Undergraduate - UnitFIT2001 - Systems development

At the completion of this unit students will have

A knowledge and understanding of:

• the roles of systems analysts and designers in agile system development;
• the criteria that can be used to evaluate the quality of a model of a system;
• the purpose of different types of models in the UML;
• the role and application of automated tools in systems modelling.

Developed attitudes that enable them to:

• appreciate that a range of valid solutions exist for any given problem.

Developed the skills to:

• interpret and evaluate systems analysis and systems design models created using UML;
• create analysis and design models using the main elements of UML; namely class, use-case, sequence and robustness diagrams;
• create system test plans and test cases, and conduct system testing;
• create and evaluate models and prototypes of a user interface using storyboards and wireframes;
• apply problem solving techniques at different levels of abstraction and understand the effect this may have on a system specification.

Demonstrated the communication skills necessary to:

• explain the interdependence and relationships between all stake-holders in the systems development process;
• create and understand RFP documents.