IMS5024

Information systems modelling

Offered subject to approval

G Shanks

6 points - 2 hours per week - First semester - Caulfield - Prerequisites: IMS9001 or equivalent, IMS9003 or equivalent, and IMS9049 or equivalent - Prohibition: SYS5120

Objectives At the completion of this subject students should understand a number of abstraction principles and approaches to information systems modelling; understand the information modelling process and evaluate the quality of information models; be aware of the use of information modelling within information systems development; and recognise the value of recent research and innovation in information systems modelling.

Synopsis This subject provides students with an understanding of a range of approaches to information systems modelling and their use within information systems development and information management. The following topics are covered: philosophical foundations of information modelling, a comparison of approaches to information modelling - entity relationship, relational, object-role and object-oriented modelling, evaluating the quality of information systems models, information modelling in practice - the information model design process, generic models and patterns, viewpoint information development, conflict and resolution, corporate data modelling, the data management role within organisations.

Assessment Written: 100%

Recommended texts

Batini C and Batini N Conceptual database design Benjamin-Cummings, 1992
Hirschhem R, Klein H and Lyytinen K Information systems development and data modelling: Conceptual and philosophical foundations Cambridge University Press, 1995
Kimball R The data warehouse toolkit Wiley, 1996
Simsion G C Data modelling essentials: Analysis, design and innovation Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1994

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