systems analysis
nounSystems analysis is the job of looking closely at how all the parts of something work together so you can make it better.
The team did a systems analysis of the school's lunch line to find out why it was so slow.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The careful study of a company's or machine's parts to see how they fit together and how to improve them.
Engineers used systems analysis to redesign the factory's conveyor belt.
3. A way of solving big problems by breaking them into smaller pieces and studying how each piece affects the others.
Her systems analysis showed that fixing the bus schedule would also help the trains run on time.
4. The first step in building software, where experts figure out what a program needs to do.
Before writing any code, the programmers completed a systems analysis of what the app should do.