1. Instructor information
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Instructor name: Luong Ngoc Khanh Email: khanhln@uit.edu.vn
Phone: (84-8) Cell phone: +84 949955955
Office: UIT, Linh Trung, Thu Duc, HCMC Office hours:
2. Class room
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Main class room (campus): UIT
Online classroom (website):
Class meeting time: , weekly
First class:
Last class:
Library hours (where): , VNU-Library.
3. Course information
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Course description:
Credit: 4 (4 lecture).
This course aims to develop an understanding of the role and importance of the system analyst in a rapidly changing world. Approaches to systems analysis
and design will be described, including traditional approaches to the system development life cycle and modeling of system requirements and design. In
addition, new approaches, such as object-oriented analysis, will be described. Alternative design and implementation strategies and methodologies will be
explored, with emphasis on their advantages and disadvantages. The reason for success and failure of systems will be discussed, along with alternative
designs that might have avoided the failures. The role of the analyst in investigating current systems, defining IT requirements, working with technical
and non-technical staff, and making recommendations will be described. The course is mainly descriptive, although assignments will focus on the application
of concepts presented in the lectures to real-world problems.
Major topics include:
- The system development environment
- Types of information systems
- Rapid application development
- Role of the system analyst
- Managing an IT project
- Initiating and planning a systems development project
- Determining system requirements
- Process modeling
- Logic modeling
- Project documentation
- Understanding the elements of systems design
- Designing the user interface
- Designing system interfaces, controls and security
Course objectives:
At the completion of this course, a student will have knowledge and understanding of:
- The roles of systems analysts and designers system development;
- Various system development methodologies;
- The processes of systems analysis and design in structured and object-oriented systems development methodologies and life-cycles;
- Planning and problem definition in simple information technology problems;
- The principles of system design, and the relationship of systems design to systems analysis;
- The criteria that can be used to evaluate the quality of a model of a system;
- The purpose of different types of models in the UML;
- The role and application of automated tools in systems modeling.
As well as the skill to:
- Model and design logical and physical systems using industrial standard object oriented techniques;
- Interpret and evaluate systems analysis and systems design models created using both structure and object oriented techniques.
- Create analysis and design models using the main elements of the UML;
- Develop and practice the skills and competencies necessary to undertake a requirement analysis for a business application;
- Apply problem solving techniques at different levels of abstractions and understanding the effect this may have on the system specification;
- Explain the interdependence and relationship between all stake-holder in the systems development process.
Prerequisite: Introduction to Information Technology, Database.
4. Book and materials
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Required textbook:
Systems Analysis and Design in a Changing World,
John Satzinger, Robert Jackson and Stephen Burd. 5th edition. Course Technology, 2009 (ISBN-13: 978-1-4239-0228-7)
Other materials:
Systems analysis and Design,
Alan Dennis and Barbara Haley Wixom. John Wiley & Son, 2000 (ISBN 0-471-24100-8)
Mordern Systems Analysis and Design,
Josep Valacich, Jeoy F. George and Jeffrey A. Hoffer. Prentice Hall
System analysis and Design Methods,
Jeffrey L. Whitten, Lonies D. Bentley and Kevin C. Irwin/McGraw-Hill.
Visual Modeling with Rational Rose 2000 and UML,
T. Quatrani. Addision-Wesley, 2000 (ISBN 0-201-69961-3)
Course website: www.uit.edu.vn
5. Course requirements
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Assignments:
- Assignment 1:
o Title: Draft requirements specification
o Description: the student will create a draft of requirements specification based on a narrative business description that will be given by the
instructor.
o Weighting: 5%
o Criteria for assessment: presentation in class
o Due date: week 6
- Assignment 2:
o Title: Requirements Specification
o Description: the student will create the finalize of requirements specification from Assignment 1. This will include a context diagram, an event table, a
use case diagram and associated use case narratives and a domain class model.
o Weighting: 10%
o Criteria for assessment: hard copy of your work
o Due date: week 10
- Assignment 3:
o Title: Design Specification
o Description: the student will create a design-specification based on the requirements specification from Assignment 2 that will include a partial design
class model, a sequence diagram, a partial interface design and a database design model.
o Weighting: 20%
o Criteria for assessment: hard copy and related materials of your work
o Due date: week 14
Midterm Examinations: paper test
Class attendance/participation: Evaluated by checking in the Attendance Book
Final Examination: paper test.
6. Grading Procedures
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Assignments: ......................................................... 35%
Quizzes: ..........................................................................
Computer-based training and testing: ............................
Projects or Team Class Projects: ....................................
Midterm Examinations: ......................................... 20%
Class attendance/participation: ................................ 5%
Final Examination: ................................................ 40%
Total point and Grades
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90-100: Good (A) 80-89: Well (B) 70-79: Mean (C)
60-69: Weak (D) 50-59: bad (E) 1-49: too bad (F)
7. Academic integrity Policies
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- Student may not be absence in 4 sessions. If so, he/she will be prohibited from test or exam
- Student may not use Vietnamese language in their class, or will be reduced 2% final marks
- Be punctual to come and leave the class.
- Maximum cancellation time per semester is 6 hours per class.
- Student work containing plagiarized material will be subject to disciplinary action and may result in exclusion from the University.
- Submission of assignments: Instructions will be given in assignments. Extensions to assignments will not be granted except in extenuating circumstances
and a penalty of 20% per day applies for late submissions.
- Students are required to achieve 40% on invigilated assessment in order to pass the subject.
- Any student who is unable to sit an examination at the scheduled time should seek a deferred exam. The award of deferred examination is not automatic.
Severe illness or absence in hospital may well be an acceptable reason for the award of a deferred examination. Application for Deferred Examination must
be lodged within 5 days of the scheduled examination date.
- Students with a disability who require special arrangements or consideration should contact relevant Resource Officer at UIT.
8. Course outline
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Schedule, deadlines, and deliverables by week: Students submit Assignments on Class time.
Important dates: Midterm test: mm/dd/yyyy . Final examination: mm/dd/yyyy.
9. Comments and notes
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Make-up: Make-up classes are officially accepted after the Make-up forms are signed by all of the students in the class and directly send to the
Registrars.
Preparation for Class: It is expected that the students read related chapter in textbook and lecture noted before each class. This will help to
capture the topics presented and discussed during class hours.
Use of Class Time: Class time will be used mainly for lectures and discussions. A small part of class hours is used for testing. House works will
be discussed on individual basis.
Class Attendance: Due to the broad range of topics discussed throughout the course and their inter-relationship, it is requested that the students
should attend the class regularly.
Incomplete Grade: A grade of “I” (Incomplete) will be administered only under extreme, verifiable “emergency” situation where the student is
unable to complete some portion of the course work due to circumstances beyond his/her control PROVIDED THE STUDENT IS PASSING THE COURSE.
Instructor’s Signature
Luong Ngoc Khanh