operational systems but has never had to gather requirements for a data warehouse . He asks you to write him a report to explain the differences . In addition , he mentions that he has read that joint application development ( JAD ) is a development methodology that could be used to rally stakeholders and that it would be a good fit for the company ’ s development effort . He asks you to include , in your report , relevant information relating to JAD .
Write a three to five ( 3-5 ) page paper in which you :
Analyze the purpose of requirements gathering and justify its role in any development process .
Explain three ( 3 ) differences between building an operational system and a data warehouse .
Explain the significance of information package diagrams .
Assess the importance of JAD to database warehouse development based on the following :
user involvement requirements gathering the development process
Compare and contrast JAD to the Waterfall methodology , which is commonly used in software development projects . Include the following items :
user involvement