The Role of Analysis Patterns in Systems Analysis

Analysis patterns seem to be a promising approach supporting software analysis. However, the usefulness of this approach has not been proved. This paper presents a ‘big picture’ of issues related to application of analysis patterns in software development process from practitioner’s perspective. It examines several aspects of analysis patterns and their application in software development. Then, it provides a method of system analysis with analysis patterns. And finally, it presents a case study of analysis with analysis patterns for a system supporting a small real medical centre.