Course: IT6501 Systems Analysis and Design - Feb 2023 - PET

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Lecturer / Course Coordinator

Dr. Steve McKinlay. PhD, MA, BA(Hons), B.Bus

steve.mckinlay@weltec.ac.nz

Design must reflect the practical and aesthetic in business,
but above all, good design must primarily serve the people.

Thomas J Watson

Please Note:

Weekly interactive lecture / tutorial sessions will take place this semester on campus (Petone and Porirua) You are expected to turn up to these sessions and attendance will be taken. Please check the latest timetable for time and location. http://timetable.whitireiaweltec.ac.nz/2023/

Don't message me using the Moodle chat/message system. I don't have it running all the time and don't check it. My work email is always open on my desktop. Please use that.
- Announcements Forum
- IT6501 Course Outline T2 2022 File
  
  215.7 Kb PDF document
  
  This document describes the course content, the lecturers, the assessments, and has a detailed course timetable
Lectures
- Introduction to systems analysis and design File
  
  This is a 50-minute lecture. The file is PowerPoint with voiceover so the file is large. Be patient when downloading.
- Lecture System requirements File
  
  81.6 Mb Powerpoint 2007 presentation Uploaded 15/02/23, 15:24
  
  This lecture is a bit long so listen in sections. Because the lecture has audio, it takes a while to download.
- Lecture Agile approach Overview of Scrum Part 0 URL
  
  Scrum is the most popular agile software development method in 2021 and 2022. Many business and systems analysts work in Scrum project teams where they work with developers, testers, and others to create software systems.
  This lecture has five short videos on Scrum and also covers user stories (stories are a useful way to write down functional requirements)
- Lecture Agile approach Introduction to Scrum Part 1 URL
- Lecture Agile approach Introduction to Scrum Part 2 URL
- Lecture Agile approach Introduction to Scrum Part 3 URL
- Lecture Agile approach Introduction to Scrum Part 4 URL
- Lecture Agile approach - Scrum cheat sheet File
  
  473.5 Kb PDF document
- The Scrum Guide - all versions URL
  
  The Scrum guide changes somewhat in each edition. Earlier editions use different terms for the same thing, for example, self-managing = self-organising.
- Lecture Use Cases Part 1 File
  
  20.2 Mb Powerpoint 2007 presentation
- Lecture Use Cases Part 2 File
  
  42.1 Mb Powerpoint 2007 presentation
- Lecture Use Cases Part 3 File
  
  17.6 Mb Powerpoint 2007 presentation
- Lecture Class diagram - Part 1 - Things in the problem domain File
- Lecture Class diagram - Part 2 - Domain and design class diagram File
- Lecture Use case description, activity diagram - with voiceover File
  
  40.3 Mb Powerpoint 2007 presentation
- Lecture From analysis to design; System controls and security - with voiceover File
- Lecture System architecture - with voiceover File
  
  48.5 Mb Powerpoint 2007 presentation
- Lecture User interface design - with voiceover File
- Lecture System implementation and deployment - with voiceover File
  
  90.3 Mb Powerpoint 2007 presentation
- ------- Systems development approaches - 4 short lectures -------
- Lecture Approaches Part 1 What is a systems development approach - with voiceover File
  
  12.4 Mb Powerpoint 2007 presentation
- Lecture Approaches Part 2 The waterfall approach - with voiceover File
  
  13.5 Mb Powerpoint 2007 presentation
- Lecture Approaches Part 3 Boehm's spiral model - with voiceover File
  
  11.4 Mb Powerpoint 2007 presentation
- The Rise and Fall of Waterfall - video URL
- Lecture Approaches Part 4 Object-oriented approach - with voiceover File
  
  24.0 Mb Powerpoint 2007 presentation
- RUP - Rational Unified Process white paper 2001 File
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ END of Lecture on systems development approaches ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Lecture Plan-driven vs agile approaches File
  
