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ISM4113 – Systems Analysis and Design

Spring 2013  


The class schedule will change during the course of the semester.
Please ensure that you keep updated with the course work, due dates, exam dates, assignments and lecture notes. Below you will see that last time it was updated.
University Calendar
Classes begin
Jan 07, 2013 (Mon)
Classes end
Apr 20, 2013 (Sat)
Examination Days
Apr 22 - 27 2013 (Mon -Sat)
Grades available to students
May 2 2013 (Thur) 
Summer A (Mon) May 13 - June 21 2013 (Fri)
Summer B  (Mon) June 24 - Aug 2 2013 (Fri)

 

Days University is closed

 

Martin Luther King 

Monday January 21 2013 (University closed)
Spring Break     March 11-16 2013 (University closed)
   
   

 

  

Last Updated: Dec 24 11:19 am



Year 2013
Assignment
Exams, Quizzes and Feedbacks

Week 1
Wed Jan 9 2013 RB150 starts 5:00 pm sharp

    1. Read the ISM4113 syllabus immediately and pay particular attention on how to communicate with me.  The best way to communicate with me is by ......

      The SUBJECT line of your email should be “4113 / Panther + First and Last Name / choose a heading, for example "HW 01"

      Don’t forget I get a huge amount of emails a day. Helping me find your work or your communication is to your benefit.

      Thank you    

    2. This lecture introduces Systems Analysis and Design
    3. ERP
    4. BPR
    5. SCM
    6. JIT
    7. What do we understand by the term "The Cloud"?
      8.
    8. EDI
    9. Read Chapter 1 for next class
    10. CW01 Exercise in using Digital Technology

      Please send me an email with the following heading

      4113 / Panther / Name First and Last / “Using Digital Technology”

      11.
    11. HW01 to be sent by email in a 2 page word attachment before next Week

      The SUBJECT line of your email should be “4113 / First and Last Name / Panther 1234567 / HW 01”

      1. What is your Name
      2. What is your Panther
      3. Define ERP
      4. Which were the 5 major ERP companies of the 1980s?
      5. Which are the top ERP companies today?

 

     

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Week 2
Wed Jan 16 RB150 starts 5:00 pm sharp

 

 

    1. This lecture is about Systems Planning
        1. SAD 
        2. Who develops Information Systems?
        3. Information System components
        4. BPR
        5. BPM Business Process Modeling
        6. Impact of the Internet
        7. Business Support Systems
        8. Knowledge Management
        9.  User Productivity
        10. Information Systems Integration
        11. nformation do users need?
        12. Modeling produces graphical representation of a concept or process that systems developers analyze, test, and modify.
        13. Prototyping test systems
          14.
        14. CASE
        15. Systems Development Methods Basic Systems Development Guidelines

    3. HW 02.1 research and prepare to answer what do you understand by The largest IT project in the world "India and UID" in 500 words to be sent to me in the body of an email by Sunday midnight with the subject "4113/ Name Panther / HW 02.1 India and UID"
    4. Read chapter 2 for next class
      5.

     
Week 3
Wed Jan 23
 RB150 starts 5:00 pm sharp
  1. HW 03 To be sent to me by email  not later than Saturday night midnight.
  2. Answer the following questions:
    1. What is your Name?
    2. What is your Panther?
    3. What is the date?
    4. Identify the main components of an information system.
    5. Describe 5 types of information systems and give an example of each.
    6. Describe four organizational levels of a typical business and their information requirements
    7. Describe the phases of the systems development life cycle, and compare the SDLC waterfall to the spiral model.
    8. What is object-oriented analysis, and how does it differ from structured analysis? What is the agile system?
    9. The subject line of the email should be The SUBJECT line of your email should be “4113 / Panther and First and Last Name / CW 02”

     

  3. CW03 Using Visio create a flowchart for the following process: Student application all the way to student graduation. Send by email by next Sunday The SUBJECT line of your email should be “4113 / Panther and First and Last Name / HW 03” (For those of you that do not have Visio at home, you should complete the HW exercise during this class.)
     

Week 4
Wed Jan 30 RB150 starts 5:00 pm sharp

  
  1. RFP and RFQ "I need a new PBX recommendation by the end of the Week"

  2. EHR and the year 2014 Looking at Project 1

  3. Class Discussion "Advantages and Disadvantages of Comparative Advantage"

  4. TCO

    ROI

    PBX matrix exercise

    JAD

    RAD

    What is a SWOT analysis? Why is it important?

