Analysis, Modeling, and Design

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Systems development life cycle, analysis and design techniques, information systems planning and project identification and selection, requirements collection and structuring, process modeling, data modeling, design of interface and data management, system implementation and operation, system maintenance, and change management implications are covered in this course, as are the globalization issues in systems. Students will use current methods and tools such as rapid application development, prototyping, and visual development. Course Rationale: Analysis, modeling and design is a foundation course for all IS professionals. In today’s business environment, information systems are continuously being developed, updated, or reengineered and as an IS professional you can be assured you will play some role in the system analysis or design of those systems. That role may be as a customer, user, or developer; understanding requirements or expectations from the different perspectives is critical to a successful development process.

GOALS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES: GOALA: The student will gain an understanding of the relationship of systems analysis and design to business problem solving and computer applications.

Learning Outcome:Students will be able to:

A-1 Identify stakeholders and their responsibilities in the systems development process.
A-2 Describe current business and technology drivers that influence ISdevelopment.
A-3 Differentiate between iterative and incremental design strategies approaches to systems development.
A-4 Describe the role of IS architecture in systems development.
A-5 Differentiate between system life cycle and system development process.