System Analysis And Design

A5-R3 : System Analysis and Design Lectures: 60 Hrs. Practical/ Tutorials: 60 Hrs. Total: 120 Hrs.

(1) Introduction Duration : 3 Hrs. System Definition and concepts, General Theory systems, Manual and automated systems, Real-life Business SubSystems, System Environments and Boundaries, Real-time and distributed systems, Basic principles successful systems, Approach to system development: Structured System Analysis and Design, Prototype, Joint Application Development. (2) Systems Analyst Duration : 01 Hrs. Role and Need of Systems Analyst, Qualifications and responsibilities, System Analysis as a Profession. (3) System Development Cycle Duration : 02 Hrs. 1- Introduction to Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) 2- Various phases of SDLC Study, Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Maintenance. 3- Systems Documentation consideration Principles of Systems Documentation, Types of Documentation and their importance, Enforcing Documentation discipline in an Organization. (4) Systems Planning Duration : 03 Hrs. 1- Data and fact gathering techniques Interviews, Group Communication: Questionnaires, Presentations & Site visits. 2- Assessing Project Feasibility Technical, Operation, Economic, Cost Benefits Analysis, Schedule, Legal And contractual, Political. 3- Modern Methods for determining system requirements Joint Application, Development Program, Prototyping, Business Process Re-engineering. 4- System Selection Plan and Proposal (5) Modular and Structured Design Duration : 03 Hrs. Module specifications, Top-down and bottom-up design, Module coupling and cohesion, Structure Charts.

(6) System Design and Modeling Duration : 15 Hrs. 1- Process Modeling 2- Logical and Physical design 3- Conceptual Data Modeling Entity-Relationship Analysis, Entity-Relationship Modeling, ERDs and DFDs, Concepts of Normalization. 4- Process Description Structured English, Decision Tree, Decision Tables. 5- Documentation Data Dictionary, Recording Data Descriptions. (7) Input and Output Duration : 08 Hrs. 1- Classification of forms 2- Input/ Output forms design 3- User-interface design 4- Graphical interfaces Standards and guidelines for GUI design. 5- Designing Physical Files and databases Designing Fields, Designing Physical Records, Designing Physical Files, Designing Databases. 6- Introduction to CASE Tools Features, Advantages and Limitations of CASE Tools, Awareness about some commercial CASE Tools. (8) System Implementation and Maintenance Duration : 03 Hrs. Planning considerations, Conversion methods, procedures and controls, System acceptance criteria, System Evaluation and Performance, Testing and Validation, Preparing User Manual, Maintenance Activities and Issues. (9) Computer System Audit and Security Duration : 02 Hrs. 1- Audit of Computer System Usage 2- Types o Threats to Computer System and Control Measures Threat and Risk Analysis, Disaster Recovery and Contingency Planning, Viruses. (10) OO Analysis/ Design Duration : 10 Hrs. Introduction to UML OO Development Life Cycle and Modeling, Static and dynamic modeling, Comparison of OO and Module-oriented Approach, Modelling using UML. (11) Introduction to Management Information System (MIS)

Duration : 06 Hrs. 1- Meaning and role of MIS 2- Systems approach to MIS 3- Types of Information systems Transaction Processing System, Management Information System, Decision Support System, Expert System Case Studies (Illustrative): MIS for Accounting and Finance Function, MIS for Marketing System. Recommended Books Main Reading 1- J. Hoffer, Modern Systems Analysis and Design, Second Edition, 2000, Joey George and Joseph Valacich, Pearson Education. 2- A. Dennis and B. H. Wixom, Systems Analysis and Design, First Edition, 2002, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Supplementary Reading 1- J. Whitten, L. Bentley and K. Dittman, Systems Analysis and Design Methods, Fifth Edition, 2000, Tata McGraw Hill. 2- K. C. Laudon and J. P. Laudon, Management Information Systems. Seventh Edition, 2002, Pearson Education.