Overview
Information systems and design is a complex, challenging and stimulating organizational process that a team of business and systems professionals uses to develop and maintain computer-based information systems. In this unit students will learn information analysis and logical specification of the system development process. Students will learn how understanding user-centred design and task-centred design are fundamental to good systems design. In order to understand these concepts, students will study how to determine user-requirements, and demonstrate that understanding through designing web-interfaces. Students will learn how understanding user-centred design and task-centred design are fundamental to good systems design. In order to understand these concepts, students will study how to determine user-requirements, and demonstrate that understanding through designing web-interfaces. Software Reuse is an important concept which must be taken into account when developing an Information System. Through case studies and practical examples the student will study the phases in the systems development life cycle (determining the user requirements, developing a systems proposal, designing the system) and apply the key principles to the implementation of system development problems in organisations. The organisational context of systems analysis and design and the iterative nature of the analysis and design process will be explored. Note: If you have completed unit COIS20025 then you cannot take this unit.
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 Postgraduate 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.
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Continue with the best practices of teaching this unit.
- Identify and apply core principles of information systems analysis and design process.
- Analyse different stages through which information systems are developed.
- Apply the tools used in modelling workplace information flows so that they can be implemented in the systems.
- Employ the tools, techniques, and methods to produce requirement specifications, and provide an academic and practical argument to defend the solution.
- Assess the impact of the intended target audience on the design of a user interface.
- Develop specifications for an information systems with limited scope.
- Apply systems analysis and design techniques for problem solving in the organizational context for a system development.
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)
- Requirements Definition and Management (REQM)
- Business Modelling (BSMO)
- Data Analysis (DTAN)
- Systems Design (DESN)
- Database/Repository Design (DBDS)
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| 1 - Practical and Written Assessment - 30% | |||||||
| 2 - Presentation and Written Assessment - 30% | |||||||
| 3 - Examination - 40% | |||||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| 1 - Knowledge | |||||||
| 2 - Communication | |||||||
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | |||||||
| 4 - Research | |||||||
| 5 - Self-management | |||||||
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | |||||||
| 7 - Leadership | |||||||
| 8 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| 1 - Practical and Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||||
| 2 - Presentation and Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||||
| 3 - Examination - 40% | ||||||||
Textbooks
Analysis and Design of Information Systems
third Edition (2010)
Authors: Arthur M. Langer
Springer- verlag
London London , London , England
ISBN: 978-1-84628-654-4
Binding: Paperback
Essentials of Systems Analysis and Design
Sixth Edition (2015)
Authors: Joseph S. Valacich, Joey F. George, Jeffery A. Hoffer
Pearson Education Limited
New Jersey New Jersey , New Jersey , USA
ISBN: 10:1-292-07661-5
Binding: Hardcover
Additional Textbook Information
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Project
- Microsoft Visio
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
Module/Topic
Define Information Systems analysis and design, modern approaches to systems analysis and design, sources of software.
Chapter
Chapter 1, 2, from Essentials of Systems Analysis and Design, by Joseph S. Valacich, Joey F. George, Jeffery A. Hoffer, Sixth Edition 2013, Pearson.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
System Planning and Selection and Managing the Information Systems Project
Chapter
Chapter 3 and 4, from Essentials of Systems Analysis and Design, by Joseph S. Valacich, Joey F. George, Jeffery A. Hoffer, Sixth Edition 2013, Pearson.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Determining System Requirements and Developing Use Cases
Chapter
Chapter 5, from Essentials of Systems Analysis and Design, by Joseph S. Valacich, Joey F. George, Jeffery A. Hoffer, Sixth Edition 2013, Pearson
CRO for Developing Use Cases
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Structuring System Requirements: Process Modelling
Chapter
Chapter 6,from Essentials of Systems Analysis and Design, by Joseph S. Valacich, Joey F. George, Jeffery A. Hoffer, Sixth Edition 2013, Pearson
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Structuring System Requirements: Conceptual Data Modelling, OO Analysis and Design
Chapter
Chapter 7,Appendix A,from Essentials of Systems Analysis and Design, by Joseph S. Valacich, Joey F. George, Jeffery A. Hoffer, Sixth Edition 2013, Pearson
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Break Week
Chapter
Revise all chapters completed so far and work on Assignment 1
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Designing the Human Interface, Agile Methodologies
Chapter
Chapter 8 Appendix B from Essentials of Systems Analysis and Design, by Joseph S. Valacich, Joey F. George, Jeffery A. Hoffer, Sixth Edition 2013, Pearson
Events and Submissions/Topic
Assignment 1 Due
Practical and Written Assessment Due: Week 6 Thursday (24 Aug 2017) 8:00 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Designing Databases, Data Warehousing
Chapter
Chapter 9 from Essentials of Systems Analysis and Design, by Joseph S. Valacich, Joey F. George, Jeffery A. Hoffer, Sixth Edition 2013, Pearson and, Chapter 15 as CRO from Analysis and Design of Information Systems, by Arthur M. Langer, Third Edition 2008, Springer.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Systems Implementation and Operation
Chapter
Chapter 10 from Essentials of Systems Analysis and Design, by Joseph S. Valacich, Joey F. George, Jeffery A. Hoffer, Sixth Edition 2013, Pearson
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Website Design and Architecture
Chapter
Chapter 16 from Analysis and Design of Information Systems, by Arthur M. Langer, Third Edition 2008, Springer.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Return of marked assignment 1
Module/Topic
Concepts of ISO 9000
Chapter
Chapter 17 from Analysis and Design of Information Systems, by Arthur M. Langer, Third Edition 2008, Springer.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Business Process Reengineering
Chapter
Chapter 13 from Analysis and Design of Information Systems, by Arthur M. Langer, Third Edition 2008, Springer.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Assignment 2 Due
Presentation and Written Assessment Due: Week 11 Friday (29 Sept 2017) 8:00 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Analysis of Case study
Chapter
Appendix A Case Study from Analysis and Design of Information Systems, by Arthur M. Langer, Third Edition 2008, Springer.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Exam Week
Chapter
Exam Week
Events and Submissions/Topic
Contact information for Sanjay Jha: Email: s.jha@cqu.edu.au Office: Level 6, 400 Kent Street, Sydney Campus. Please submit questions about the course through the 'Q&A' discussion forum in Moodle - that way, everyone can benefit from the questions and answers. If you have any individual queries, please email me and I'll try to get back to you within a day or so.
