We are gathering information on the types of day to day tools that the following functional employees use to gather information prior to any IT implementation:

• business analysts,
  
• systems architects
• Six sigma
• IT architects
• Compliance documenters

By tools we mean the average application which is most commonly utilized to gather information. These tools may include the following:

• MS Suite of applications - detail which ones and why
• Plotters to print process maps in large format for hanging on the conference room wall
• Methods of collaboration - which tools
  
• Methodologies or combinations of methodologies - which ones
  
• Other modeling tools
• Tools which the group can all agree to work in and share information