Done Defining the Problem in Project In... System Analysis and Design Group Discussion Case Study Defining the Problem in Project Initiation (Project Management) Here are some examples of business questions relating to business objectives: What are the purposes of the business? Is the business profit or nonprofit? Does the company plan to grow or expand? What is the business's attitude (culture) about technology? . What is the business's budget for IT? Does the business's staff have the expertise? Needless to say, the systems analyst needs to understand how a business works The last part of the problem definition contains requirements, the things that must be accomplished, along with the possible solutions and the constraints that limit the development of the system. The requirements section may include security, usability, government requirements, and so on. Constraints often include the word not, indicating a limitation, and may contain budget restrictions or time limitations The problem definition is produced after completing interviews, observations, and document analysis with the users. The result of gathering this information is a wealth of facts and important opinions in need of summary. The first step in producing the problem definition is to find a number of points that may be included in one issue. Major points can be identified in the interview in a number of ways: 1. Users may identify an issue, topic, or theme that is repeated several times, sometimes by different people in several interviews 2. Users may communicate the same metaphors, such as saying the business is a journey, war, game, organism, machine, and so on. 3. Users may speak at length on a topic. 4. Users may tell you outright that "This is a major problem." 5. Users may communicate importance by body language or may speak emphatically on an issue. 6. The problem may be the first thing mentioned by the user Once the issues have been created, the objectives must be stated. At times the analyst may have to do a follow-up interview to obtain more precise information about the objectives. After the objectives are stated, the relative importance of the issues or objectives must be determined. If there are not enough funds to develop the complete cudem the models objectives must