Course Details

1. Understand the fundamentals of System Development, how to analyze and design an information system and how the development of an information system can be viewed as an opportunity for improvement.
2. Identify a problem and use problem solving methodologies like System Development Life Cycle, System Development Techniques and methodologies, and prototyping, to solve such problems.
3. Demonstrate their ability to analyze and design a system using Data Modelling, Process Modelling, and Network Modelling for real cases (as a mini project).
4. Apply using examples the normalization process, event analysis, process analysis and design, file and database design, input output design, and user interface design.
5. Develop skill to distinguish a friendly and efficient system from a bad designed system,

Introduction to Information Systems

Introduction to System Analysis and Design

Opportunity to improve a system

System Development fundamentals

System Development Life Cycle

System Development Techniques and methodologies

Computer-Aided Systems Engineering

Systems Planning and Systems Analysis

Systems Planning

Systems Analysis

Data Modelling (Entity Relationship Diagrams ERDs)

Process Modelling (Data Flow Diagrams DFDs, Decomposition Diagram)

Network Modelling

System Design

Selection Phase 

Acquisition phase and system design  

Establish Integration Requirements

Data Analysis (Normalization Process), Event Analysis

Process Analysis and Design

Event analysis 

Installation of the system: Phase, Direct, Pilot, Parallel

Input/Output Design and user interfaces  

File and Database Design

Program Design

Testing and Debugging

Testing; Selection of test data

Installation

Integration

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