CPIT 250

Course Name

Course Code

System Analysis & Design

CPIT 250

Prerequisite

Credit Units

CPCS 204

Theory

Practice

Training

Credit

3

1

0

3

Course Description

This course teaches and trains the students how to analyze and design information systems. It also teaches the tools that are used in the analysis and design process of complete electronic systems using scientific methods.

Course Contents

§ Systems development life cycle.

§ Systems management.

§ Information gathering techniques (interviews, questionnaires, observation and scanning).

§ Systems design rules

§ Use cases

§ Class, Interaction, and Data flow diagrams.

§ Dynamic and static models Data dictionary.

§ Decision tables.

§ System prototypes.

§ Inputs / outputs, forms, data base design.

§ System specifications, design and documentation.

Course Outcomes

Upon finishing this course, the student should:

§ Understand the fundamentals of systems analysis, design and development.

§ Use the tools and techniques in systems analysis and design.

References

• Alan Dennis, Barbara Haley Wixom, David Tegarden, "Systems Analysis and Design With UML Version 2.0," Prentice-Hall, 2005, ISBN 0131454617

• Kendall & Kendall, "System Analysis and Design", 6th Ed., Prentice Hall, 2004, ISBN 0131454552.

• G. Shelly, T. Cashman, H. Rosenblatt, "Systems Analysis and Design", 5th Ed., Course Technology, 2003, ISBN 0789566494.

• J. L. Whitten, L.D. Bentley, "Systems Analysis and Design Methods", 6th Ed., McGraw Hill, 2004, ISBN 0072474173.