System analysts need systems

Today did some modifications on a database application, or rather just a computerized invoice printing application. Some thoughts:

Programmers explain a system to the computer.
System analysts explain a system to the programmers.
These people are trained to do their job.

The common problem is here:
Bosses, who usually may not be pro-system people and thus may not have a system in mind, are supposed to explain a system to the system analysts.

Hmmm.. wonder if MBA and similar courses teach people about system. Anyway, I haven't been in this area of the IT field.

Is this a cheating post?

The earlier N80 post and analytics result triggered me to post this :)

Attractive words: free, discount, cheap, low rate, offer, how to, define, N95, N73, voip, free call.

What's the point?

Waiting away from the door before the train arrives serve no purpose if the acts of boarding the train starts once the door opens or before the last alighting person steps out!

Is painting those yellow markings just to show that something is done about the problem, or an act in a process to resolve the problem? I doubt the latter as there seems to be no evaluation and assessment of the problem status and implementation of further improvements.

A simple suggestion. Don't paint the same pattern at every door. When the escalator/stairs/exit is on one side, discourage passengers to stand at that side to block the alighting passengers.

Everything follow laws

Without laws, total flexibility is chaos.

Everything follow laws could be ideal, but attaining and remaining at ideal is bad (see Ideal is not ideal).

Setting down laws and rules is to paint the picture of the ideal state. The idea is to move towards the ideal, sometimes over, sometimes fall short. Having an idea of what the ideal is allow us to know how to be on the right track.

Flexibility is necessary as no set of laws can cater to all possible scenario. However, the necessity of flexibility on occassions does not imply everything don't need to follow laws. If the set of laws is lacking, it might be improved. If the scenario can be avoided in the future, then lessons be learnt to avoid such scenario.