Learning Partnerships, Unit Catalogue 2010/11 |
AS10342: Systems analysis |
 Credits:
| 10 |
| Level:
| Certificate |
| Period: | This unit is available in... |
| Semester 1 at City of Bath College | |
| Semester 1 at Weston College | |
| Semester 1 at Wiltshire College, Chippenham |
| Assessment:
| CW75EX25 |
| Supplementary Assessment: | Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites:
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| Description:
| Aims: To equip the student with the necessary knowledge and skills to: * Apply appropriate techniques to analyse a system. Learning Outcomes: At the completion of the unit, learners should be able to: * Understand current system lifecycle models; * Apply appropriate methodologies; * Conduct a systems investigation; * Model a system. Skills: Practical skills - use of CASE tools, Taught and assessed Personal skills - time management, personal organisation, working with others, independent research, problem solving - facilitated Communication skills - interviewing, email, written reports - facilitated and assessed. Content: Understand current system lifecycle models * Software and software development. Stages in system lifecycle. Prototyping. Iterative and incremental models. RAD. Apply appropriate methodologies * Structured and/or object-oriented methodologies. Conduct a systems investigation * Requirements gathering and fact-finding techniques: interviews, observation, questionnaires, document gathering. Model a system * Using appropriate methods and tools. |