SAD (BSC-IT 3rd)

Introduction : System Definition and concepts: General Theory systems, Manual and automated

systems, Real-life Business Sub-Systems, System Environments and Boundaries. Realtime and

distributed systems, Basic principles of successful systems, Approach to system development:

Structured System Analysis and Design, Prototype, Joint Application Development.

System Analyst : Role and Need of Systems Analyst, Qualifications and responsibilities,

System Analysis as a Profession

System Development Cycle : Introduction to Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Various

phases of SDLC: Study, Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Maintenance, Systems

documentation consideration: Principles of Systems Documentation, Types of documentation and

their importance, Enforcing documentation discipline in an organization.

System Planning : Data and fact gathering techniques: Interviews, Group CommunicationQuestionnaires,

Presentation & Site Visits, Assessing Project Feasibility: Technical, Operational,

Economic, Cost Benefits Analysis, Schedule, Legal and contractual, Political. l1odem Methods

for determining system requirements: Joint Application Development Program, Prototyping,

Business Process Re-engineering. System Selection Plan and Proposal.

Modular and Structured Design : Module specifications, Top-down and bottom-up design,

Module coupling and cohesion, Structure Charts.

System Design and Modeling : Process modeling, Logical and physical design, Conceptual

Data Modeling, Entity Relationship Analysis, Entity Relationship Modeling, ERDs and DFDs,

Concepts of Normalization, Process Descriptions, Structured English, Decision tree, Decision

tables, Documentation: Data dictionary, Recording Data Descriptions.

Input & Output : Classification of fo1rms, Input/output forms design, User interface design,

Graphical interfaces, Standards and guidelines for GUI design, Designing Physical Files and

Databases: Designing fields, Designing Physical Records, Designing Physical Files, Designing

Databases. Introduction to CASE Tools, Features, Advantages and Limitations of CASE Tools,

Awareness about some commercial CASE Tools.

System Implementation & Maintenance : Planning considerations, Conversion methods,

procedures and controls, System acceptance criteria, System Evaluation and Performance,

Testing and Validation, Preparing User Manual, Maintenance Activities and Issues.

Computer System Audit & Security : Audit of Computer System Usage, Types of Threats to

Computer System and Control Measures: Threat and Risk Analysis, Disaster Recovery and

Contingency Planning, Viruses.

OO Analysis I Design : Introduction to UML, OO Development Life Cycle and Modeling, Static

and dynamic modeling, Comparison of OO and Module-oriented Approach, Modeling using UML.