This course aims to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to successfully undertake information systems analysis. Lectures and tutorials provide coverage of the concepts, skills, methodologies, techniques, tools and perspectives considered essential for systems analysts working with modern information systems and their development.

By the end of this course, you are expected to have attained a knowledge of or proficiency in the following areas:

• The organizational context in which information systems development is undertaken;
• Basic systems theory and the role of the systems analyst;
• The systems analysis and development process
• Eliciting information system requirements;
• Constructing process, logic and data models using traditional modelling techniques;
• Basic object-oriented modelling using UML; and
• “Soft” aspects and techniques in systems analysis

• Assignment 60%
• Presentation 30%
• Participation 10%

Students taking this course are expected to commit at least 10 hours a week to completling the work. This will include 3 hours per week in class and at least 7 hours a week on average (including non-teaching weeks) on course reading, research, writing and assignment work.

At least an average of 65% (or equivalent) in the final two years of an Australian undergraduate degree

Students are assumed to have done an introductory or overview information systems course or possess basic background knowledge of information systems

There are no formal prerequisites for this course.

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