Taught by Brenda L.F. Mak
The objective of this course is to examine the process of system analysis and design. Both the structured and object-oriented techniques of analysis and design are studied. The system development life cycle is introduced to gain an overall perspective on system development. Topics covered in the course: (i) determining organizational information requirements through interviews and company document analysis, (ii) current structured methodologies for systems analysis and design of information systems -- data flow diagrams, entity relationship diagrams, data dictionaries, structured chart (iii) current object-oriented techniques for analysis and design -- use cases, class diagrams, sequence diagrams. These topics will be approached using a combination of lectures, readings, systems analysis exercises, and class discussions. Students are to conduct a project to analyze and design a system in an area of their choice.The computer-aided software, VISIBLE ANALYST, is used to help students to develop the systems.