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UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE

EUROPEAN DIVISION

BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY

GRADUATE PROGRAM IN MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS

INSS 540 INFORMATION MANAGEMENT ANALYSIS AND DESIGN ( 3 s.h.)

Education Center : Heidelberg

Dates : Term 1 Weekends 17/18 August; 7/8,21/22 September;5/6 October 2002

Times : 0900-1600 (Lunch 1200-1300)

Lecturer : Chris Payne PhD

Prerequisites : INSS 510 INSS 520, INSS 530 or instructor permission.

(Students may not receive credit for both INSS 540(r) and INSS 540. Students may not receive credit for both INSS 540(r) and INSS 610.)

Course Description : Provides an in-depth look at all phases of information systems development. Requirements acquisition methodologies are reviewed and evaluated with respect to different application areas. Logical design is reviewed and implementation ideas are addressed. Data-centered as well as process-centered approaches to systems design are reviewed. Particular design methodologies including structured design and object-oriented design are discussed. Life-cycle as well as heuristic approaches to system development are examined and discussed. Organizational and behavioral issues with respect to information system development are examined. An analysis and design project will be required.

Course Objectives : At the conclusion of this course the student will :

1. Understand the systems development life cycle;

2. Understand and be able to apply the techniques of data, network, process and object modeling;

3. Be acquainted with CASE technologies;

4. Understand and be able to apply the techniques of database and data file design;

5. Understand when, and how to use rapid and joint applications development;

6. Be able to apply the techniques of object-oriented design.

Grading Criteria :

Midterm examination 35%

Final examination 35%

Analysis and Design Project 30%

Grading :

A 93-100%

B 80 - 92%

C 70 - 79%

F Below 60% (or regular non-attendance )

( The grade of ‘I’ Incomplete, will be awarded only with great reluctance if the student requests it for serious reasons.)

Text : Systems Analysis and Design in a Changing World

by John W. Satzinger, Robert B. Jackson and Stephen D. Burd

Published by Course Technology Inc. 2000

ISBN 0-7600-5879-2

Schedule of Classes

Class #	Topic	Reading (Chapter)
1	Overview and Fundamentals	1
2	Systems Methodologies	2-3
3	Systems Requirements Analysis	4
4	Systems Modeling	5
5	Data Modeling - The Traditional Approach	6
6	Object-oriented Requirements Modeling	7
7	Considering Alternatives	8
8	Midterm Exam
9	Systems Design	9
10	Database Design	10
11	I/O Design and Prototyping	11
12	Ergonomic Design	12
13	RAD/Packages	13
14	System Implementation	14
15	Review and Maintenance	15
16	Final Examination and Project Hand-in

Analysis and Design Project : The Analysis and Design Project will be a continuous project , details of which will be distributed in the first class.

Instructor Contact

Website : TBA

Office Hours : Before or after class or by appointment outside class hours.

Email : chris_payne60@hotmail.com

Addresses :

Graduate Program, University of Maryland,Unit 29216,APO AE 09102

Graduate Program, University of Maryland,Im Bosseldorn 30, 69126 Heidelberg , Germany

5 Kerbouret-Izellan, 22720 Plesidy, Bretagne, France

Telephone : 0771 046 1770 (Mobile)

Dr. Chris Payne

Harrogate UK

July 2002