Applications development III
P Torokfalvy
8 points * 5 hours per week * Second semester * Peninsula * Prerequisites: CFR1123 * Prohibitions: BUS2071, BUS4071, GCO1813, GCO2813, GCO7832, SYS2161
Design as part of the system development process: interfaces between design and other development stages. Inputs to design: logical data models; definition of elementary processes; quantitative data; constraints; centralised vs decentralised; benefit analysis; target software and hardware. Scoping the business system: option definition. Transforming the logical data model into a physical data model. Option selection: ways of meeting constraints. Interface design: screen design; user interface design; windows; GUI design principles; reports; user documentation; help; application standards. Standards and designing for re useability. Packaging: transforming the logical process model into a physical procedure model; concurrency; locking; re useability of common logic; designer-added procedures. System and acceptance testing; system conversion and file creation; system cutover techniques; client training; post-implementation actions. Physical data models; procedure definitions; interface definitions; system documentation; system configuration details.
Assessment
Final examinations (3 hours): 60% * Practical work: 40%
Prescribed texts
Pfleeger S L Software engineering - the production of quality software 2nd edn, Macmillan, 1991
Recommended texts
Barfield L The user interface concepts and design Addison-Wesley, 1993
Bird R and Firnberg D (eds) The information centre: A state of the art report Pergamon Infotech, 1984
Boehm B W Software engineering economics Prentice-Hall, 1981
Brockman R J Writing better computer user documentation Wiley, 1990
Hawryszkiewycz I T Introduction to systems analysis and design Prentice-Hall, 1987
Herlander M (ed.) Handbook of human-computer interaction Elsevier Science Publishers, 1988
IBM `Common user access guidelines' Object-oriented interface design Que, 1992
Norman D A User centred system design: New perspectives on human-computer interaction Laurence Exlbaum Ass, 1986
Page-Jones M The practical guide to structured systems design Yourdon Press, 1988
Schneiderman B Strategies for effective human-computer interaction - designing the interface 2nd edn, Addison-Wesley, 1992
Stuart A Writing and analysing effective computer system documentation Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1984
Thierauf R J and Reynolds G W Effective information systems management Merrill Publishing, 1982
Weiss E H How to write a usable user manual ISI, 1985
Yourdon E and Constantine L L Structured design Yourdon Press, 1978