Module Descriptors
SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT - TOOLS, TECHNIQUES AND METHODS
COIS50789
Key Facts
Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Sciences
Level 5
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Susan Bailey
Email: S.Bailey@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 30
Independent Study Hours: 120
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- COURSEWORK weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Special Admissions Requirements
Prior study of CE00825-4 IT Skills or equivalent
Disqualified Combination - CE00890-5 System Development; Tools, Techniques and Methods (Blended Learning Version).
Disqualified Combination - CE00890-5 System Development; Tools, Techniques and Methods (Blended Learning Version).
Module Resources
A proprietary CASE tool such as SELECT SSADM
A proprietary database tool such as MS Access
A proprietary database tool such as MS Access
Module Texts
Essentials of System Analysis and Design, 2nd Edition, Joseph S. Valacich, Joey F. George, and Jeffrey A. Hoffer, Pearson Prentice Hall, ISBN 13: 9780132017565 Dec 2007
Interaction Design Beyond Human Computer Interaction, Preece, Rogers & Sharp 2002, Wyllie (Essential Reading), ISBN: 0471492787
Information Systems Development, D Avison & G Fitzgerald, McGraw Hill, 2002, ISBN: 0077096266
Interaction Design Beyond Human Computer Interaction, Preece, Rogers & Sharp 2002, Wyllie (Essential Reading), ISBN: 0471492787
Information Systems Development, D Avison & G Fitzgerald, McGraw Hill, 2002, ISBN: 0077096266
Module Learning Strategies
One lecture and a blocked 2-hour laboratory tutorial period each week.
The lecture will support the two hour lab sessions. The lab sessions will support the underlying knowledge and skills required to complete the module, and will be facilitated with booklets, course texts, and the internet Parts of the two hour slot will be used for independent resource based learning. This will include problem based learning where students will be set a specific problem that requires a solution to be found, working through a tutorial book or analysing a case study. Twice in the twelve week teaching block the session will be used as a surgery session for peer and self assessment to provide formative feedback and for guidance on assessment work.
Independent study will involve directed reading in order to extend knowledge in areas of the indicative content covered by the classroom teaching.
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The lecture will support the two hour lab sessions. The lab sessions will support the underlying knowledge and skills required to complete the module, and will be facilitated with booklets, course texts, and the internet Parts of the two hour slot will be used for independent resource based learning. This will include problem based learning where students will be set a specific problem that requires a solution to be found, working through a tutorial book or analysing a case study. Twice in the twelve week teaching block the session will be used as a surgery session for peer and self assessment to provide formative feedback and for guidance on assessment work.
Independent study will involve directed reading in order to extend knowledge in areas of the indicative content covered by the classroom teaching.
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Module Indicative Content
Structured Techniques using
WISDM
SSADM
RAD Approaches
Soft Systems Methods
- Typical techniques to be included are user requirements capture, process models, data models, event models and enquiry access paths
- Correlation of different views of a system, for example, process- data, process - event, data - event models
- Use of CASE tool to check for consistency
- Introduction to the concept and use of a Database Management System
- HCI overview, user skills and characteristics
- Perceptual ability including perception, cognition and memory
- Interface design considerations, including icons, screen layouts and interaction styles
- Task analysis and interface evaluation
- A comparison of multimedia and web-based approaches with the structured approach adopted for the development of a prototype
WISDM
SSADM
RAD Approaches
Soft Systems Methods
- Typical techniques to be included are user requirements capture, process models, data models, event models and enquiry access paths
- Correlation of different views of a system, for example, process- data, process - event, data - event models
- Use of CASE tool to check for consistency
- Introduction to the concept and use of a Database Management System
- HCI overview, user skills and characteristics
- Perceptual ability including perception, cognition and memory
- Interface design considerations, including icons, screen layouts and interaction styles
- Task analysis and interface evaluation
- A comparison of multimedia and web-based approaches with the structured approach adopted for the development of a prototype
Module Additional Assessment Details
Assignment: 100% consisting of a portfolio of practical exercises which will assess learning outcomes 1-3 (3000 words max.)