    What is feasibility? List and briefly discuss four feasibility tests.

    5.

  5. SWOT Analysis

    6.

  6. Process Description Tools

  7. Gane and Sarson symbols

  8. Decision Tables

  9. Decision Trees

  10. Data Flow Diagrams

  11. Data Dictionary

  12. Process Descriptions

  Revision chapters 1-4 for next Week
 
     


Week 5
Wed Feb 06
RB150 starts 5:00 pm sharp

  1. Review of chapters 1-4



 
     
Week 6
Wed Feb 13
RB150 starts 5:00 pm sharp
 Exam I  Chapters 1-4, plus lecture notes
Students arriving late for - Whatever  reason - Will not be allowed into the examination room if they are late, as they will disturb the examination process. If you wish to take this exam make sure you are present before the start time.

CW 05 A Procedure for requests		 Exam I
BE ON TIME !!
 

 

  
Week 7
Wed Feb 20
RB150 starts 5:00 pm sharp
  1. Please sign the attendance sheet
  2. Chapter 5 DFD diagrams
  3. Gane and Sarson
  4. Processes in Gane and Sarson
  5. Data flow
  6. Data store
  7. Entities
  8. Class exercise CW07 DFD Modeling
  9. Read Chapter 5 for next class
Feedback 1 - Exam 1 Scores
     
Week 8
Wed Feb 27
RB150 starts 5:00 pm sharp

 

  1. Chapter 6 O-O modeling
  2. Intro to object modeling
      1. Objects represent real people, places, events and transactions.
      2. Object-oriented terms:
        1. classes
        2. attributes
        3. instances
        4. messages
        5. methods
      3. Objects can send messages or commands that require other objects to perform certain methods/tasks.
      4. An acitivity diagram resembles a horizontal flowchart that shows actions and events as they occur.
  4. Please sign the attendance sheet
  5. CW08 Development strategies.
  6. The impact of the Web on businesses
  7. Read Chapter 6 for next week

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Week 9
Wed Mar 6
RB150 starts 5:00 pm sharp

 

  1. Chapter 7 Development Strategies
    1. The future - Web 2.0 and Cloud Computing
    2. Traditional vs Web Based systems
    3. Growth of Outsourcing
    4. Developing In-House
    5. The Software Acquisition Process (to be used for your project1 EHR)
    6. Prototyping
    7. Software Development Trends
  2. Chapter 8 User Interface
    1. Designing and easy to use easy to understand user interface.
    2. CW Coffee and scissors
 
     
Week 10
Wed Mar 13
 Spring Break University Closed  
     

Week 11
Wed Mar 20
RB150 starts 5:00 pm sharp

 

  1. Today is an online class Please finish and email me your P1 

  2. This means that you need to log on to your accounts and complete the assigned work from your home, your office, the library, the labs etc.  Thank you for your support, prayers, txts and flowers. Most appreciated.
    Please let me know you have seen this. 

 
     

Week 12
 Wed Mar 27
RB150 starts 5:00 pm sharp

  Review Chapters 5,7,& 8  
     

Week 13
Wed Apr 3
RB150 starts 5:00 pm sharp


  

  1. Exam II  Chapters 5,7, & 8 plus lecture notes plus HW ON TIME!!

  2. Students arriving late for - Whatever  reason - Will not be allowed into the examination room if they are late, as they will disturb the examination process. If you wish to take this exam make sure you are present before the start time.

 
Exam II
BE ON TIME !!
     
Week 14
Wed Apr 10
RB150 starts 5:00 pm sharp
 
  

CW13 please answer the following question by email with the following subject heading "CW13 Name panther Globalization"

"Which are the top 3 countries in your opinion, that are making great strides in raising the level of its science and technology? Give examples of their use of Systems Analysis and Design"

Chapter 9 (Data Design)

 Globalization and the implications for Systems Analysis and Design 
     

Week 15
Wed Apr 17 RB150 starts 5:00 pm sharp

 

  Chapter 10 (System Architecture) 

Review Chapter 9, 10 and LN  

 

  
     

 

Week 16
Wed Apr 24


  1. Exam III Chapters 9 & 10 & LN

  2. BE ON TIME!! Students arriving late for - Whatever  reason - Will not be allowed into the examination room if they are late, as they will disturb the examination process. If you wish to take this exam make sure you are present before the start time.

Exam 3

 

 

 

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