INFS 622 Syllabus

 

Instructor:

Office:

Phone: 

E-mail:

Office Hours:

C. Randall Howard, Ph.D.

Volgeneau Engineering Building Room 5353

(703) 899-3608

choward@gmu.edu

by appointment

Graduate Assistant:

Office:    

Phone:

E-mail:

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TBD

 

 

 

by appointment

 

 

Course #:        INFS 622

Course Title: Systems Analysis and Design

Term:             Fall, 2009

 

Section:           001

Time:             Wednesday, 19:20-22:00

Room:             Innovation Hall 203

 

Prerequisites: INSF 501, 515 and 590 or equivalent.

 

Textbooks:

 

Course Description:

Integration of computing technologies, system analysis, system design practices, and management criteria in the design of large-scale information management and decision support systems.

 

Grading:

Item

Percentage

Individual Assignments

15%

Midterm Exam

15%

Analysis Proposal Project

20%

Design Proposal Project

25%

Final Exam

15%

Class Participation

10%

 

Grading Scale:

Letter Grade

Numerical Range

A+

97-100

A

92-96

A-

90-91

B+

88-89

B

82-87

B-

80-81

C+

78-79

C

72-77

C-

70-71

 

Individual Assignments:

Assignments are announced during class. The assignments are individual unless otherwise specified. Assignments will be graded on correctness as well as style and presentation. Each assignment is due on the announced date before 12 midnight. There will be a strictly enforced 10% penalty per day for late submissions unless otherwise specified. 

 

Group Project:

There will be a group research project. Each team is responsible for developing an integrated requirements specification and design document. Each group will select a team coordinator who will help coordinate the overall progress of the team. Each team member's individual contribution to the final documents and models must be clearly identified. At the end of the semester each group will have a presentation session.

 

Exams:

There will be a midterm exam and a final exam covering lectures and readings. The final exam (comprehensive) includes topics covered in the entire semester. Exams must be taken at the scheduled time and place unless prior arrangements are made. Missed exams cannot be made up.

 

NOTE: All submissions’ file names need to indicate student or group names. 

 

Honor Code Statement:

As with all GMU courses, INFS 622 is governed by the GMU Honor Code. In this course, all assignments, exams, and project submissions carry with them an implicit statement that it is the sole work of the author, unless joint work is explicitly authorized. Help may be obtained from the instructor or other students to understand the description of the problem and any technology, but the solution, particularly the design portion, must be the student's own work. If joint work is authorized, all contributing students must be listed on the submission. Any deviation from this is considered an Honor Code violation. (© Jeff Offutt) .  For more information, see http://honorcode.gmu.edu/.

 

Schedule:

Week

Date

Lecture Focus

Project  Deliverables

Assignments

Week 1

September 2

·         Course Overview

·         Chapter 1: The Systems Development Environment

·         Architectural Approaches, Supplemental Text

 

VW Case Study Assigned (Read & Prepare to Discuss)

 

September 4

 

Member Profiles Due

 

 

September 6

 

Group Assignments Made

 

Week 2

September 9

·         Chapter 2: The Origins of Software

·         Chapter 3: Managing the Information Systems Project

·         Preview Homework #1

Group Subject Submitted

 

 

September 11

 

Group Subject Confirmed

 

Week 3

September 16

·         Strategic Planning, Supplemental Text

·         Chapter 4: Identifying and Selecting Systems Development Projects

·         Chapter 5: Initiating and Planning Systems Development Projects

 

Discuss VW Case Study

Homework #1 Assigned

Week 4

September 23

·         Chapter 6: Determining System Requirements

·         Chapter 7: Structuring System Process Requirements

·         Chapter 7 Appendix:  OOA-D  Use Cases

·         Project Work

Deliverable #1 Due

 

Week 5

September 30

·         Chapter 7 Wrapup (Likely)

·         Chapter 8: Structuring System Logic Requirements

·         Chapter 8-Appendix:: OOA-D Sequence Diagrams & Activity Diagrams

·         Presentation Tips

·         Review Deliverable #1

·         Preview Midterm

 

Homework #1 Due

Midterm Posted

 

October 3

Saturday Work Sessions for Product #1

 

 

Week 6

October 7

·         Chapter 9: Structuring System Data Requirements

·         Chapter 9 Appendix:: OOA-D Object Modeling – Class Diagrams

·         Homework #1 Reviewed

 

 

Week 7

October 14

Analysis Proposal Presentations

Analysis Proposal Product & Presentation Due

Midterm Due

Week 8

October 21

·         Review Midterms

·         Review Product #1 Results

 

 

Week 9

October 28

·         Chapter 10: Designing Databases

·         Homework #2 Preview

 

Homework #2/EC Assigned

Week 10

November 4

·         Chapter 11: Designing Forms & Reports

·         Chapter 12: Designing Interfaces & Dialogues

 

 

Week 11

November 11

·         Chapter 13: Finalizing Design Specifications

·         Chapter 14: Designing Distributed & Internet Systems

Deliverable #2 Due

 

Week 12

November 18

·         Chapter 15: System Implementation

·         Chapter 16: Maintaining Information Systems

·         Review Deliverable #2

·         Final Exam Preview

 

Homework #2/EC Due

Final Exam Posted

Week 13

November 25

Thanksgiving Recess – No Class

 

 

Week 14

December 2

Review Homework #2, Wrapup

 

 

 

December 5

Saturday Work Sessions for Product #2

 

 

Week 15

December 9

Design Proposal Presentations

Design Proposal Product & Presentation Due

 

Week 16

December 16

Final Exam

 

Final Exam Due