1 Practical and Written Assessment
Assignment 1 is an individual assessment. You will plan and manage the project as well as investigate and document its systems requirements. For your Assignment 1 submission, you will produce a report that discusses the project based on your understanding of it and the related investigation results through the tasks given. The structure of the report and the case study will be provided to you on Moodle in week 2. This assignment will assess the unit knowledge gained between week 1 and week 5 about different facets of information system analysis and design.
Week 6 Thursday (24 Aug 2017) 8:00 pm AEST
Assignment 1 is due on week 6 Thursday at 20:00 AEST.
Week 9 Friday (15 Sept 2017)
3 weeks - moderation & marking Assignment 1 will be returned to you via Moodle
Assignment 1 Assessment Criteria: (The details of individual tasks will be provided on Moodle in Week 1 )
1. Introduction (5 marks)
2. Approach to Systems Development - Task 1 (10 Marks)
3. Systems Requirements - Task 2 (15 Marks)
4. Project Cost Benefit Analysis - Task 3 (15 Marks)
5. Project Schedule - Task 4 (20 Marks)
6. System Information Requirement Investigation Techniques – Task 5 (25 Marks)
7. Reflections and Conclusions (5 marks)
8. Reference (5 marks)
- Identify and apply core principles of information systems analysis and design process.
- Analyse different stages through which information systems are developed.
- Apply the tools used in modelling workplace information flows so that they can be implemented in the systems.
- Employ the tools, techniques, and methods to produce requirement specifications, and provide an academic and practical argument to defend the solution.
- Assess the impact of the intended target audience on the design of a user interface.
- Develop specifications for an information systems with limited scope.
- Apply systems analysis and design techniques for problem solving in the organizational context for a system development.
- Knowledge
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Research
- Self-management
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
2 Presentation and Written Assessment
Assignment 2 is a group assignment (Max of four students in a group). Your unit knowledge gained about how to model the system requirements in both the object-oriented and traditional system analysis approaches will be assessed through the tasks in assignment 2. You need to submit a design of a website. You are to complete the following task in the order given based on the case study provided to you on Moodle:
1. Find out all Critical Use Cases
2. Draw Context Level diagram.
3. Draw Level 0 data flow diagram depicting all the business process description provided.
4. Draw ERD showing all required entities and its relationships.
5. Draw CRUD diagram.
6. Provide a prototype of website design and architecture you have developed based on the case study.
7. Individual group member need to write one page towards their own contribution for the development of the project. Individual contribution should focus on what they did and how they did it. Students are also required to write difficulties and challenges they faced while doing their allocated task.
During Week 11, there will be a presentation based on the case study. Please refer to the unit Moodle website for detailed information about this assignment.
Week 11 Friday (29 Sept 2017) 8:00 pm AEST
Assignment 2 is due on week 11 Friday at 20:00 AEST.
Exam Week Friday (20 Oct 2017)
The marking team will do the best to return assignment 2 to students before the examination.
Marking Assessment Criteria:
1. Introduction (5 Marks)
2.Find out all Critical Use Cases (5 Marks)
3. Draw Context Level diagram. (5 Marks)
4. Draw Level 0 data flow diagram depicting all the business process description provided. (5 Marks)
5. Draw ERD showing all required entities and its relationships. (5)
6. Draw CRUD diagram. (5 Marks)
7. Provide a prototype of website design and architecture you have developed based on the case study.(10 Marks)
8. Details of individual group members contribution towards the development of the project. (10 Marks)
9. Conclusion and summary (5 Marks)
10. Presentation (45 Marks)
During Week 11, there will be a presentation based on the case study. Please refer to the unit Moodle website for detailed information about this assignment.
- Identify and apply core principles of information systems analysis and design process.
- Analyse different stages through which information systems are developed.
- Apply the tools used in modelling workplace information flows so that they can be implemented in the systems.
- Employ the tools, techniques, and methods to produce requirement specifications, and provide an academic and practical argument to defend the solution.
- Assess the impact of the intended target audience on the design of a user interface.
- Develop specifications for an information systems with limited scope.
- Apply systems analysis and design techniques for problem solving in the organizational context for a system development.
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Research
- Self-management
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
Examination
Dictionary - non-electronic, concise, direct translation only (dictionary must not contain any notes or comments).
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