Entity Relationship Diagram

Entities can be thought of as the nouns that represent items in the accounting system. Employees,…

Data Flow Diagrams

A data flow diagram, or DFD, is used by systems professionals to show the logical meticulously…

Document Flowcharts

Document flowcharts show the flow of documents and information among departments or units within an organization.…

System Flowcharts

System flowcharts are used by systems professionals in the design and maintenance of IT systems. They…

Process Map

Process maps are pictorial representations of business processes in which the actual flow and sequence of…

Documenting Processes and Systems

Accountants must understand the documentation and charts that describe accounting systems. A picture, or chart, of…

Accounting data

Accounting data is the input of the accounting information system. Most of the business processes in…

Accounting software

The accounting software market today is categorized into four market segments. Each segment is based on…

Modern cloud-based system

There may be no single, accepted definition of cloud computing. Some view it narrowly as virtual…

Modern client-server system

In the early days of computer automation of accounting, much of the accounting software was developed…