Information Systems Analysis and Design

IE421, FALL 2009

 

 

                                                       

INFORMATION SYSTEMS

ANALYSIS AND DESIGN

 

Schedule:


Nov. 12: Review Class (for Chapter 6-9).

Nov. 17: I will ask my TA to distribute the project materials to you. Start working on Project (as
a Take Home Exam), and the Due time is Dec. 3rd.

Nov. 19: My TA will answer your questions regarding your homework (Prepare for Quiz 2), Due for HW 4.

Nov. 24: Quiz 2 (Chapter 6-9).

Dec. 1st: No Class (for you to work on your project).

Dec. 3rd: Submit your project (Comprehensive One)

 

Project (Due at Dec. 3rd)

 

Review Slides for Chapter 6-9

 

Assignment 4: (Due at Nov. 19th)

Chapter 8: Problems and Exercises: Q.10 and Q.14 (Except Decision Tree)

Chapter 9: Problems and Exercises: Q.10 and Q.21

Solution of Assignment 4

 

 

Assignment 3: (Due at 12:25pm, Nov. 10th)

Chapter 6: Problems and Exercises: Q.4 and Q.8

Chapter 7: Problems and Exercises: Q.5 and Q.12

Solution of Assignment 3

 

 

Solution of Quiz 1

 

Review Slides for Quiz 1 (Chapter 1-5)

Assignment 2: (Due at 12.25pm, Oct. 6th)

Chapter 4: Problems and Exercises: Q.3 and Q.8

Chapter 5: Problems and Exercises: Q.3 and Q.10 

Solution of Assignment 2

 

Assignment 1: (Due at 12:25pm, Sep. 22nd) 

Chapter 1: Problems and Exercises: Q.3 and Q.6

Chapter 2: Problems and Exercises: Q.3 and Q.4

Chapter 3: Problems and Exercises: Q.6, Q.7 and Q.12

Solution of Assignment 1

  

 

 T/R

 11:10am--12:25pm

IE421

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE

ROOM:

 

FALL 2009

 

INSTRUCTOR:

Yuanshun Dai, Ph.D.

OFFICE: ESH 409

OFFICE PHONE: 4-3473

EMAIL: ydai1@utk.edu

OFFICE HOURS: 1 hour before the class

TEXTBOOK:

Jeffrey A. Hoffer, Joey F. George, Joseph S. Valacich,  Modern Systems Analysis and Design, 5e, Prentice Hall.

References:

Jeffrey A. Hoffer et al, Modern Database Management 6e, Prentice Hall, 2002

Jeffrey L. Whitten et al, Systems Analysis and Design Methods 6e, Irwin/McGraw-Hill (2003)

RESERVED MATERIALS will be made available at the library as our course develops.

DESCRIPTION:

Concepts, methodologies, techniques, and tools essential for modern Information Systems (IS) development are covered. The processes and related methodologies and skills in the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) are broadly introduced yet in depth.

OBJECTIVES:

Successful students will be able to perform as System Analysts for Information Systems development. They can build, configure, and maintain a web site (WWW and FTP services) from scratch; model sophisticated IS data and processes; design and manage Database Systems;  and so on.

GRADING:

GRADE GUARANTEE

http://registrar.tennessee.edu/go_ug_grades.shtml

ASSIGNMENTS

25%

QUIZ 1

25%

QUIZ 2

25%

PROJECT (Take-Home Exam)

25%

POLICIES:

Assignment is due at the beginning of the class. No late work is accepted. Plagiarism is defined as “to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own, to use (another's production) without crediting the source” and “to commit literary theft: present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source” as on Merriam-Webster Online http://www.m-w.com/. Refer to http://www.lib.utk.edu/instruction/plagiarism/ for more details.

 

Tentative Schedule:

Download Lecture Notes Here

 

DATE

TOPICS

TEXT REFERENCE

Week 1

Introduction, and Systems Development Environment

Chapter 1 

Week 2

Systems Development Environment, and Origins of Software

Chapter 1,2

Week 3

Origins of Software, and Managing the Information Systems Project

Chapter 2,3

Week 4

Managing the Information Systems Project

Chapter 3 

Week 5

Identifying and Selecting Systems Development Projects

Chapter 4

Week 6

Initiating and Planning Systems Development Projects

Chapter 5

Week 7

Initiating and Planning Systems Development Projects, and Determining System Requirements

Chapter 5,6

Week 8

Determining System Requirements

Chapter 6 

 

Quiz 1 (25%)

 (Chapters 1-5)

Week 9

Structuring System Process Requirements

Chapter 7 

Week 10

Structuring System Process Requirements

Chapter 7 

Week 11

Structuring System Logic Requirement

Chapter 8 

Week 12

Structuring System Logic Requirements

 Chapter 8

Week 13

Structuring System Data Requirements

Chapter 9 

Week 14

Structuring System Logic Requirements, Designing Databases

Chapter 9 

 

 Week 15 (Nov. 24)

Quiz 2 (25%)

 (Chapters 6-9)

 

   

Week 16

Do Project

Chapter 1-9

Dec. 3rd Project Due (25%) Take Home Exam

 

Modifications might be made to this syllabus if necessary to assure a good class. Modifications will be made in writing in advance.

 


 


* Many of the demonstrations will be done in class. The lab time will be used for you to practice.