INFO 503 – Introduction to Information Systems Analysis
Fall 2003
Professor:
E-mail:
Phone:
Class Location
and Day
Web Site:
Glenn Booker
gbooker@acm.org
856-216-0960 (home)
Rush Hall 209, Fridays from 6:00 to 8:50 pm
Additional references and general course information (e.g. grading policies,
etc.) are available on my web site: http://users.snip.net/~gbooker/.
Be sure to read General Course Information and Document Review Notes!
Whitten, J. L., Bentley, L. D., and Dittman, K. C., Systems Analysis and
Design Methods, 6th Ed., ISBN 0-07-247417-3, Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2004.
(may use 4th Ed., ISBN 0-256-19906-X, Boston: McGraw-Hill, 1998)
Required Text:
Course Outline:
Week
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Date
Topics
9/26/2003 Context of Systems Analysis & Design
Information System Building Blocks
10/3/2003 Information Systems Development
Fact Finding and Information Gathering
10/10/2003 Systems Analysis
Joint Application Development
10/17/2003 Data Modeling, Process Modeling
Network Modeling
10/24/2003 Systems Design
Application Architecture & Modeling
10/31/2003 Database Design
Output Design and Prototyping
11/7/2003 Input Design and Prototyping
User Interface Design
11/14/2003 Feasibility and Cost/Benefit Analysis
11/21/2003 Systems Construction & Implementation
Interpersonal Skills and Communications
11/28/2003 Happy Thanksgiving! (no class)
12/5/2003 System Operation and Support
Review
6th Ed.
Chapters
1, 2
4th Ed. Chap.
& Modules
1, 2
3, most
3, Mod. B
of 6
5, 6 (JRP) 4, Mod. D
8, 9
5, 6, 7
12, 13
9, 10
14, 15
11, 13
16, 17
12, 14
10
19
Mod. C
17, Mod. E
20
18
We don’t cover Chapters 7, 11, and 18 (6th ed.), because use cases and object-oriented methods
are covered in INFO 620.
Note: This outline is tentative and topics may change or be reorganized due to the direction and flow of the class.
Course Description
This course systematically describes the entire life cycle needed to create an information system,
including aspects such as requirements analysis, system architecture, interface design, and basic
project management concerns. We deliberately touch lightly on many topics, in order to see how
they fit together.
The course also provides an overview of traditional information engineering and structured
analysis methods to perform information system analysis and design. Information engineering
focuses on data modeling using an Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD), while structured analysis
focuses on process modeling using a Data Flow Diagram (DFD).
If you have just started your degree program, this course will help set the stage for diving into
various topics in more detail. If you are near the end of your degree program, it can help place
everything you’ve learned into a larger context, and show how the various techniques work
together to produce a meaningful system.
Course Assessment and Assignments
Assignment
1
2
3
4
Activity
Due on
Weighting
Scope of System Development
10/10/03
15%
System Analysis and Requirements Definition 10/24/2003
25%
System Modeling and Design
11/7/2003
25%
Database Design
11/21/2003
25%
Participation
10%
TOTAL:
100%
Assignments are done by groups of 2-4 people; the groups are chosen by you in class, and stay
together through the course.
There are no tests, quizzes, midterms, or final exam.
Note: This outline is tentative and topics may change or be reorganized due to the direction and flow of the class.