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Systems analyst activities are discussed. It is suggested that Data Gathering activities are time consuming and difficult activities which are important to successful development of commercial data processing systems. Little help in furthering these activities is given by existing automated tools. A software tool is proposed which could assist the analyst in interviewing, investigation and analysis of the existing system and investigation of new requirements.
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Parkin, A., Thornton, S.R., Holley, P.J. (1988). Can Fact—Finding be Automated?. In: Benyon, D., Skidmore, S. (eds) Automating Systems Development. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1033-4_7
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