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
1950-55
Related forms
systems analyst, noun
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
systems analyst, noun
systems analysis in Technology
job Study of the design, specification, feasibility, cost, and implementation of a computer system for business. What a systems analyst does. (1997-04-25)