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 2 - 2024
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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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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 In class
Some assessments in the unit are generic and can be easily replicated, reducing their effectiveness in evaluating individual understanding and application of concepts.
Update the assessments to better measure each student’s understanding by using tasks that encourage original thinking and individual work.
Feedback from Unit Coordinator
To include contemporary content.
To incorporate more recent knowledge and up-to-date information into the unit content.
- 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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.
m.che@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Systems Development Environment & Methodologies
Chapter
Chapter 1 & Appendix B (Prescribed Textbook)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Managing the Information Systems Project; Systems Planning & Selection
Chapter
Chapters 3 & 4 (Prescribed Textbook)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Determining System Requirements; Use Case Modeling
Chapter
Chapter 5 (Prescribed Textbook)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Structuring System Requirements: Process Modeling
Chapter
Chapter 6 (Prescribed Textbook)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Object-Oriented Analysis & Design
Chapter
Appendix A (Prescribed Textbook)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Assessment 1 - Systems Analysis & Project Planning (30% weighting)
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Designing the Human Interface
Chapter
Chapter 8 (Prescribed Textbook)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Systems Implementation & Operations
Chapter
Chapter 10 (Prescribed Textbook)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Software Testing
Chapter
Not applicable
Events and Submissions/Topic
Assessment 2 - Systems Design (30% weighting)
Module/Topic
B2C Website Implementation
Chapter
P.-L. Poon & A.H.L. Lau, The PRESENT B2C Implementation Framework, Communications of the ACM, 49(2), 2006, pp. 96-103.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Software Quality Frameworks/Schemes
Chapter
Not applicable
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
ERP Software Selection & Procurement
Chapter
P.-L. Poon & Y.T. Yu, Investigating ERP Systems Procurement Practice: Hong Kong & Australian Experiences, Information & Software Technology, 52(10), 2010, pp. 1011-1022.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Revision
Chapter
All the book chapters & journal articles previously covered
Events and Submissions/Topic
Assessment 3 - Software Testing & Installation (40% weighting)
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
1 Project (applied)
Assignment 1 is an individual assessment. You will plan & manage a project as well as analyze and select the most appropriate systems development methodology based on the project on hand. You will produce a report that discusses the project based on your understanding & analysis. The case study will be provided to you on Moodle in Week 1 or 2. This assignment will assess the unit knowledge gained between Weeks 1-4 about different facets of systems development.
Late submissions are subject to the university's late submission penalty policies
Marking & feedback of Assignment 1 will be returned to students via Moodle
The assessment criteria will cover the contents & the presentation/format of the submission. Students will be assessed based on their knowledge & understanding about how to: (a) analyse the business & project environment, (b) analyse & choose the most appropriate systems development methodology, & (c) perform project planning & management. In addition, all the different parts of the assessment should be written in a professional (business-like) & coherent manner. A detailed marking template will be made available together with the assignment details on the Moodle unit webpage.
- 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 assignment. Your knowledge gained about how to model the systems requirements in both the object-oriented & traditional approaches will be assessed in this assignment. Your group needs to submit a design of a web-based system. Your design should include various elements such as critical use cases & data flow diagrams. Your submission should also include a "prototype" of website design. A detailed marking template will be made available when the assignment details are released via Moodle.
Late submissions are subject to the university's late submission penalty policies
Marking & feedback of Assignment 2 will be returned to students via Moodle
For the group report, the assessment criteria will cover the contents & the presentation/format of the submission. In addition, all the different parts of the assessment should be written in a professional (business-like) & coherent manner. Your technical diagrams will be assessed to see whether they follow the correct notation/format. A detailed marking template will be made available together with the assignment details on the Moodle unit webpage.
- 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. You will design how to test a software system & perform a systematic system installation process. Overall, this assessment tests your knowledge & understanding on how to deliver an effective & high-quality systems to end users. In this assignment, you will be assessed on your understanding of the relevant concepts & ability to apply these concept to real-life development projects.
Late submissions are subject to the university's late submission penalty policies.
Marks of Assignment 3 will be released to students on the certification date as this is the final assessment.
The assessment criteria will cover the contents & the presentation/format of the submission. In addition, all the different parts of the assessment should be written in a professional (business-like) & coherent manner. A detailed marking template will be made available when the assignment details are released via Moodle.
- 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.
Where can I get assistance?
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What can you do to act with integrity?
