Benefits of Systems Analysis
- There are many reasons why you might want to analyze a system. These include learning to use systems that somebody else created, for planning new systems, and reducing errors when problem solving.
- Sometimes systems analysis is a necessity. For example, if you buy a company and want to hire your own staff, you might find out that you are now an owner of a series of systems you know nothing about. It might be impossible to use the systems until they are analyzed, especially if all of the original staff are gone. This can happen on a much smaller scale when you start a new job, or move to a new department. If there isn't anyone there to explain how a system works, you might have to figure it out for yourself.
- Sometimes systems analysis is a necessity. For example, if you buy a company and want to hire your own staff, you might find out that you are now an owner of a series of systems you know nothing about. It might be impossible to use the systems until they are analyzed, especially if all of the original staff are gone. This can happen on a much smaller scale when you start a new job, or move to a new department. If there isn't anyone there to explain how a system works, you might have to figure it out for yourself.
Systems analysis also leads to fewer mistakes when problem solving. A person might be able to fix a problem within five minutes, but then days later discover that this fix caused more problems than it solved. The better you understand the system, the less likely this is to happen.
