Systems Analysis and Design I
Short name: SAD1
SITS code: COIY016H4
Credits: 15
Level: 4
Module leader: Felix Reidl
Lecturer(s): Felix Reidl, Dimitrios Airantzis
Online material: https://moodle.bbk.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=31771
Module outline
The goal of this module is to introduce the basic concepts of information systems and basic techniques for systems analysis & design.
Aims
On completion of this course a sound student will
- have a preliminary understanding of object oriented technology;
- know a process through which information systems are developed;
- be able to build requirements models for information systems using UML 2.
Syllabus
- What Are Information Systems
- Problems in Information Systems Development
- Avoiding the Problems
- What Is Object-Orientation
- Modelling Concepts
- Requirements Capture
- Requirements Analysis
- Refining the Requirements Model
- Object Interaction
- Specifying Operations
- System Design
- Human Computer Interaction
- Software Development Methodologies
Prerequisites
None
Timetables
Indicative timetables can be found in the handbooks available on programme pages. Personalised teaching timetables for students are available via My Birkbeck.
Coursework
The coursework includes two in-class tests and one group project.
Assessment
Coursework (20%) and Examination (80%).Recommended reading
Bennet S, McRobb S & Farmer R (2010): Object-Oriented Systems Analysis and Design using UML, 4/e, McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0077125363