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January 10th, 1999

CMPS 058 -  Systems Analysis and Design Course

Course Outline

1. Week 1 - Information Systems Framework (Chap 2-3, pages 32- 116)   JP

 

Tuesday 5 Jan 99 - Information Systems Building Blocks (Chap 2)

Thursday 7 Jan 99 - Information System Development (Chap 3)

Case Study - Surveying the Project (Milestone 1)

 

2. Week 2 - System Analysis (Chap 4, pages 117-169)                                 JP

 

Tuesday 12 Jan 99 - Strategies for System Analysis/Survey Phase (118-136)

Thursday14 Jan 99 - Study Phase/ Definition Phase (137- 163)

Case Study - Studying the Current System (Milestone 2)

 

3. Week 3- Data Modeling (Chap 5, pages 170 - 207)                                Miles

 

Tuesday 19 Jan 99- System Concepts/ The Process of Logical Data Modeling ( 170- 189)

Thursday 21 Jan 99 - How to Construct Data Models (190-200)

Case Study - Modeling the System's Data (Milestone 3)

 

4. Week 4 - Process Modeling (Chap 6, pages 208 - 261)                          Miles

 

Tuesday 26 Jan 99 - System Concepts/The Process of Logical Process Modeling (208-238)

Thursday 28 Jan 99 - How to Construct Data Models (239- 254)

Case Study - Modeling the System's Processes (Milestone 4)

 

5. Week 5 - Network Modeling (Chap 7, pages 262 - 283)                           JP

 

Tuesday 2 Feb 99 - System Concepts/The Process of Logical Network Modeling

Thursday 4 Feb 99 - How to Construct Logical Network Models /Review

Case Study - Modeling the Network (Milestone 5)

 

6. Week 6 - Intro to System Design (Chap 9, pages 309 - 349)                      JP

 

Tuesday 9 Feb 99 - Midterm exam (Chap 1- 7)

Thursday 11 Feb 99 - Introduction to System Design

Case Study - Modeling the System (Milestone 6)

  

7. Week 7 - Application Architecture and Process Design (Chap 10, pages 350- 391) JP

 

Tuesday16 Feb 99- Exchange Day (no class)

Thursday 18 Feb 99 - Information Technology Architecture/Application Architecture Strat (350-371)

Modeling and Designing Application Architecture (372-384)

Case Study - Modeling the Application Architecture (Milestone 7)

 

8. Week 8 - Database Design (Chap 11, pages 392 - 435)                                         Miles

 

Tuesday 23 Feb 99 - Database Concepts/Data Analysis for Database Design (392-417)

Thursday 25 Feb 99 - File Design and Database Design (418-427)

Case Study - Designing the Database (Milestone 8)

 

9. Week 9 - Rapid Prototyping Input /Output (Chap 12-13, pages 436- 481)         Miles

 

Tuesday 2 March 99 - Input Design and Prototyping (chap 12, 436-461)

Thursday 4 March 99 - Output Interface Design and Prototyping (Chap 13, 482-507)

Case Study - Designing Inputs and Outputs (Milestone 9)

 

10. Week 10 -User Interface Prototyping/Software Design (Chap14- 15, 481- 531) Miles