Courses Handbook 2010

308528 (v.1) Com 102 - Introduction to Systems Analysis


Area: Curtin Business School
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 4.0
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
Syllabus: Systems: data information, information systems and information flow, different categories of information systems (IS), including management information systems (MIS), decision support systems (DSS), enterprise solution services (ESS), office automation systems (OAS), enterprise information systems (EIS) and computer-based IS, distributed IS and data communications. Systems analysis: methods of analysis, phase of analysis and design. Systems design and development: design techniques, focused on systems life cycle (six-phase model) and prototyping, representations of IS (logical flow diagrams, structure charts, data dictionaries), topdown v. bottom-up development, project management and team planning, documentation, end-user evaluation models and systems maintenance.
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
Field of Education: 020300 Information Systems (Narrow Grouping)
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Not Online
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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