systems analysis

noun

1. 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.

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

Other Words From

• systems analyst noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of systems analysis¹

First recorded in 1950–55