MIS 450 System Analysis and Design
 

Instructor: Office: Phone: E-mail: Home page: Meeting place: Course credit: Prerequisite:

Dr. Helen M. Moshkovich Comer 209-A (205) 665-6546 moshhm@montevallo.edu http://facstaffweb.montevallo.edu/moshhm/  MOR 202 3 semester hours MIS 350, MIS 410 or current enrollment

Course description
Introduces structured design processes for use in the development and implementation of business information systems. Includes systems life cycle and rapid application development methodologies in systems design and development. Using productivity tools students employ systems analysis and design in designing and implementing a business information system. Provides experience in conducting supervised research in IT-Systems Analysis field.

Course objectives:
The objectives of the course is to review the systems life cycle methodology and project management; discuss the major steps in systems planning and development; present the subject of data flow diagrams, system and data models; give students experience in making research in MIS area, discusses research tools and  practices; give students practice in the process of drafting, revising, and editing;  give experience in writing associated with MIS major.

Required Text and materials:

Systems Analysis and Design.  G. Shelly, T. Cashman & H. Rosenblatt. Course Technology,
Sixth Edition, 2005

WROX’s ASP.NET 2.0 Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition Starter Kit. D. Sussman & A. Homer, Wiley Publishing , Inc., 2006.

Evaluation:
Three tests- 45%; Final test - 20%; Labs & Assignments – 10%; Research Paper/Project - 15%, Article Summary – 5%

Letter grade and course work credit: A(100-90), B(80-89), C(70-79), D(60-69), F(below 60)

Tests and assignments
Three equally weighed tests will deal with the concepts discussed in class and developed in the hands-on labs and computer assignments. If you are going to miss a test, you must contact the instructor prior to the test time for any special consideration. At the instructor’s discretion, test content and test results credit percentages following a student’s absence may be adjusted to compensate for an absence from a regularly scheduled examination. Assignments are due when class officially starts. Late assignments will be penalized 10 points per class day they are late.

Reading materials
You are to read each chapter in advance of the class discussion. In addition for each chapter of the book you will receive selected reading materials (contemporary magazine articles reflecting textbook material). You are to read them before the chapter is to be discussed in class. A quiz on the reading material will be given in the beginning of the class.

Attendance
You are expected to attend class. Failure to do so will result in your missing material explanation, lab assignments, and the possibility of a supervised hands-on experience in business web site development.

Policy on Accommodation for Individuals with Disabilities
” The University of Montevallo provides equal opportunity to qualified students.  If you have a disability (medical, physical, learning, psychological, etc.) and wish to request disability-related accommodations to complete course requirements, contact Disability Support Services (located in Main Hall, rear entrance; 665-6250).  Course requirements cannot be waived, but reasonable accommodations may be provided based on disability documentation and course objectives.  Accommodations cannot be made retroactively.”

Schedule
The instruction schedule reflects expected class progress in course subject matter and is considered tentative. The schedule is subject to change in content and scope at the instructor’s discretion, if necessary. Changes will be announced in class. If you miss class, you are still responsible for these changes.

ANY STUDENTS EFFORTS APPLICABLE TO COURSE CREDIT ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH UNIVERSITY OF MONTEVALLO POLICY STANDARDS FOR ACADEMIC HONESTY AND INTEGRITY

ALL necessary materials (syllabus, lecture notes, assignments, announcements) for the course will be placed on the course BLACKBOARD site. Urgent information will be distributed through UMAIL accounts.

Course schedule outline:

Week 1	Course overview Intro to Systems Analysis	ch.1
Week 2	Systems Planning VWD 2005 Express	ch.1&2 WROX ch.1
Week 3	Requirements Modeling Due: One page description of planned research (statement of the problem)	ch.3, paper summary report
Week 4	Web Design with VMD 2005	paper summary report WROX ch. 1 & 2
Week 5	Test 1 (chapters 1,2,3) Due: Fact - Finding assignment Wed Design with VMD 2005	paper summary report WROX ch. 2
Week 6	Data and Process Modeling Development Strategies	ch.4 ch.5
Week 7	Cost-Benefit Analysis Due: At least 3-page description of the state of the art on the selected topic Last day to drop courses	SA Toolkit, Part 3, paper summary report
Week 8	Test 2 (chapters 4,5,CBA) Introduction to SQL Server	WROX ch. 3
Week 9	Data Design Web Forms and databases	ch.7 WROX ch.4
Week 10	Interface, Input and Output Design Systems Architecture	ch.6 ch.8
Week 11	VWD: Master Pages and XML data Due: Research Paper Draft	WROX ch. 2 and ch. 5
Week 12	Systems Implementation Test 3 (chapters 6,7,8)	ch.9
Week 13	Systems Operation and Support	ch.10
Week 14	Full Application Due: Research Paper	WROX
Week 14	Research Paper presentations
	Final Test (comprehensive)