Walden Hospital Case History Walden Hospital, a once thriving medical center, has fallen on hard times. A new management takes over and, to turn around the fortunes of the hospital, hires a business consultant to analyze the problems and to draw a recovery plan. Among other things, the analyst makes a strong recommendation for deploying an enterprise-wide information system to cut costs, streamline operations and gain a competitive edge. Review Questions 1.Why do we need to gather requirements? 2.Explain the difference between requirements discovery and requirements gathering in general. Provide an example that clarifies the distinction between the two. 3.Comment on the following phase "an information system is a product.