Instructor:

Anita Lee-Post

Semester:

Fall 2002

Office:

455F BE

Office Hours:

TR 3:00-4:30 pm

Classroom:

209 BE

Class Time:

TR 12:30-1:45 pm

 

Homepage:

http://www.uky.edu/~dsianita/390

 

 

Textbook:

Systems Analysis and Design,  5th edition, Kenneth Kendall and Julie Kendall.  Prentice Hall, 2002.  ISBN: 0-13-041571-5.  (required)

 

 

 

New Perspectives on Microsoft Access 2002 - Comprehensive, Joseph J. Adamski, and Kathleen T. Finnegan.  Course Technology, 2002.  ISBN: 0-619-02089-X. (required)

 

 

CASE tool:

BriefCASE or Visible Analyst (optional with the text ISBN: 0-13-042583-4)

 

 

Objectives:

To develop an appreciation for the strategic values of information systems and the challenges involved in information systems development.  Topics to be included are as follows:

(1)    Basic concepts of information systems analysis and design;

(2)    Critical success factors of a system analyst;

(3)    System development approaches. This includes SDLC, OOAD, RAD;

(4)    Issues involved in implementing and maintaining information systems;  

(5)    Hands-on experience with a CASE tool (BriefCASE or Visible Analyst) for the planning, analysis and design phases of systems development;

(6)  Hands-on experience with Access 2002 for systems implementation.

 

 

Assignments:

There will be assignments involving the use of the CASE tool, Access 2002, written assignments and a group project.  Details of these assignments will be announced in class with at least one week's notice.

 

 

Late Policy:

Assignments submitted after the due date will be penalized 10% per day.

 

 

Quizzes:

To encourage student preparedness, attendance, attention, and participation, a total of 10 concept quizzes will be given during the semester, each marked on a scale of 10, with a guaranteed minimum of 5 awarded for merely being present. Of the 10 quizzes, only the best 8 will count. There will be no "make-up" quizzes, for any reason. 

 

 

Exams:

There will be one final exam.

 

 

Grading:

The final grade will be determined as:

 

Concept Quizzes

5%

 

 

Written Assignments

15%

 

 

Access Assignments

20%

 

 

Group project

30%

 

 

Final exam.

30%

 

 

 

Tentative Course Outline

 

 

Week

 

 

Dates

 

Topic

 

Readings

1

8/29-9/3*

Introduction

Ch. 1, 2, 3

2-3

9/5-9/12*

Systems Planning & Requirements Analysis

Ch. 4, 5, 6, 7

Tuesdays

9/17*-10/15

Systems Analysis

·         Data Flow Diagrams

·         Data Dictionaries

·         Process Specifications

·         Structured Decisions

 

Ch. 9, 10, 11, 13, 14

Tuesdays

10/22-11/12

Systems Design

·         Output

·         Input

·         Databases

·         User interfaces

·         Data Entries

 

Ch. 15, 16, 17, 18, 19

Tuesdays

11/19-11/26

Systems Implementation

·         Quality assurance

·         Installation

·         Evaluation

 

Ch. 20, 21

Thursdays

9/19*-10/10

Access: Basic

 

Thursdays

10/17-11/21

Access: Advanced

 

15

12/3-12/5

Alternative Development Strategies

Ch. 8, 22

16

12/10-12/12

Presentation

 

 

12/19

Final @ 1:00pm

 

 

*          May be away for juror duties