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'''Structured data analysis (SDA)''' is a method for analysing the flow of information within an organization using [[data flow diagram]]s. It was originally developed by [[IBM]] for [[systems analysis]] in electronic [[data processing]], although it has now been adapted for use to describe the flow of information in any kind of project or organization, particularly in the [[construction industry]] where the nodes could be departments, contractors, customers, managers, workers etc.

'''Structured data analysis''' is a method for organizing the flow of information within an organization.

==See also==

*[[Information management]]

*[[Data flow diagram]]

*[[Data modelling]]

*[[Structured Systems Analysis and Design Method]]

==Recommended reading==

*[http://146.87.15.57/CITE/case-studies/it-on-a-construction-site/Construction%20site%20information%20needs.pdf CONSTRUCTION SITE INFORMATION NEEDS]

* {{cite book | author=Norman Fisher, Li Yin Shen, Shen L. Yin | title=Information Management in a Contractor: A Model of the Flow of Project Data | publisher=Thomas Telford | year=1992 | id=ISBN 978-0727716668}}

* {{cite book | author=Institution of Civil Engineers | title=Applications of Information Technology in Construction | publisher=Thomas Telford | year=1991 | id=ISBN 978-0727716538}}

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