  47.4 Mb Powerpoint 2007 presentation
- ---------- End of Course ----------
- Agile for business analysts - optional interesting playlist URL
Tutorials
- Tutorial 1 The role of the business analyst File
  
  21.4 Kb Word 2007 document
- Tutorial 1 Results forum
- Tutorial 2 System requirements File
  
  23.8 Kb Word 2007 document
- Tutorial 2 Results forum
- Tutorial 3 User stories, tasks, done, scrum board File
  
  1.3 Mb Word 2007 document
- Tutorial 3 Results forum
- Tutorial 3 resources ---------------------------------
- Quick Scrum overview - 7 min URL
- Product backlog URL
- Scrum board URL
- Scrum epics, stories, tasks URL
- User stories and acceptance criteria URL
  
  A user story is a simple statement about a requirement. A user story can also have acceptance criteria that can be used in acceptance testing. This link explains the relationship and has examples.
- End of Tutorial 3 resources ----------
- Tutorial 4 Use cases File
  
  31.8 Kb Word 2007 document
- Tutorial 4 Use Cases - Using Visual Paradigm - Video 1 URL
- Tutorial 4 Use Cases - Using Visual Paradigm - Video 2 URL
- Tutorial 4 Results forum
- Tutorial 5 Domain class diagram File
  
  45.5 Kb Word 2007 document
- Tutorial 5 Results forum
- Tutorial 6 Activity diagrams File
- Tutorial 6 Results forum
- Tutorial 7 User interface design File
- Tutorial 7 Results forum
- Tutorial 8 System Implementation and Deployment File
- Tutorial 8 Results forum
- Tutorial 9 Choosing a systems development method File
  
  33.6 Kb Word 2007 document
- Tutorial 9 Results forum
- Tutorial Revision questions on waterfall, spiral and object-oriented approaches File
  
  26.7 Kb Word 2007 document
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ End of Tutorials ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Resources
- Visual Paradigm Community Edition 16.3 (Win64) File
- Satzinger et al. (2015) Chapter A Role of the systems analyst File
  
  2.3 Mb PDF document
- Richards and Marrone (2014) Identifying the education needs of the business analyst File
  
  290.9 Kb PDF document
- How to write an abstract File
- Abstract versus Introduction URL
- How to write an executive summary File
  
  13.2 Kb Word 2007 document
- APA style for citations and references 7th Ed URL
- Example of citation and referencing in APA 7th File
- EngVid - videos to help with writing - NOT just for international students File
- Schniederman's 8 Golden Rules with examples URL
- Activity diagrams in Visual Paradigm URL
  
  This online tutorial by Visual Paradigm is about the activity diagram.
Assignments
This course has assignments and a final exam. For details, refer to the course outline at the top of this page.
- Assignment 1 Current trends report File
  
  47.0 Kb Word 2007 document
  
  Topics for this report are allocated in the tutorial
- Assignment 1 Dropbox Turnitin Assignment 2
- Case study - PredatorFree T222 File
- Assignment 2 Part A Requirements File
  
  53.5 Kb Word 2007 document
- Assignment 2 Part A DROPBOX Turnitin Assignment 2
- Assignment 2 Part B Models File
- Assignment 2 Part B DROPBOX Turnitin Assignment 2
- Final Exam Study Guide 2022 Trimester 2 File
  
  21.5 Kb Word 2007 document
- Trial exam - 8 questions T2 2022 Quiz
  
  The questions in this quiz are similar to those in the final exam. This trial has 8 questions and is open for multiple attempts. Use this trial to learn how the online exam interface works (red flags, marks, pages, completed questions, not completed questions, how to end the exam).
- Turnitin: Checking your grades and feedback File
- Late dropbox Turnitin Assignment 2
  
  You can only submit here with the written permission of the lecturer.

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General

Lectures

------- Systems development approaches - 4 short lectures -------

Tutorials

Resources

Assignments