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Syllabus System Analysis&Design

This syllabus outlines the course Systems Analysis and Design. The course covers the system development life cycle phases using the waterfall approach and also introduces the prototype approach. Key topics include project planning, interpersonal and technical skills for systems analysts, requirements analysis, logical and physical design, database design, and module design. Students will be evaluated based on two exams, classwork, and a final exam. The syllabus lists four recommended textbooks for the course.

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Syllabus System Analysis&Design

This syllabus outlines the course Systems Analysis and Design. The course covers the system development life cycle phases using the waterfall approach and also introduces the prototype approach. Key topics include project planning, interpersonal and technical skills for systems analysts, requirements analysis, logical and physical design, database design, and module design. Students will be evaluated based on two exams, classwork, and a final exam. The syllabus lists four recommended textbooks for the course.

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Syllabus

0304433 Systems Analysis and Design


Dr. Adnan Rawashdeh, IT Dept., Mutah Uni., Office Hours: Posted on the office door
This course covers the system development life-cycle (SDLC) phases, with respect to
the waterfall approach, also describes the prototype approach for developing software systems.
The object-oriented (OO) analysis and design concepts are also introduced. However, the
emphases will be on the following topics:
Project-planning Activities, including, Elements, Resources, Risk, Project Documentation, and
Some Tools e.g. Gantt charts and PERT.
Succeeding as System Analyst, Interpersonal kills, Management skills, Analytical skills and Technical
skills.
Systems Analysis Techniques:
Requirements analysis. System investigation. Process analysis. Data analysis. Documentation: graphical
tools, e.g. DFDs, E-R models, decision tables and trees; non-graphical tools, e.g. structured English, data
dictionaries. Concept of logical modeling and the transition to design. Business/system specifications.
System design:
Concepts of logical and physical design. Files, Processes, Human-machine interface: screens/dialogues,
presentation of information, Forms and Reports design. Data Validation and Audit features. New System
Specifications. Database design and Module design. Evaluating quality of design, e.g. cohesion,
coupling.

Score Distribution:
First Exam: 25% (around the 7th week).
Second Exam: 15% (around the 13th week).
Class work: 10% (throughout the Semester)
Final Exam: 50% (According to the University Calendar)

References:
1. Essentials of Systems Analysis and Design (3rd Edition)
By: Joseph S. Valacich, Joey F. George and Jeffrey A. Hoffer,
Printed in the US 2006 by Pearson Education, Inc.
ISBN: 0-13-185462-3

2. Modern Systems Analysis and Design


By: Jeffrey A. Hoffer, Joey F. George and Joseph S. Valacich
Printed in the US 2002 by Pearson Education, Inc.
ISBN: 0-8053-2499-2

3. Systems Analysis & Design (3rd Edition)


By: Alan Dennis, Barbara Haley Wixom, Roberta M. Rogh
Printed in the US 2006 by John Wiley & Sons Inc.,
ISBN: 13:978-0-471-72257-1 or ISBN: 10:0-471-72257-x
{ See: www.wiley.com/college/dennis}

4. Systems Analysis and Design (5th Edition)


By: Kenneth Kendall and Julie Kendall.
Printed in the US 2002 by Pearson Education., Inc.
ISBN: 0-13-033990-3

Important Note:
I trust my students to rely on their efforts to pass or do well in
this course; any attempts to use other means will be a waste of
time .

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