Continuing your review, the next piece of information you might consider is what information goes into the application. As with outputs, inputs to your application can take many forms, including the following:
- HTML forms
- Data obtained from external web services (for example, Google Maps)
- Streaming data (for example, the real-time location of warehouse workers)
It is useful to examine what form of input to expect from members of the different groups outlined in the previous section. Here is an example of what activities each group might perform to produce inputs:
| Group | Input-Producing Activities |
| Casual website visitors | All clicks are registered as product-interest data. Making purchases, generating purchase data. |
| Members | Reading up on products, giving management an idea of which products are trending upward. Making purchases, generating purchase data. |
| Administrative assistants | Entering product information. Updating inventory information as... |