS

Abstract

Modern systems analysis is an effort to apply structured rationality to problems of choice. To be of use in information system design in large organizations the analyst must be aware that techniques of analysis require time and data. Neither may be available. New techniques are required which allow rapid modeling of information systems. In addition the analyst must understand that institutional factors cause real design to proceed from simultaneous policy and hardware selection through software to the final system. The analyst must supply advice on policy phasing, equipment phasing, flexibility, and backup. The paper described a situation in which a design process goes backwards from what is suggested. The implications for new analysis techniques may not be so much computational as educational.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0703561

Entities

People

  • E. P. Durbin

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Computer Personnel
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Corporations
  • Data Processing
  • Databases
  • Information Processing
  • Information Retrieval
  • Information Science
  • Information Systems
  • Operations Research
  • Simulations
  • Specifications
  • Standards
  • Systems Analysis
  • Systems Engineering

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.