College of Information Systems & Technology

Syllabus

College of Information Systems & Technology

BSA/375 Version 13

Fundamentals of Business Systems Development

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Course Description

This course introduces the fundamental, logical, and design considerations addressed during system and application software development. It provides a solid background in information systems analysis and design techniques through a combination of theory and application. The Systems Development Life Cycle will be fundamental to the course.

Policies

Faculty and students will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents:

* University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document.

* Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum.

University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality.

Course Materials

Blankenship, E., Woodward, M., Holliday, G., & Keller, B. (2011). Professional team foundation server 2010. Indianapolis, IN: Wiley.

Dennis, A., Wixom, B. H., & Roth, R. M. (2012). Systems analysis & design (5th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.

Schiesser, R. (2011). IT systems management (2nd ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson Education.

Valacich, J. S., George, J. F., & Hoffer, J. A. (2012). Essentials of systems analysis and design (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education

Software

Microsoft® Visio® 2010

Microsoft® Project® 2010

Toolwire Personal Student Desktop

All electronic materials are available on the student website.

Week One: Systems Development Life Cycle

Details Due Points

Objectives 1.1 Define the systems development life cycle.

1.2 Describe Roles of Systems Analyst and Others in System Development Projects.

Reading Read the Week One Read Me First.

Reading Read Ch. 1, "The Systems Development Environment," of Essentials of Systems Analysis and Design.

Reading Read Ch. 1, "The Systems Analyst and Information Systems Development," of Systems Analysis & Design.

Reading Read Appendix B, "Agile Methodologies," of Essentials of Systems Analysis and Design.

Reading Read this week's Electronic Reserve Readings.

Audio

Week One Lecture Listen to the Week One podcast lecture located on the student website.

Participation Participate in class discussion. Day 7 4

Learning Team Instructions

Learning Team Charter Resource: Learning Team Toolkit

Complete the Learning Team Charter.

Learning Team Instructions

Service Request SR-kf-013 Paper and Presentation (Preparation) Complete Service Request SR-kf-013.

Develop requirements for the Kudler Fine Foods Frequent Shopper Program.

Prepare a 12- to 16-page paper and a 10- to 12-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation of the project, due in Week Five. Assume that you are delivering the paper and presentation to an executive management committee. At a minimum, the paper and presentation must include the following:

* Business objectives with supporting measures of success for the project

* A description of the current business process or system

* Identification of the scope or boundaries of the project

* Project constraints, including finances, time, resources, and organizational policies or culture

* Business functional requirements

* Description of the new business process or system - Use the process objectives model and the system objectives model.

* Design requirements, including input or output design, interface design, data model, and network model

* A cost-benefit analysis

Individual

Software Development Presentation

Resources: University of Phoenix Material: Recording a Narration

Read the following scenario:

* Senior management at your company is concerned about why so many software development efforts fail. They have asked you to develop a presentation that explains the activities that take place during each phase of the SDLC to ensure software development success.

Create an annotated or narrated 7- to 10-slide presentation that includes the following:

* An introduction slide

* The activities that take place during each phase of the SDLC to ensure successful software development

* A conclusion slide Day 7 5

Week Two: Systems Analysis

Details Due Points

Objectives 2.1 Explain scope and feasibility.

2.2 Define systems analysis and systems requirements.

Reading Read