Syllabus for ISMG 6060
Systems Analysis and Design
Fall 2005

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COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course provides an understanding and application of systems analysis and design processes. Students will be exposed to system development life cycle, structured systems analysis and design methods, object-oriented analysis and design methods, prototyping and commercial off-the-shelf package software approaches, and joint and rapid application development.

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COURSE OBJECTIVES:

This course emphasizes the skills required for system analysts such as analytical, interpersonal, technical, fact-finding, and project management skills. Topics will include data, process and object modeling, input-output and user interface design, and systems implementation and support. To provide an opportunity to develop these skills, an information system project will be completed by a group of students. Students will use the Visible Analyst CASE Tool for their group project

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COURSE APPROACH, PROJECT, AND MINI-CASES

It is assumed that you will read the assigned chapters. Although the material may be summarized, lectures will be used mainly to further demonstrate the tools and techniques and to answer specific questions.

Term Project

A semester-long project will dominate your activities during this course. You will be assigned to a project team. Your team has an option to select one of the case studies supplied by your book or select the "build your own case" by picking a business application from a company or a type of business with which the group as a whole is familiar with. The project will run very similar to an actual project and will be divided into milestones. The requirements for each milestone are available via the blackboard under assignments. The due date for completing each milestone is specified in the course schedule. No late milestones will be accepted. Your instructor will play the role of project manager and quality assurance manager. As project manager, he will continually review your progress on the assigned milestones. As quality assurance manager, he will review your delivered milestones for completeness and accuracy. You are required to use Visible Analyst CASE Tool for checking the accuracy of your deliverables. Milestones are due at the start of each class. They may also be submitted to digital drop boxes in the blackboard.

Important Note: Although this is a group project, all group members in a group may not receive the same grade. Your grade on the project will depend on your contribution in each of the milestones of the project. I will ask for a confidential evaluation of each member's overall performance and contribution to the project at the end of the semester.

Mini-Cases

Students are expected to have prepared short answers to the mini-cases to be submitted at the start of each class. The answers should be approximately one-half to one page in length. Further, students should be prepared to present and defend their answers during the class. It is recommended that students make a copy of the homework problems for use during the class. Mini-cases are only accepted on or before the due date. Late submissions will not be accepted since it will affect your participation, preparation, and review of the mini-cases discussed in the class. The instructor reserves the right to change the assigned work at any time.

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POLICIES

Late work: No Late work will be accepted.

Participation: Active participation in these class discussions is an important component of this course. Regular attendance is required. Note that attendance is distinct from participation. It is expected that students will enrich the course through relevant questions and contribution of personal knowledge and experience.

Reporting Absences: As a courtesy, the instructor requests an e-mail message in the event a student will be unable to attend a scheduled class session.

Examination Policy: Attendance at examinations is mandatory. Make up exams are not typically given. The only acceptable excuses for missing an exam are circumstances clearly outside your control, such as illness, death in family, etc. If you miss an exam, notify me as soon as possible. I may require documentation of the circumstances.

Scholastic Dishonesty: Any time you put your name on a piece of work for this course, you are asserting that it is your own work, except as otherwise indicated and permitted. If that is not the case, it is academic dishonesty, and under Business School rules, I am required to submit the matter to the College Internal Affairs committee for a decision. Regarding plagiarism, the source of any information you use must be reported using an appropriate citation format. Direct quotations must be indicated with quotation marks and page references.

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Course Prerequisite: Knowledge of Business Programming

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Grade Determination: Below is the weight given to each assignment and exam. Failure to attend class regularly and to participate in class discussions will negatively impact your grade.

Letter grades will be assigned using the following scale:

At the discretion of the instructor, grades will be "curved." However, no student will receive a grade less than that prescribed by the above schedule.

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ELECTRONIC MAIL

E-Mail: Each student enrolled in this course will receive an account on Blackboard http://www.cuonline.edu/ . You need to access the blackboard and maintain your personal information on the system.

The information related to assignments, exams, course schedule changes, and other general course information will be posted to my home page and on the Blackboard. The URL for my home page is: http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~jkarimi/index.html. I will also be sending more urgent announcements to the class via blackboard, and will be happy to answer any questions about assignments, etc., via email.

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