FEC6/04 :

As requested by BComp Group, updated prohibition to CSE 1205.

UGPSC 4/06 Updating the Unit Objectives, Summary, Handbook Summary, Recommended Readings, and Frequency of Offering.

Knowledge and Understanding

At the completion of this unit students will have knowledge and understanding of:

• 1. The roles of systems analysts and designers system development;
• 2. Various system development methodologies;
• 3. The processes of systems analysis and design in structured and object-oriented systems development methodologies and life-cycles;
• 4. Planning and problem definition in simple information technology problems;
• 5. The principles of systems design, and the relationship of systems design to systems analysis;
• 6. The criteria that can be used to evaluate the quality of a model of a system;
• 7. The purpose of different types of models in the UML;
• 8. The role and application of automated tools in systems modelling.

Attitudes, Values and Beliefs

At the completion of this unit students will have developed attitudes that enable them to:

• 9. Appreciate that a range of valid solutions exist for any given problem.

Practical Skills

At the completion of this unit students will have the skills to:

• 10. Model and design logical and physical systems using industry standard object oriented techniques;
• 11. Interpret and evaluate systems analysis and systems design models created using both structured and object oriented techniques.
• 12. Create analysis and design models using the main elements of the unified modelling language (UML);
• 13. Develop and practice the skills and competencies necessary to undertake a requirements analysis for a business application;
• 14. Apply problem solving techniques at different levels of abstraction and understand the effect this may have on a system specification;

Relationships, Communication and Team Work

At the completion of this unit students will be able to:

• 15. Explain the interdependence and relationships between all stake-holders in the systems development process.

ASCED Classification: 020305 Systems Analysis and Design

This unit will provide students with an introduction to systems analysis and design and give a broad overview of the main techniques commonly used for carrying out the analysis and specification of the design for an computer system. The unit will introduce students to the nature of systems analysis and design as a problem-solving activity, describe the key elements of analysis and design, and explain the place of the analysis and design phases within the system development life cycle. The unit will introduce students to the nature of modelling as an analytical and a communicative process. They will learn to create models that describe system specifications using the unified modelling language (UML). Further, students will learn to interpret and understand models created with traditional structured modelling techniques.

Major topics include:

* Systems analysis and design in context;

* Analysis and problem-solving;

* Fact-finding and data gathering;

* Systems analysis using UML;

* Systems design using UML.

This unit will provide students with an introduction to systems analysis and design. It will provide a broad overview of the main techniques commonly used for carrying out the analysis and specification of the design for an computer system. The unit will examine the nature of systems analysis and design as a problem-solving activity and the nature of modelling as an analytical and a communicative process. Major topics covered include: systems analysis and design in context, analysis and problem-solving, fact-finding and data gathering, systems analysis using UML and systems design using UML.

# Booch, G., Rumbaugh, J. and I. Jacobson (1999) The Unified Modeling Language User Guide Addison Wesley Professional. (New edition planned for 2006).

# Dennis, A., Wixom, B.H. and D. Tegarden (2005) Systems Analysis and Design with UML Version 2.0: An Object-Oriented Approach, 2nd Edition, Wiley.

# Hoffer, J.A., George, J.F. and J.S. Valacich (2005) Modern Systems Analysis and Design 4th Edition, Prentice Hall.

# George, J.F., Batra, D., Valacich J.S. and J.A. Hoffer, (2004) Object-Oriented System Analysis and Design Prentice-Hall.

# Lee, R. and W. Tepfenhart (2002) Practical Object-Oriented Development with UML and Java, Prentice Hall.

# Maciaszek, L. (2004) Requirements Analysis and System Design, 2nd Edition, Addison-Wesley.

# Page-Jones, M. (1988) The Practical Guide to Structured Systems Design 2nd Edition, Prentice-Hall.

# Page-Jones, M. (2000) Fundamentals of Object-Oriented Design in UML Addison-Wesley.

# Reed, P.R. (2002) Developing Applications with Java and UML, Addison Wesley.

# Satzinger, J. W., Jackson, R.B., Burd, S.D. and R. Johnson (2007) Systems Analysis and Design in a Changing World, 4th Edition, Thomson/Course Technology.

# Quatrani, T. (2002) Visual Modeling with Rational Rose 2002 and UML, 3rd Edition, Addison Wesley Professional.

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