System Analysis and Design

Paper Code: 
EMS 523
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Objective: 

The course will enable the students to have the insight of the systems concept and the procedure & methodologies of analysis and design of the system. The course will also help them understand the systems implementation and scheduling.

12.00
Unit I: 
System Concept and Information System Environment:

Definition, Characteristics of a system, Elements of a system, Open and Closed System, Formal and Informal Information System, Computer based Information System, Decision Support System, General Business Knowledge and Interpersonal Communicational System.
 

12.00
Unit II: 
System Development Life Cycle:

Recognition of need, Impetus for system change, Feasibility study, analysis, design, Implementation, Post Implementation and maintenance, Role of System Analyst, The Analyst/User Interface.
 

12.00
Unit III: 

System Planning and Information Gathering:
Strategies for determining Information requirement, Problem definition and project initiation, Need, Information about firms.
Information Gathering Tools:
Interviewing, Arranging the Interview, Guide to successful Interview, Types of Interview and questionnaires, Onsite Observations, Review of Written documents.
 

12.00
Unit IV: 
System Analysis:

Background Analysis, Fact Analysis, Efficiency Analysis, Performance Analysis, Service Analysis, Tools of Structured Analysis: The Data Flow Diagram (DFD), Data Dictionary, Decision Trees and Structured English.
 

12.00
Unit V: 
Feasibility Study:

System Performance, Economic and Technical Feasibility, Input/Output Forms Design, Hardware/Software Selection, Documentation and its importance.
 

References: 

Text Book:

  1. Systems Analysis and Design, Elias M.Awad, McGraw-Hill Professional.

Other Readings:

  1. Structured System Analysis and Design, S.A. Kelkar, Prentice Hall, India, 2004.
  2. System Analysis, design, and development: concepts, principles, and practices, Charles S. Wasson, Wiley.