The initial phase in the development of software applications - definition of tasks and goals of the system, analysis of its scope, requirements and data in the system.

• Definition of the objectives and tasks of the application software; < / li>
• Definition of level of details and results expected;
• Determine the basic scope of the software system - user groups, information input and output, basic operations, external systems and subjects operating the the system;
• Analysis of requirements set - an analysis of business processes, document flow, information flow;
• Analysis of the existing IT environment - software, hardware and network security;
• Defining the functional requirements;
• Risk analysis;
• Analysis of the type, the structure and the volume of data to be processed by the system.