Business Systems Analysis lecture notes 2012

For the Business Systems Analysis class, students please refer to the following notes:

1. https://www.facebook.com/#!/media/set/?set=a.10150196289562090.347036.713727089&type=3

You need to study the subject manual.

Major topics are as follows:

1. Systems Development Life Cycle
2. Project management for systems development
3. CASE tools
4. Dynamic Systems Development Method
5. Soft Systems Methodology for systems development
6. Considerations on purchase of software applications for enterprises
7. Quality Assurance for software development
8. UML notations with special reference to Use Cases and Activity Diagrams
9. Some briefing on Data Flow Diagrams, and a few minispecifications, e.g. Structured English, Decision Table, Decision Tree
10. Software Testing

Exam is 1 hour 30 mins., closed book.

Class exercise on  rich picture building:

• A manufacturer on toys located in PRC
• Products sold to South Eas Asia
• 3 suppliers nearby the factory
• Main theme: problem with the inventory control system

Task: construct a rich picture, with stakeholders, concerns, processes and structures, conflicts.

Also refer to the folder notes on rich picture building: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150261845082090.378645.713727089&type=3

ES:

• SDLC: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_development_life-cycle
• Agile software development: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agile_software_development
• Human computer dialogues: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150196289562090.347036.713727089&type=3#!/photo.php?fbid=10151040516712090&set=a.10150196289562090.347036.713727089&type=3&theater
• Functions of CASE tools: http://www.theecommercesolution.com/usefull_links/case_tools.php
• Observation and document analysis in systems requirements determination: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150196289562090.347036.713727089&type=3#!/photo.php?fbid=10151040476432090&set=a.10150196289562090.347036.713727089&type=3&theater
• Roles in IS projects
• Gantt chart and work breakdown structure: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gantt_chart; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work_breakdown_structure
• Request for proposal
• Rich picture and CATWOE analysis: http://bpmgeek.com/blog/what-catwoe-analysis
• Use Case diagram
• Quality requirement statement characteristics: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150196289562090.347036.713727089&type=1#!/photo.php?fbid=10151040486842090&set=a.10150196289562090.347036.713727089&type=3&theater

Electronic Commerce textbook mentioned in last workshop: http://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/product/Electronic-Commerce-2010/9780136100362.page

References

• https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/316183782575/