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25-JAN |
Demonstration of systems
analysis |
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30-JAN |
No class |
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1-FEB |
Visit to Northwest
Mutual |
Details to be provided by email. Please try to attend. Will extend before
and after regular class time. |
6-FEB
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Introduction to Systems
Analysis and Design |
Read Chapter 1 (the
whole thing)
See here for questions Paul, Lauren
Gibbons. "Anatomy of a Failure", CIO Magazine, November 15, 1997.
(Online) |
| 8-FEB |
Weekly exercise:
Odd Groups: "New Century Health Clinic" Q1-4 (p38-9)
Even Groups : "Personal Trainer Inc" Q1-3 (p39-40)
As background on medical computing, also read this
New York Times
article. |
13-FEB
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Systems Planning: The
Business Case |
Chapter 2 (the whole thing)
See here for questions |
15-FEB
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Weekly Exercise:
Odd Groups: "New Century Health Clinic"
Even Groups: "Personal Trainer Inc"
See here for assignments and
background. |
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20-FEB |
Analysis: Requirements Modeling |
Chapter 3 (the whole thing)
See here for questions |
| 22-FEB |
Weekly Exercise:
Odd Groups: "New Century Health Clinic"
Q2-4 & 7 (p.132)
Even Groups: "Personal Trainer"
Q1-3 (p. 133)
& also design a
questionnaire to go to a sample of current members to discover more about
their satisfaction with current business operations and possible
requirements for the new system.
Each group should also prepare ONE interview role-play of around 4 minutes, with
a named individual from the case. Practice it a few times, and come up with
a general script and some facts.
Each group should give a short verbal description of
its
chosen project case study during class meeting. |
| 27-FEB |
Analysis: Process & Data
Modeling |
Chapter 4 (the whole thing)
See here for questions |
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29-FEB |
Weekly Exercise:
Odd Groups: New Century Health Clinic
Even Groups: Personal Trainer
All groups have the same task: Prepare a complete "system requirements
checklist" of inputs, outputs and processes for your system (use information
from the textbooks and additional information from the website). Use this
list to draw DFDs for your system. Include a context
diagram and a level 0 diagram with at least four top level processes. Also
prepare separate level 1 DFDs for at least two of these processes. Include
one paragraph plain English descriptions of the functioning of each process
on the Level 0 and Level 1 diagrams.
Preliminary versions of System
Requirements Checklist, Context DFD and Level 0 DFD to be presented today. |
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6-MAR |
Discussion of DFD issues continues,
presentation of draft Level 1 diagrams. Discussion of Phase I project
issues. |
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8-MAR |
Chapter 4 continues (pages 173-178)
Weekly Exercise: present complete revised DFDs diagrams in class (including
level 1 diagrams and full process descriptions). Submit final versions for grading. |
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13-MAR |
Analysis: Development Strategies |
Chapter 6 (The whole thing) & also read "The Truth About Software as a
Service (Saas)" from CIO Magazine,
online here.
See here for questions.
Draft of
Phase
I of Term Project due (in class) |
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15-MAR
(Spring Break
20-MAR &
22-MAR) |
Weekly Exercise:
Group exercise on software
procurement:
Chapter 6 exercises. |
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27-MAR |
System Design: User Interfaces |
Groups work on Phase II of term project, receive
feedback on Phase I.
Also complete credit assignment forms for group projects on chapters 1-6. |
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29-MAR |
Chapter 7 (The whole thing)
Questions are posted here. |
| 2-APR |
Weekly exercise: Each group design for the
Personal Trainer or New Century Clinic systems the screens and report as specified in the "User Interface Design"
and "Report Design" sections of the term project. |
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4-APR |
System Design: Data Storage |
Chapter 8 (The whole thing)
(discussion questions
here)
Draft of Phase II of Term
Project due (in class). Included graded drafts of Phase I |
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9-APR |
Weekly exercise:
See here. (This is
basically the same exercise required for the ERD and Data Design parts
of the Term Project). |
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11-APR |
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Receive graded Phase II draft plus feedback. Work
on Phase III.
Also complete credit assignment forms for group work on drafts of phases I
and II. |
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16-APR |
System Design: System
Architecture |
Chapter 9 (the whole thing) & read also
Jennings, Marion K. "What Are the Basic Concepts of Client/Server
Architecture", Darwin Magazine, September 2003.
(online here)
(discussion questions here) |
18-APR
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Weekly
Exercise: Prepare for your group's system the diagram and discussion
of system architecture as specified in the "System Architecture" part of the
individual project. See the Project Hints for guidance. |
23-APR
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Systems Implementation |
Chapter 10 (the whole thing).
See here for ch10 questions Draft of Phase III of Term
Project due (in class). Included graded drafts of Phase I and Phase II |
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25-APR |
Weekly exercise:
Complete Phase IV for New Century or Personal Trainer using the format described in the term project. |
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30-APR |
Systems Operation & Support |
Chapter 11 (the whole thing)
see here for ch11 questions |
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2-MAY |
Weekly exercise:
Complete Phase V for New Century or Personal Trainer using the format described in the term project.
Also complete credit assignment forms for group projects on chapters 7-11. |
7-MAY &
9-MAY
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Catch up & Review of
project issues and questions |
(Attendance is compulsory. Ask questions
and work in groups to finalize the revised versions of your projects. 9-MAY
includes evaluation forms and group credit assignment) |
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14-MAY |
Final, revised version of entire project due (no class - drop at SOIS) |
Submit ON PAPER and include graded drafts of
Phases I, II and III as well as final versions of all phases. |
