What is the difference between writing a program and designing an information system?

Designing the system is a higher level activity that establishes it’s general structure, whereas writing a program is lower level function where the actual code if created the implement the system. During design you will be doing things like choosing technologies (databases, languages, development frameworks), determining the various components of the system, determining how the components will interact, developing the high level structure of the components, etc.

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Daniel B on March 8th, 2010 at 1:19 pm

Designing the system is a higher level activity that establishes it’s general structure, whereas writing a program is lower level function where the actual code if created the implement the system. During design you will be doing things like choosing technologies (databases, languages, development frameworks), determining the various components of the system, determining how the components will interact, developing the high level structure of the components, etc.
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Management Information System