Unit Profile Correction added on 06-05-20
Due to Covid-19, formal examinations for 2020 Term 1 have been cancelled. In this unit, a 24-hour take-home examination will replace the formal examination in Term 1 2020.
All students must submit their completed examination through the submission link on the unit Moodle website. The learning outcomes assessed are unchanged.
All take-home examination submissions will go through Moodle Turnitin for plagiarism detection before marking.
Overview
In this unit, you will explore problems that require technological solutions as systems analysis involves determining what a system needs to accomplish. This unit covers concepts such as systems feasibility, user requirements elicitation and systems modelling. You will learn how to analyse systems requirements, select and plan how to take the system through all stages of the system development life cycle.
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).
Offerings For Term 1 - 2020
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
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 Have Your Say survey, direct student feedback, and staff discussion
Part A in both the two assignments required students to complete the related online quizzes as well as to participate and complete all related tutorial tasks. Students felt a larger workload from the online quizzes in this unit and requested for the online quizzes to be removed.
Online quizzes will be removed in both assessments. Online quizzes will remain on the unit Moodle site for student practice to help the students improve performance.
Feedback from Have Your Say survey
Task requirements in the two assessments need clarity.
Arrange two reviewers to check through both the two assessments to improve clarity.
- Explain systems analysis concepts, terminologies, system analysis tasks, models, tools, techniques, and methodologies
- Select and plan appropriate models, tools, techniques and methodologies in the systems analysis phase of a systems development project
- Apply information gathering techniques to derive system functionalities
- Construct modelling diagrams to depict system functionalities for users' requirements.
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 SFIA7 code is included:
- Business Analysis (BUAN)
- Requirements Definition and Management (REQM)
- Business Modelling (BSMO)
- Data Modelling and Design (DTAN)
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Online Quiz(zes) - 10% | ||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||
| 4 - Examination - 40% | ||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Communication | ||||
| 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
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Online Quiz(zes) - 10% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||||||
| 4 - Examination - 40% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
Systems Analysis and Design in a Changing World
Edition: 7th (2016)
Authors: Satzinger, Jackson & Burd
Cengage
Boston Boston , MA , USA
ISBN: 9781305117204
Binding: Paperback
Additional Textbook Information
All students MUST use only the 7th edition of the prescribed text book.
Paper copies are available from the CQUni Bookshop here: http://bookshop.cqu.edu.au (search on the Unit code)
eBook copies can be purchased from the publisher's website here: https://www.cengagebrain.com.au/shop/isbn/9781305117204?cid=aussearchpage
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- MS Office or equivalent software
- MS Project
- MS Visio
- For CQUniversity Student Emails and Moodle Forums, all students must always check university emails and read all types of forum messages
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing styles below:
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
l.soon@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
An Overview of Systems Analysis and Design
Chapter
Chapter 1 (Prescribed textbook)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Approaches to Systems Development
Chapter
Chapter 10 (Prescribed textbook)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
The Role of the Systems Analyst
Chapter
Online Chapter A (Prescribed textbook)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Project Planning and Project Management
Chapter
Chapter 11 (Prescribed textbook)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Project Management Techniques
Chapter
Online Chapter C (Prescribed textbook)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Investigating Systems Requirements
Chapter
Chapter 2 (Prescribed textbook)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Identifying User Stories and Use Cases
Chapter
Chapter 3 (Prescribed textbook)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Domain Modeling
Chapter
Chapter 4 (Prescribed textbook)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Use Case Modeling
Chapter
Chapter 5 (Prescribed textbook)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Designing the User Interface
Chapter
Chapter 8 (Prescribed textbook)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Deploying the New System
Chapter
Chapter 14 (Prescribed textbook)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Revision
Chapter
All previously covered chapters (Prescribed textbook)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Contact information for the Unit Coordinator: Dr Lisa Soon:- Email: l.soon@cqu.edu.au; Office: Townsville; and Phone: 07 4726 5317 (Ext. 55317)
Please forward questions about the unit through the 'Q&A' or specific assessment discussion forum in Moodle so that way everyone can benefit from the questions and answers. If you have any individual queries, please email Dr Lisa Soon on l.soon@cqu.edu.au and you will be replied within a day or so.
1 Online Quiz(zes)
There will be approximately 10 weekly quizzes to assess your understanding of the unit materials. More details are available on the unit website.
10
Weekly
Week 2 Monday (16 Mar 2020) 9:00 am AEST
Late submissions might not be possible for some quizzes. Late submissions where possible are subject to the university late submission penalty policies.
Within 2 weeks from the due date or within 2 weeks of submission (whichever is the later)
This assessment consists of multiple questions. Each question will be marked separately based on the following:
- Correctness: The answer should be technically correct. Justifications should explain the advantages and disadvantages.
- Clarity: Explanations, formatting and diagrams should be clear, consistent and relevant.
More details are available on the unit website.
- Explain systems analysis concepts, terminologies, system analysis tasks, models, tools, techniques, and methodologies
- Select and plan appropriate models, tools, techniques and methodologies in the systems analysis phase of a systems development project
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
2 Written Assessment
Imagine you have recently commenced a systems development project in the role of systems analyst. You will be provided with a Project Case Study. You are to identify critical elements, undertake analysis tasks and develop a report.
Your report will document aspects such as:
- The rationale behind your selected systems development methodology;
- Your project plan including a scheduling chart; and
- A cost-benefit analysis.
You will be required to use software such as Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Project.
See the unit website for more details, including the case study.
Week 6 Monday (20 Apr 2020) 9:00 am AEST
Late submissions are subject to the university late submission penalty policies.
Within 2 weeks from the due date or within 2 weeks of submission (whichever is the later)
This assessment consists of multiple questions. Each question will be marked separately based on the following.
- Correctness: the answer should be technically correct, not contain errors; justifications should explain the advantages (or benefits) and disadvantages; and
- Clarity: explanations, formatting and diagrams should be clear, consistent and relevant.
The Assessment 2 marking criteria is available on the unit website.
- Select and plan appropriate models, tools, techniques and methodologies in the systems analysis phase of a systems development project
- Apply information gathering techniques to derive system functionalities
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
3 Written Assessment
Assessment 3 follows on from Assessment 2 and usually uses the same project case study. Assessment 3 requires you to apply techniques and models to complete systems analysis tasks. You will select, justify and use information gathering techniques to identify, analyse and specify requirements of an information system. You will then design an information system using models such as use case diagrams, domain class models, activity diagrams and system sequence diagrams.
You will be required to use software such as Microsoft Visio to develop modelling diagrams.
Week 10 Friday (22 May 2020) 11:59 pm AEST
Late submissions are subject to the university late submission penalty policies.
Within 2 weeks of the due date or within 2 weeks of submission (whichever is the later)
This assessment consists of multiple questions, each marked separately based on the followings.
- Correctness: the answer should be technically correct, not contain errors; justifications should explain the advantages (or benefits) and disadvantages; and
- Clarity: explanations, formatting and diagrams should be clear, consistent and relevant.
The assessment criteria includes requirements regarding document layout, format, file types, and referencing.
The Assessment 3 marking criteria is available on the unit website.
- Apply information gathering techniques to derive system functionalities
- Construct modelling diagrams to depict system functionalities for users' requirements.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Technology Competence
Examination
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