Module Descriptors
INFORMATION SYSTEMS ANALYSIS MODELLING AND DESIGN
COIS70930
Key Facts
Digital, Technology, Innovation and Business
Level 7
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Susan Bailey
Email: S.Bailey@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 36
Independent Study Hours: 114
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- ASSIGNMENT weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Learning Strategies
Mixture of research seminars, enquiry based learning and group work. There will be an emphasis on independent learning
12 lectures (1 per week), 24 tutorial (2 per week)
12 lectures (1 per week), 24 tutorial (2 per week)
Module Additional Assessment Details
Including:
A GROUP ASSIGNMENT weighted at 70% (Learning outcomes 1, 2 and 4).
This will involve the analysis, design and implementation of a required information system based on a given case study.
An Individual ACADEMIC POSTER length 1000 WORDS weighted at 30% assessing Learning Outcomes 1 and 3 providing the student's individual critical reflection on the group work.
A GROUP ASSIGNMENT weighted at 70% (Learning outcomes 1, 2 and 4).
This will involve the analysis, design and implementation of a required information system based on a given case study.
An Individual ACADEMIC POSTER length 1000 WORDS weighted at 30% assessing Learning Outcomes 1 and 3 providing the student's individual critical reflection on the group work.
Module Indicative Content
* Software and system metrics
* Software package
* Systems development methodologies
- Requirements determination
- Team organization and communication
- Feasibility and risk analysis
- Design reviews
- Systems development life cycle
- Conceptual and logical data modelling
* Database implementation
- Data organization
* Human computer interaction
- The Participants and Their Roles (end user, IS professional, computer, information)
- Human-based Issues (perception, cognition, memory constraints, problem solving, affect, behaviour)
- Evaluation Issues (evaluation methods, usability evaluation, user experience evaluation)
- Interactive Technologies (visual displays, information presentation, control devices input/output media)
- HCI Design (design principles and guidelines, design process, practical applications)
- Impacts of HCI (humans, work, organization, society, culture, international)
* Software package
* Systems development methodologies
- Requirements determination
- Team organization and communication
- Feasibility and risk analysis
- Design reviews
- Systems development life cycle
- Conceptual and logical data modelling
* Database implementation
- Data organization
* Human computer interaction
- The Participants and Their Roles (end user, IS professional, computer, information)
- Human-based Issues (perception, cognition, memory constraints, problem solving, affect, behaviour)
- Evaluation Issues (evaluation methods, usability evaluation, user experience evaluation)
- Interactive Technologies (visual displays, information presentation, control devices input/output media)
- HCI Design (design principles and guidelines, design process, practical applications)
- Impacts of HCI (humans, work, organization, society, culture, international)
Module Texts
Software System Development A gentle introduction (4th Edition), Carol Britton, Jill Doake, 2006, McGraw Hill, ISBN-10: 0-07-711103-6
Designing Effective Database Systems (Available as e-book in University library), Rebecca M. Riordan, 2005, Addison-Wesley Professional, ISBN-10: 0-321-29093-3
SQL Fundamentals, John Patrick, 2002, Prentice Hall (2nd Edition), ISBN: 0-13-066947-1
Designing Effective Database Systems (Available as e-book in University library), Rebecca M. Riordan, 2005, Addison-Wesley Professional, ISBN-10: 0-321-29093-3
SQL Fundamentals, John Patrick, 2002, Prentice Hall (2nd Edition), ISBN: 0-13-066947-1
Module Resources
Access to suitable development environments, Modelling tools eg. QSEE Superlite
Web Page Editors such as Adobe Master Collection CS5, Microsoft Expression Studio
Database Management System such as Oracle, SQL Server
Web Page Editors such as Adobe Master Collection CS5, Microsoft Expression Studio
Database Management System such as Oracle, SQL Server
Module Special Admissions Requirements
None