Overview
Description
The analysis, design, prototyping and documentation of a major information system. Emphasizes contrasting the academic recommendations to real-life issues that can occur during implementation of an information system.
Requirements
Prerequisites
- Business major or minor.
IS 201IS 301IS 350CS 135IS 365IS 445IS 475MGT 321ENG 321
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
Prerequisite(s): IS 201; IS 301; IS 350 or CS 135; IS 365; IS 445 or IS 475; MGT 321 or ENG 321; Business major or minor.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall and Spring
Terms
fall, spring
Core
CO14
Restrictions
Business major or minor.
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- plan and execute a systems analysis project in a real-world organization.
- identify and analyze a business’ need for a system improvement/enhancement.
- prepare and use various information gathering techniques for eliciting user information requirements and system expectations.
- construct and interpret a variety of system analysis and design documents and models.
- identify available solutions and implementation strategies to solve business problems and evaluate each alternative using appropriate criteria.
- use the capabilities of software development tools (Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Project, etc.) to develop system models, plans and descriptions.
- produce the requisite documentation for the investigation, analysis and high-level design of an information system, and communicate it effectively and persuasively, both orally and in writing.