Gwybodaeth Modiwlau
Module Identifier
DS33010
Module Title
BUSINESS SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
Academic Year
2010/2011
Co-ordinator
Semester
Distance Learning
Other Staff
Course Delivery
| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 15 Hours. |
| Seminars / Tutorials | 5 Hours. |
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | One Group Project (planning a systems analysis project) Group Project: | 50% |
| Semester Assessment | of 1,250-1,500 words discussing a systems analysis issue Essay: | 50% |
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the module students should be able to:
- Design questionnaires and interview schedules;
- Identify and represent users'information requirements, using a variety of charting techniques;
- Consider the organisational issues involved in changing an information system;
- Analyse in outline the information flows within a system.
Brief description
Systems thinking and systems behaviour, including the systems approach to management; the role of organisational culture in change and the application of chaos theory to organisational behaviour; questionnaire and interview techniques for assessing user information requirements; principles of soft systems methodologies; use of rich pictures and charting techniques UML use cases, introduction to project management techniques.
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 6