Overview
This unit develops skills in the planning, selection and analysis phases of the systems development lifecycle (SDLC). Topics include feasibility studies, fact finding techniques, system modelling, project planning and user requirements.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
There are no requisites for this unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
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Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of 'pass' in order to pass the unit. If any 'pass/fail' tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully ('pass' grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the 'assessment task' section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Student evaluation feedback, emails and phone calls.
To help students improve their work and studies, students requested staff to provide more feedback, both in labs for teaching staff to check what went wrong in any lab tasks, and in their marked return assignments.
All teaching staff are to provide timely feedback to students, to improve their study performances.
- Describe, discuss and apply systems analysis techniques.
- Apply fact-finding techniques in the analysis phase of the SDLC.
- Model the existing system/environment using appropriate techniques.
- Document the analysis phase of the SDLC by preparing analysis and user requirements reports.
Australian Computer Society (ACS) recognises the Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA). SFIA is in use in over 100 countries and provides a widely used and consistent definition of ICT skills. SFIA is increasingly being used when developing job descriptions and role profiles.
ACS members can use the tool MySFIA to build a skills profile at https://www.acs.org.au/professionalrecognition/mysfia-b2c.html
This unit contributes to the following workplace skills as defined by SFIA. The SFIA code is included:
- Information Analysis (INAN)
- Business Analysis (BUAN)
- Data Analysis (DTAN)
- Systems Design (DESN)
- Database/Repository Design (DBDS)
- Testing (TEST)
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
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2 - Practical and Written Assessment - 40% | ||||
3 - Examination - 40% |
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
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2 - Problem Solving | ||||
3 - Critical Thinking | ||||
4 - Information Literacy | ||||
5 - Team Work | ||||
6 - Information Technology Competence | ||||
7 - Cross Cultural Competence | ||||
8 - Ethical practice | ||||
9 - Social Innovation | ||||
10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures |
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
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3 - Examination - 40% |
Textbooks
Systems Analysis and Design in a Changing World
Seventh Edition (2015)
Authors: John Satzinger,Robert Jackson,Stephen Burd
CENGAGE Learning
Boston Boston , MA , USA
ISBN: ISBN-13: 9781305117204
Binding: Hardcover
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- MS Office or equivalent software
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
s.jha@cqu.edu.au
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Assignment 1 Due on 18/12/2017 09:00 am
System Development and Planning Due: Week 6 Monday (18 Dec 2017) 9:00 am AEST
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System Analysis: Techniques and Models Due: Week 10 Thursday (25 Jan 2018) 9:00 am AEST
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Unit Coordinator: Sanjay Jha
Office Location: Level 6, 400 Kent Street Sydney NSW 2000
Emai: s.jha@cqu.edu.au
Note: For all inquiries and urgent matters, please send me an email.
1 Written Assessment
An individual assessment that requires you to answer questions on early stages of systems development, including how you approach systems development and how you deal with project planning activities. There will be multiple questions on different topics, and you will be expected to submit a report containing answers. You will be required to use software, such as Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Project, to answer some questions. See Moodle for the questions and expected written assessment format.
Week 6 Monday (18 Dec 2017) 9:00 am AEST
Please submit all assessments online through Moodle. Late submissions are subject to the university late submission penalty.
Week 8 Monday (8 Jan 2018)
Assessments will be returned through Moodle. Late submissions with or without extension approvals will be returned after the above date.
This assessment consists of multiple questions, each marked separately. The criteria for marking each question are: • Correctness: the answer should be technically correct, not contain errors; justifications should explain the correct advantages and benefits, while also touch on disadvantages. • Clarity: explanations, formatting and diagrams should be clear, consistent and relevant. See Moodle for detailed marking allocation.
- Communication
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Ethical practice
- Describe, discuss and apply systems analysis techniques.
2 Practical and Written Assessment
An individual assessment that requires you to apply techniques and models to complete tasks in systems development, specifically during systems analysis . Techniques in this assessment refers to information gathering techniques. You will need to select, justify or use different techniques to identify, analyze and specify requirements. Models may include use cases, domain class models, activity diagrams, system sequence diagrams, and others. There will be multiple questions on different topics, and you will be expected to submit a written assessment containing answers containing model diagrams. You will be required to use software, such as Microsoft Visio, to answer some questions.
Week 10 Thursday (25 Jan 2018) 9:00 am AEST
Please submit all assessments online through Moodle. Late submissions are subject to the university late submission penalty policy.
Week 12 Thursday (8 Feb 2018)
Any student who submits an assessment late with or without an assignment extension approval will receive the returned assignment later than the above date.
Assessment Criteria This assessment consists of multiple questions, each marked separately. The criteria for marking each question are: • Correctness: the answer should be technically correct, not contain errors; justifications should explain the correct advantages and benefits, while also touch on disadvantages. • Clarity: explanations, formatting and diagrams should be clear, consistent and relevant. See Moodle for detailed marking allocation.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
- Describe, discuss and apply systems analysis techniques.
- Apply fact-finding techniques in the analysis phase of the SDLC.
- Model the existing system/environment using appropriate techniques.
- Document the analysis phase of the SDLC by preparing analysis and user requirements reports.
Examination
No calculators permitted
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Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
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As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.