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Introduction
The
purpose of this module is to provide the student with the technical,
inter-personal and administrative skills required by the systems analyst.
Syllabus
and Weighting
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Weighting
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| A |
Systems,
organisations, changing organisations, functional areas, data,
information, information systems, documentation, benefits of structured
methods, features (e.g. SSADM), costs and justifications
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10%
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| B |
The
role of a systems analyst, skills and personality, other roles and
relationships in systems development, the user
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5%
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| C |
The
systems development life cycle, stages and models, feasibility studies,
terms of reference, systems analysis deliverables, acceptance criteria
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10%
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| D |
Investigation
– scope, nature, problems, techniques, recording results, user
requirements specification
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10%
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| E |
Data
flow diagrams – purpose, use, levels, physical and logical DFDs
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10%
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| F |
Data
dictionary – purpose, content, automation
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5%
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| G |
Mini-specs
– forms (flowcharts, decision tables, decision trees, structured
English), documentation
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5%
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| H |
Entities,
relationships, E-R diagrams, events and their effects
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10%
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| I |
Data
normalisation
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10%
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| J |
Entity
Life Histories
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10%
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| K |
System
constraints, system specification
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15%
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