Essential Reading
Modern System Analysis and Design, 4th Edition, Valacich, J, Prentice Hall, (2004), ISBN: 0131273914

Case Tools - SELECT SSADM, NetBeans. Mind mapping software - Visual Mind

The pattern of delivery will be 2 lectures and 2 tutorials per week.
(1:n)2 (1:20)2

Self Directed Study
Case studies

- Systems Analysis and Design in Context: What constitutes a system? The history of systems development, the reasons for system failure.
- The traditional systems development lifecycles and developments to this.
- Finding out how to capture user requirements and produce a user requirements specification
- Introduction to method related techniques: mind maps, entity relationship models, dataflow diagrams, use case models
- The formal documentation of a system resulting from the application of tools and techniques of the systems development lifecycle
- Use of a chosen notation, for example, structured systems analysis and design methodology (SSADM), the UML
- Correlation of the process and data models
- Introduction to the corresponding documentation, for example process descriptions, entity descriptions, use case descriptions to complete the model
- Introduction to the concept and use of of a Database Management systems (DBMS)
- Implementation of HCI principles to screen design

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Coursework comprises a group assignment (2500 words) weighted at 50% which will assess Learning Outcomes 2 and 3.
An examination of length 2 hours weighted at 50% which will assess Learning Outcomes 1, 2 and 3.