It will be likewise useful for e-business developers and integrators. By understanding these threats, students can identify opportunities for their clients to compete. Each student will therefore participate in creating a consultant-style Threats and Opportunities White Paper. Details of the paper are included below. The second perspective we will cover is that of the IS provider in response to meeting the technological needs of the IS users.
Systems analysts provide needs requirements independent of specific technological solutions.
It is up to the IS providers to know how to construct appropriate solutions to meet these requirements. In order to be able to provide these solutions, IS providers need to be first aware of what types of applications currently exist and are commonly in use. By knowing what applications types exist, competitive solutions can be offered to meet the needs of the end users. More than that, by knowing of specific existing applications that provide these functions, solutions can be primarily assembled instead of being built from the ground up. If they can assemble quality components from elsewhere they will.