Overview
Information systems analysis and design is a complex, challenging, and stimulating organisational process, that a team of business and systems professionals use to develop and maintain computer-based information systems. In this unit, you will learn the importance of responding to and anticipating problems through the innovative use of systems development process. You will learn how understanding user-centered design and task-centered design are fundamental to good systems design. In order to understand these concepts, you will study how to determine user-requirements and convert user requirements to system design. You will demonstrate this understanding by designing web-interfaces of given case studies and practical examples. You will study different phases of the systems development life cycle, which includes developing a system proposal, determining user requirements, designing a system, and applying key principles to the implementation of a system. You will also explore the organisational context and the iterative nature of systems analysis and design.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Anti-requisites: COIS20025 Systems Development Overview. Students who have studied COIS20025 in the past cannot take COIT20248.
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 3 - 2021
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 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.
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 Unit Coordinator reflections
The time allocated to some topics (e.g. Agile) is too short to cover in sufficient depth.
Re-arrange the ordering of some topics (e.g. bring Agile earlier) and remove some content covered in later units (e.g. details of database design).
Feedback from Unit Coordinator reflections
It is difficult for students to appreciate the importance of writing unambiguous requirements for systems.
Introduce a tutorial activity with peer review of requirements tasks, e.g. one team creates a requirements specification, which another team uses an input to create a design.
- Develop requirements, specifications and provide academic and practical arguments to defend the solutions by employing core principles of information system analysis and design
- Develop prototypes for computer-based information systems demonstrating initiative and problem-solving judgement to meet client briefs
- Employ effective interpersonal and professional skills to collaborate with and influence team members to achieve a negotiated team outcome while maintaining responsibility and accountability for their own learning and work
- Analyse and evaluate to critically reflect on the alternative methodologies used in developing business information systems
- Critically analyse and evaluate different modelling techniques for developing business information systems.
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 Analytics (INAN)
- Systems Design (DESN)
- User Experience Design (HCEV)
- IT Strategy and Planning (ITSP)
- Systems Design (DESN)
- Business Modelling (BSMO)
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Project (applied) - 30% | |||||
| 2 - Project (applied) - 30% | |||||
| 3 - Project (applied) - 40% | |||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 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 | |||||
Textbooks
Essentials of Systems Analysis and Design (Global Edition)
Edition: 6th (2015)
Authors: J.S. Valacich, J.F. George, J.A. Hoffer
Pearson
Boston Boston , USA
ISBN: 1-292-07661-5
Binding: Paperback
Analysis and Design of Information Systems
Edition: 3rd (2008)
Authors: Arthur M. Langer
Springer-Verlag
London London , UK
ISBN: 978-1-84628-654-4
Binding: Hardcover
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- MS Office
- MS Project
- MS Visio
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
p.poon@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Systems development environment; sources of software
Chapter
Chapters 1 & 2 (Prescribed textbook)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Managing the information systems projects; systems planning & selection
Chapter
Chapters 3 & 4 (Prescribed textbook)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Determining system requirements; use case modelling
Chapter
Chapter 5 (Prescribed textbook)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Structuring system requirements; process modelling
Chapter
Chapter 6 (Prescribed textbook)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Structuring system requirements: conceptual data modelling; object-oriented (OO) analysis & design
Chapter
Chapter 7 & Appendix A (Prescribed textbook)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Designing the human interface; agile methodologies
Chapter
Chapter 8 & Appendix B (Prescribed textbook)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Designing databases; data warehousing
Chapter
Chapter 9 (Prescribed textbook)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Systems implementation & operation
Chapter
Chapter 10 (Prescribed textbook)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Website design & architecture
Chapter
Chapter 16 (Analysis & Design of Information Systems, by Arthur M. Langer, 3rd edition, 2008, Springer)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Concepts of ISO9000
Chapter
Chapter 17 (Analysis & Design of Information Systems, by Arthur M. Langer, 3rd edition, 2008, Springer)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Business process reengineering (BPR)
Chapter
Chapter 13 (Analysis & Design of Information Systems, by Arthur M. Langer, 3rd edition, 2008, Springer)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Revision
Chapter
All the book chapters previously covered
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Associate Professor Pak Poon (Unit Coordinator)
Email: p.poon@cqu.edu.au
Tel: + 61 (0)3 9616 0693
Office: Room 6.15, Level 6 (Melbourne Campus)
1 Project (applied)
Assignment 1 is an individual assessment. You will plan & manage the project as well as investigate & document its systems requirements. In Assignment 1, you will produce a business report in accordance with the tasks given. The structure of the report & the case study will be provided to you in Moodle in Week 1 or 2. This assignment will assess the unit knowledge gained between Weeks 1 & 5 about the different facets of systems development.
Week 6 Monday (20 Dec 2021) 11:00 am AEST
Late submissions are subject to the university's late submission penalty policies
Week 9 Tuesday (18 Jan 2022)
The assessment criteria cover the following issues:
a) The relevance and correctness of the answers with respect to each task related to systems analysis, and in the specific context of the given business case.
b) The accuracy of the numerical calculations related to Cost-Benefit Analysis.
c) The soundness of project management scheduling.
d) The professional layout/format of the report.
- Develop requirements, specifications and provide academic and practical arguments to defend the solutions by employing core principles of information system analysis and design
- Critically analyse and evaluate different modelling techniques for developing business information systems.
2 Project (applied)
Assignment 2 is a group exercise. Your unit knowledge gained about how to model the systems requirements in both the object-oriented & traditional approaches will be assessed in this assignment, You need to submit a design of a web-based system. Your design should include various elements such as critical use cases, data flow diagrams & entity-relationship diagrams. During Week 11, there will be a group presentation based on the case study. Please refer to the Unit Moodle page for more details about this assignment.
Week 11 Monday (31 Jan 2022) 11:00 am AEST
Late submissions are subject to the university's late submission penalty policies
Week 12 Friday (11 Feb 2022)
The assessment criteria cover the following issues:
a) The relevance and correctness of the various technical diagrams drawn for systems analysis and design.
b) The rationale and discussion given to support the technical diagrams.
c) The professional layout/format of the report.
- Develop prototypes for computer-based information systems demonstrating initiative and problem-solving judgement to meet client briefs
- Employ effective interpersonal and professional skills to collaborate with and influence team members to achieve a negotiated team outcome while maintaining responsibility and accountability for their own learning and work
- Analyse and evaluate to critically reflect on the alternative methodologies used in developing business information systems
3 Project (applied)
Assignment 3 is an individual assessment and follows Assignments 1 & 2. It tests your knowledge about how to perform system testing to assurance the quality of the new system. It also tests your knowledge on the various approaches for system changeover.
Week 12 Monday (7 Feb 2022) 11:00 am AEST
Late submissions are subject to the university's late submission penalty policies.
The assessment criteria cover the following issues:
a) The relevance and correctness of the answers with respect to system testing, system cutover and user training, and in the specific context of the given business case.
b) The ability to explain and justify the chosen methods in (a) above.
c) The professional layout/format of the report.
- Develop requirements, specifications and provide academic and practical arguments to defend the solutions by employing core principles of information system analysis and design
- Analyse and evaluate to critically reflect on the alternative methodologies used in developing business information systems
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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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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.
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