Course Syllabus Bsa 375

Course Syllabus
BSA/375 Version 13

Course Syllabus
College of Information Systems & Technology
BSA/375 Version 13
Fundamentals of Business Systems Development
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Course Description
This course introduces the fundamental, logical, and designconsiderations addressed during system and
application software development. It provides a solid background in information systems analysis and design
techniques through a combination of theory and application. The Systems Development Life Cycle will be
fundamental to the course.
Policies
Faculty and students will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within thefollowing two documents:
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University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document.
Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum.

University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies
may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If youhave recently changed
modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality.
Course Materials
Blankenship, E., Woodward, M., Holliday, G., & Keller, B. (2011). Professional team foundation server 2010.
Indianapolis, IN: Wiley.
Dennis, A., Wixom, B. H., & Roth, R. M. (2012). Systems analysis & design (5th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley
& Sons.
Schiesser, R. (2011). IT systemsmanagement (2nd ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson Education.
Valacich, J. S., George, J. F., & Hoffer, J. A. (2012). Essentials of systems analysis and design (5th ed.). Upper
Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education
Software
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Microsoft Visio (Recommended but can use PowerPoint drawing for Process Flows if needed)

Microsoft® Project® (Recommended)
Toolwire Personal Student Desktop
All electronicmaterials are available on the student website.

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Week One: Systems Development Life Cycle

28-Aug-2012

Details

Due

Points

Objectives

1.1 Define the systems development life cycle.
1.2 Describe Roles of Systems Analyst and Others in System
Development Projects.

Reading

Read the Week One Read Me First.

Reading

Read Ch. 1,“The Systems Development Environment,” of Essentials
of Systems Analysis and Design.

Reading

Read Ch. 1, “The Systems Analyst and Information Systems
Development,” of Systems Analysis & Design.

Reading

Read Appendix B, “Agile Methodologies,” of Essentials of Systems
Analysis and Design.

Reading

Read this week’s Electronic Reserve Readings.

Audio
Week One
Lecture

Listen tothe Week One podcast lecture located on the student
website.

Participation

Participate in class discussion.

3-Sep12

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Supporting
Activity

DQ 1: Development Methodologies

30-Aug12

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Supporting
Activity

DQ 2: Systems Analyst

1-Sep12

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Learning Team
Instructions
Learning Team
Charter

Resource: Learning Team Toolkit
Complete the Learning Team Charter andsubmit to LT Forum

3-Sep12

Learning Team
Instructions
Service Request
SR-kf-013
Paper and
Presentation
(Preparation)

Review Learning Team Assignment Clarification and complete
Service Request SR-kf-013.
Develop requirements for the Kudler Fine Foods Frequent Shopper
Program.
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Prepare a 12- to 16-page paper and a 10- to 12-slide Microsoft
PowerPoint® presentation of theproject, due in Week Five. Assume
that you are delivering the paper and presentation to an executive
management committee. At a minimum, the paper and presentation
must include the following:

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Individual
Software
Development
Presentation

Business objectives with supporting measures of success for the
project
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