IS 340 Information Systems Analysis & Design (2)

This course extends existing knowledge and skills of the information systems analysis and design obtained from IS240 course. It provides additional concepts and techniques of information systems analysis and design. The course continues the coverage of the Unified Modelling Language (UML) notation used for structural and behavioral modeling and it provides the practical application of UML through using CASE tools. Topics in this course include: systems development team structure and dynamics, user interface design, architectural design and detail design, basic design patterns, system architecture including reference architecture and domain-specific architecture, concepts of reusability, portability and robustness in design. The course also explains design principles for input/output (I/O) with regard to human interaction and user acceptability, GUI builders and UI programming environments. The course involves a project component in order to allow students to apply concepts presented in this course.