Monash University

Leader: Rob Meredith

Offered

Berwick First semester 2008 (Day)
Caulfield First semester 2008 (Day)
Caulfield Second semester 2008 (Evening)
Clayton First semester 2008 (Day)
Gippsland First semester 2008 (Day)
Gippsland First semester 2008 (Off-campus)
Sunway First semester 2008 (Day)
Singapore First semester 2008 (Off-campus)
South Africa First semester 2008 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit will provide students with an introduction to systems analysis and design and give a broad overview of the main techniques commonly used for carrying out the analysis and specification of the design for an computer system. The unit will introduce students to the nature of systems analysis and design as a problem-solving activity, describe the key elements of analysis and design, and explain the place of the analysis and design phases within the system development life cycle. The unit will introduce students to the nature of modelling as an analytical and a communicative process. They will learn to create models that describe system specifications using the unified modelling language (UML). Further, students will learn to interpret and understand models created with traditional structured modelling techniques.

Major topics include: Systems analysis and design in context; Analysis and problem-solving; Fact-finding and data gathering; Systems analysis using UML; Systems design using UML.

Objectives

At the completion of this unit students will have knowledge and understanding of:

1. The roles of systems analysts and system development designers;
2. Various system development methodologies;
3. The processes of systems analysis and design in structured and object-oriented systems development methodologies and life-cycles;
4. Planning and problem definition in simple information technology problems;
5. The principles of systems design, and the relationship of systems design to systems analysis;
6. The criteria that can be used to evaluate the quality of a model of a system;
7. The purpose of different types of models in the UML;
8. The role and application of automated tools in systems modelling.

At the completion of this unit students will have developed attitudes that enable them to:

9. Appreciate that a range of valid solutions exist for any given problem.

At the completion of this unit students will have the skills to:

1. Model and design logical and physical systems using industry standard object oriented techniques;
2. Interpret and evaluate systems analysis and systems design models created using both structured and object oriented techniques;
3. Create analysis and design models using the main elements of the unified modelling language (UML);
4. Develop and practice the skills and competencies necessary to undertake a requirements analysis for a business application;
5. Apply problem solving techniques at different levels of abstraction and understand the effect this may have on a system specification.

At the completion of this unit students will be able to:

1. Explain the interdependence and relationships between all stake-holders in the systems development process.

Assessment

Practical work: 40%
Examination: 60%.

Contact hours

4 x contact hrs/week

Prerequisites

For course 2330, students' only pre-requisites are CSE1204 or FIT1020

Co-requisites

FIT1004 or FIT2010. For students in Courses 2233, 3323 and 2330 there are no co-requisites.

Prohibitions

BUS2021, BUS2071,CPE2003, CSE1204, CSE1205, GCO1813, GCO2601, GCO2852, GCO2826, IMS1001, IMS1002, IMS1805, IMS2071, IMS9001