Developing good information systems is not a trivial task. As evidence, consider the number of poor systems that MIS organizations have built in the past, and that many continue to build.

   Beacon avoids the pitfalls of system design failure through the use of structured analysis and design techniques that enable users, analysts and designers to have a clear and concise understanding of the Business System Model.

   Through the repetition and understanding of each of the following Analysis and Design elements, Beacon's Professional Services Group has improved the Business and Information processes for customers in virtually every Industry.

• Problems and Structured Solutions
  • Utilizing Traditional Tools
  • Identify Measurable End Products
  • Communicating with Users
  • Managing Complex Systems and Details
• Structured Analysis
  • Forming a New System Description
  • Borrowing from Other Structured Disciplines
  • Tools for Stating Logical Requirements
• Data flow Diagrams
  • Decomposition
  • Identifying Independent Functions
  • Generating Multiple Views of the System
• Process Description
  • Serial Processing
  • Structured English and Flowcharts
  • Decision Tables and Trees
• Data Description: the Data Dictionary
  • Data Elements and Structure Diagrams
• Feasibility Study
  • Stating Objectives and Setting Boundaries
  • Defining System Context
  • Preparing for Analysis
• Current Environment Study
  • Interviewing End Users
  • Making a Physical Data Flow Diagram
  • Describing Processes and Data
• Deriving a Logical Current System Model
  • Functional Decomposition
  • Logical Data Stores
• Creating New Environment Models
  • Assigning Processes and Data
  • Physical Model Characteristics and Creation
• Inputs to Design
  • Packaging Finished Structured Specifications
  • Presenting Key Interfaces

   If Operational Deficiencies are of Paramount Importance and you require Immediate, No-Nonsense Assistance - Contact Beacon, We can Help

Case Studies:

Beacon's Enterprise Application Manager

Customer Service A/R Software

BEAM-Pro Enterprise Application Manager for Programmers

Eelectronic Commerce Reporting