Dc06 analysis and design of information systems

1. Information Systems Basics 5 hours

1.1 System definition and characteristics of system, components of system, types of system.

1.2 Information system, Drivers for today’s information system, technological platforms of information system.

1.3 System owners, system users, system designers, system builders.

I [1]

2. Information Systems Development 6 hours

2.1 Information systems building blocks, system development process strategies and its principles.

2.2 System development life cycle (SDLC): analysis phase, design phase, implementation phase, case study of an engineering system.

2.3 System documentations and project management basics.

I [2, 3]

3. Systems Analysis 8 hours

3.1 Role, responsibilities and significance of system analyst, various system analysis approaches.

3.2 System analysis paradigms, various analysis phases-scope definition phase, problem analysis phase, requirement analysis phase, logical design phase, decision analysis phase.

3.3 Requirement analysis and fact finding schemes.

I [5, 6]

4. Data Modeling and Analysis 8 hours

4.1 Data modeling and its concepts: entities, attributes relationships, process of logical data modeling.

4.2 Construction of data models, analysis of data models.

4.3 Process modeling concepts and definitions, process of logical process modeling.

4.4 Construction of process models: Data flows, data flow diagram symbols and description of systems by data flow diagram.

I [8, 9]

5. Feasibility Analysis 5 hours

5.1 Analysis of various aspects of system feasibilities: Test for feasibility, cost benefit analysis techniques.

5.2 A system proposal: written report and formal presentation.

5.3 Object modeling and object development methods: object oriented implementations, system concepts for object modeling.

I [10]

6. Systems Design 6 hours

6.1 Various system design approaches, system design layout and application architecture design.

6.2 System design architecture and its modeling: Design of data bases, interfaces, and package design specifications, strategies for application architectures.

I [12]

7. User Interface Design 6 hours

7.1 Output design concepts and automated tools for output distribution and prototyping.

7.2 Input design concepts and GUI controls for Input design and input prototyping.

7.3 User Interface design concepts-user interface technology ,Gui styles and considerations.

I [16, 17]

8. Object Oriented Analysis & Design 10 hours

8.1 System concept for object modeling.

8.2 The process of object modeling.

8.3 Design objects, design relationships, object reusability.

8.4 The process of object design.

I [11, 18]

9. System Implementation and Maintenance 6 hours

9.1 System construction and implementations: Construction phase, implementation phase.

9.2 System audit & sequrity.

9.3 Supportive operations – validation, bench mark programs, debugging and testing.

I [19, 20]

Text Books

I. Jeffery L. Whitten, Lonnie D. Bentley and Kevin C . Dittman, “System Analysis and Design Methods”, Sixth Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2003.

References

1. Igor Hawryszkiewycz, “System Analysis and Design”, Fourth Edition, Prentice-Hall of India, 2000.

2. Elias M. Awad, “System Analysis and Design”, Second Edition, Galgotia Publications (P.) Ltd., 2001.