SYS5120

Requirements acquisition and modelling

G Shanks

6 points
* 2 hours per week
* Second semester
* Caulfield

Objectives At the completion of this subject students should know frameworks for understanding and evaluating approaches to requirements acquisition and modelling within an organisational context; understand issues relevant to selecting approaches to requirements acquisition and modelling within organisations; be able to compare particular approaches to requirements acquisition and modelling and plan their effective use within organisations; and recognise the value of recent research and innovation in requirements acquisition and modelling.

Synopsis This subject addresses current issues in requirements acquisition and modelling in depth. The focus is on data architecture and the data model design process and on approaches to systems development and their use within organisations. The following topics are covered: data architecture development and representation; effective use of data architectures within organisations; the data model design process; evaluating the quality of conceptual data models; understanding conceptual data models; approaches to systems development and their use within organisations; frameworks for evaluating and selecting system development methodologies; viewpoint development for requirements acquisition and modelling.

Assessment Written: 100%