=== Stage 1 – Investigation of the current environment ===
This is one of the most important stages of SSADM. The developers of SSADM understood that thoughin almost all cases there is some form of current system even if it is entirely composed of people and paper. Through a combination of interviewing employees, circulating questionnaires, observations and existing documentation, the analyst comes to full understanding of the system as it is at the start of the project. This serves many purposes:
In almost all cases there is some form of current system even if it is entirely composed of people and paper. Through a combination of interviewing employees, circulating questionnaires, observations and existing documentation, the analyst comes to full understanding of the system as it is at the start of the project. This serves many purposes:
*the analyst learns the terminology of the business, what users do and how they do it
