Title of the Course: SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN Total Credits: 4
Course Category: ELECTIVE Lecture Tutorial Lecture
Year: II Semester: III 3 1 0
Course Objectives:
To introduce the concepts of System analysis and design.
To focus on different components of System analysis and design and to plan , design and develop
such information systems.
UNIT I: INTRODUCTION TO SYSTEM ANALYSIS
Systems: Concept & Characteristics of a System, Elements of System, Types of Systems, Information
Management and Information System. System Development Cycle: Introduction to Systems Development
Life Cycle (SDLC). Various phases of SDLC: Study, Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation,
Maintenance.
UNIT II: SYSTEM PLANNING AND REQUIREMENT SPECIFICATION
System Planning. Data and fact gathering techniques: Interviews, Group Communication Questionnaires,
Presentations & Site Visits. Modern Methods for determining system requirements. Requirement
Specification: Determining the User's Information Requirements, System Requirement Specification.
Feasibility Analysis: Study and Considerations in Feasibility Analysis, Feasibility Report.
UNIT III: TOOLS OF STRUCTURED ANALYSIS
System Design and Modeling: Process Modeling, logical and physical design, Conceptual Data Modeling:
Entity Relationship Diagram, Data Flow Diagram. Process Description: Structured English, Decision Tree,
Decision Tables.
UNIT IV: SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION
Documentation: Data Dictionary, Recording Data Descriptions. Input and Output: Classification of forms,
Input/output forms design. User-interface design, Graphical interfaces. Standards and guidelines for GUI
design, Unified Modeling Language, The Systems Analysts Toolkit – Communication Tools, CASE Tools
UNIT V: SYSTEM IMPLEMENTION
System Implementation, Maintenance/Audit: Planning considerations. Conversion methods, procedures
and controls. System acceptance criteria. System Implementation and Maintenance, financial Analysis
Tools, Project Management tools, System Evaluation and Performance. Testing and Validation. Preparing
User Manual. Maintenance Activities and Issues.
Books for Reference:
Jeffrey A. Hoffer, Joey F. George and Joseph S. Valacich, “Modern Systems Analysis and Design”
Pearson Latest Edition
Kendal and Kendal, “System Analysis and Design” PHI Latest Edition.
James A. Senn.2007, “ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS”; McGraw Hill
International Edition, Singapore.
Alan Dennis , Barbara Haley Wixom and Roberta M. Roth ,2009 . Systems Analysis and Design,
John Wiley & Sons Inc, USA.
John W. Satzinger, Robert B.Jackson and Stephen D.Burd.2007. SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND
DESIGN, Cengage Learning India Pvt. Ltd, Delhi.
Journals:
Journal of Information Systems Management – Taylor and Francis online
Journal of the Association for Information Systems – AISeL
Journal of Information Technology & Software Engineering – Longdom Publishing