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Introduction
The
purpose of this module is to provide the student with the technical,
interpersonal and management skills required by the systems designer.
The student will be able to select and use appropriate systems design
techniques and tools, introduce controls to ensure availability, integrity and
privacy of systems, and plan the implementation of systems.
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Weighting
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| A |
Introduction
– systems, organisations, changing organisations, functional areas,
data, information, information systems, documentation, benefits of
structured methods, features (e.g. SSADM, OO), costs and justifications
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5%
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| B |
The
systems development life cycle, stages and models, roles of people
involved in systems development, ergonomic principles for systems design
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5%
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| C |
Logical
data storage and access requirements, file organisations, optimisation
of access paths
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10%
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| D |
Program
specifications, timing of procedures (on-line, batch), response times
and run times, performance testing and tuning
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15%
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| E |
Screen
design, layouts, dialogues, forms design, human/computer interface,
ergonomic techniques
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15%
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| F |
Relate
system requirements to constraints (technology, organisation),
input/output media
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10%
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| G |
Data
entry procedures, coding and user documentation, system documentation
standards
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10%
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| H |
Security
– threats, failure, causes, responsibilities, risk analysis,
countermeasures, control procedures, contingency plans, recovery, audit
trail, data protection, disaster recovery planning
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15%
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| I |
Implementation
plans, training requirements, test data, systems testing, acceptance
testing, changeover options, data conversion, file creation, changeover
documentation, system review – cost/user effectiveness
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15%
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