Audience
| Objectives | Skills | Methods
| Course Structure
Are you professional enough
to desire results
that ensure your users achieve their corporate objectives?
Do you feel comfortable with your skills and ability but now want to
integrate these with the latest technology?
BIS have completely updated
this course to offer the systems analysis professional techniques for using
JAD (Joint Application Development), CASE tools and Contemporary Cost
Benefit Methods.
If you are a systems analyst or team leader who wants
to develop their skills beyond the superficial so as to achieve the
effective and refined skills of structured analysis techniques, then
enrol
on this 4-day workshop now!
Experienced systems analysts and team leaders.
Systems Managers who are considering the implementation of
structured
analysis techniques. The course assumes familiarity with basic systems analysis
skills. Trainee analysts first
require to learn the important basic skills of investigation and
interviewing covered by the Business Systems Analysis course.
The ability to effectively apply contemporary structured analysis tools and
techniques to the discipline of systems analysis.
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Conduct
an information requirements determination study, establishing corporate
goals and priorities.
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Create
models of existing and proposed systems using activity diagrams, entity
relationship diagrams and state transition diagrams.
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Generate
appropriate definitions of dataflows, data stores and data items suitable
for both manual and CASE tool processing.
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Recognise
the purpose and methods of data analysis.
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Produce
a structured systems requirement specification.
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Apply
the techniques of structured analysis to immediate analysis work.
WHAT METHODS ARE USED TO IMPART THESE
SKILLS?
• Lectures
supported by visual aids.
• Class
examples with student involvement.
• Syndicate
case study work.
• Small
group experiments, with analysis.
• Presentation
of syndicate findings, with critique.
• Comprehensive
student manual.
Introduction:
Concepts of dynamic systems theory; Bertalanffy’s
system precedence maxim; Identifying
corporate goals.
Establishing the corporate needs
requirement:
Information requirements determination;
Facilitated application specification techniques.
Investigating Existing Systems:
Logical abstraction; Localisation
of concern; Activity diagrams;
Drawing boundaries; Identifying activities and data flows; State transition diagramming;
The finite state machine; States
and transitions. Class exercise.
Analysing System Data:
Entity relationship modelling; Entities,
relationships, attributes, instances, sets, relationship cardinality,
relationship participation. Class
exercise.
Developing Detailed Logical
System:
Extending the model to identify basic level activities;
Data dictionary; Role of
Third Normal Form (TNF) analysis; Access
profiles; Procedure logic and
structured english; Activity sheets (clerical and automated);
Class exercise.
Estimating Techniques:
Logical outputs; Function Point
Analysis; Phase ratios;
An expert system for estimating; Class
demonstration and exercise.
Contemporary Cost Benefit Techniques:
Cumulative Nett Present Value (NPV); Tangible
and intangible dollars; Quantitative
and qualitative weights; Annual
loss exposure; Excess tangible
cost method.
Creating The System Specification:
How to build the structured system specification;
Defining other key areas; Security
and controls; System testing
strategy; Development and
Implementation Planning; Cost
benefit summary; Deliverables
review process.
