306-219 Business Systems Development

Note

  • Students may not gain credit for both 306-219 Business Systems Development and 306-319 Business Systems Development.

  • Information systems and information systems combined degree students are not permitted to gain credit for this subject.

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

2

Coordinator

To be advised

Prerequisites

306-207 Enterprise Information Systems

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

Three hours per week

Subject Description

This subject introduces students to the main aspects of business systems development. It focuses on the main types of information systems employed in business organisations. In particular, it discusses the managerial view of data, information and knowledge; the central role of database systems in business systems; data modelling for relational and object-oriented databases; requirements identification; the specification and design of business systems; systems development methodologies including the unified development process (UDP); computer aided software engineering (CASE); and prototyping including RAD.

Assessment

A 3-hour end-of-semester examination (70%) and computer-oriented assignments (30%).

Prescribed Texts

To be advised.



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