CSE1204 - Information systems 1

Leader: M Atchison

Offered

Caulfield Second semester 2007 (Day)

Synopsis

The unit examines and discusses the following topics: the concept of the system and its application to management of organisational information; the process of information systems development; the roles played and skills needed by professionals in that process; the techniques used by systems analysts, emphasising the concept of abstraction and its application in process modelling as DFDs; techniques of information elicitation for problem appreciation and analysis; types of information systems and their application to business problems; systems analysis as a social process; the need for high-level interpersonal communication skills, and knowledge of presentation techniques.

Assessment

Examination: 60%
Assignments: 40%

Contact hours

3 hours per week

Prohibitions

FIT1020, IMS1001, IMS1501, IMS1805, MMS1403, BUS1021, GCO1813, GCO2601, GCO2851,