Systems Analysis and Design

At the end of this course, students should be able to: 1. describe system requirements gathering techniques; 2. explain data modelling technique (entity relationship modelling); 3. explain process modelling technique (data flow diagram); 4. describe system architectural design; 5. describe process and database design; and 6. explain user interface design.

Structured approach to analysis and design of information systems for businesses. Software development life cycle. Structured top-down and bottom-up design. Dataflow diagramming. Entity relationship modelling. Computer aided software engineering. Input and output, prototyping design and validation. File and database design. Design of user interfaces. Comparison of structured and object-oriented design Lab Work: system requirements gathering techniques;data modelling techniques (entity relationship modelling);process modelling techniques (data flow diagram); use of UML diagrams; system architectural design; user interface design.