Course 213 comp

213 Comp

System Analysis

Quizzes

Lectures

Course Description

The course covers the concepts, skills, methodologies, techniques, and tools essential for system analysts to successfully develop information systems.

Course Objectives

• Describe the different types of Information Systems

• Describe the information systems development life cycle (SDLC)

• Discuss the analytical, technical, management, and interpersonal skill of a system analyst

• Discuss the process of managing an information systems project

• Discuss the Gantt and PERT charts

• Describe the role of CASE tools and how they are used to support activities of SDLC

• Describe the project identification and selection process

• Describe the steps involved in the project initiation and planning process

• Describe the various methods for assessing project feasibility

• Discuss the system requirements determination methods

• Understanding the logical modeling of processes by studying Data Flow Diagrams (DFDs)

• Understand the use of Structured English, Decision Trees and Decision Tables for representing the steps in logical processes in Data Flow Diagrams

• Understand the role of conceptual data modeling in overall analysis and design on information system

• Drawing Entity-Relationship (E-R) diagram to represent common business solutions

• Explain the role of designing databases in the analysis and design of an information system

• Explain the process of designing forms and reports and the deliverables for their creation

Attendance Policy

All students must have a minimum of 75% attendance, failing which may result in debarring from the course.

Teaching Methods

Theory Lecture classes

Required Textbook

Modern System Analysis & Design, 3^rdedition,

Jefferey A. Hoffer, Joey F. George, Joseph S. Valacich, Prentice Hall Publications

Course Contents:

TOPICS	WEEK
Define Information System Analysis & Design; Components of Information System – Data, Data Flow, Processing Logic; Process-oriented and data-oriented approach, Types of Information Systems, Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	1
Skills of System Analyst – Analytical, Technical, Management, Interpersonal; Definition of system and its parts; Important system components-open & closed system, modularity, coupling, cohesion;	2
Project Manager, Project, Project Management Process – Initiation, Planning, Execution, Closing; PERT and Gantt Charts	3
Use of Computer-Aided Software Engineering (CASE), Components of CASE – Diagramming Tools, Form and Report Generator tools, Analysis Tools, Documentation and Code Generation Tools	4
Project Identification and Selection Process Project Initiation and Project Planning	5
Assessing Project Feasibility – Economic, Technical, Operational, Schedule, Legal and contractual, Political; Tangible & Intangible Benefits and Costs	6
Determining System requirements – Interviewing & Listening, Questionnaires, Observing users, Analyzing procedures and documents; Joint Application Design (JAD), Major Exam I	7
Process Modeling: Data Flow Diagrams (DFD) – Definitions and symbols, Rules, Decomposition, Balancing	8
Data Flow Diagrams (DFD) – Decomposition, Balancing	9
Logic Modeling: Structured English, Decision Tables, Decision Trees, Comparison	10
Conceptual Data Modeling: E-R Modeling – entities, attributes, relationships, candidate keys, identifiers	11
Conceptual Data Modeling: Relationships – Degree, cardinalities, naming and defining; associative entities, subtypes and supertypes	12
Designing Databases: Relational Database Model	13
Designing and Formatting forms and reports, Major Exam II	14
Revision	15&16