Kennesaw State University

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS

 

Summer 2004

CSIS 3600/01, Systems Analysis and Design

Monday/Wednesday, 1230PM-315PM, CL 2005

 

Course Description:

Software systems development includes project planning and implementation, elicitation and specification of user requirements, graphical modeling of objects, data, and processes, and design of data structures, user interfaces, and system behaviors. A team project is required.

 

Prerequisites:

CSIS 3310.

 

Textbook:

Dennis, A., Wixom, B. H., & Tegarden, D. (2002). Systems analysis & design: An object-oriented approach with UML. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

ISBN 0-471-41387-9

 

Instructor:

Amy B. Woszczynski, Ph.D.

 

Office:

CL 3009

 

Email Address:

awoszczy@kennesaw.edu

(24/7 availability, preferred form of communication)

 

Phone:

770.423.6572 (may take 2-3 days to respond)

 

Office Hours:

Monday/Wednesday, 315PM-415PM, and by appointment.

**Note that occasionally, I may have to attend a meeting or University function during scheduled office hours. Therefore, you are encouraged to make an appointment when possible.**

Fax Number:

770.423.6731

 

Website Address:

http://courses.kennesaw.edu/

 


Course Objective:

Gain knowledge of and experience with the entire systems development process – including modern tools and methodologies – via a team project, individual assignments, and class discussion.

 


 

Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:

·        Identify the players, their roles and the skills needed to be successful in the systems analysis and design process.

·        Discuss and explain the stages in the systems development life cycle.

·        Understand the necessity of project management.

·        Logically decompose a system into objects, processes and data.

·        Develop an understanding of object-oriented modeling strategies used in systems analysis and how they are applied.

·        Develop an understanding of group dynamics and facilitation of interactive teamwork required in organizational system development efforts.

·        Improve oral, written, and graphical communication skills.

 




Class Policies:

Make-Up Exams:

There will be no make-up examinations. It is the student’s responsibility to arrange for an excused absence before the exam. A grade of zero will be assigned for all exams missed without an excused absence. If an emergency arises on the day of an exam, and the instructor deems that the absence is excused, then the lowest grade from the other 2 exams may be used to replace the missed exam. Written verification of the excused absence must be provided to the instructor.

 

Guidelines for Submitting Work:

All hard-copy submissions should be arranged properly and stapled together. Assignment due dates and times are listed on WebCT. It is your responsibility to keep up with all assignments. Late assignments will not be accepted! If you have any questions about your grades, contact me immediately. The end of the semester is too late to argue for grade changes on earlier assignments.

 

Attendance:

Class attendance is up to the student. However, high grades are clearly a function of attendance, good notes, questions, and productive studying. Active class participation is encouraged and welcomed. Late arrival, early departure, excessive conversation with other students, and the like are unacceptable.

 

Instructor Absence:

Normally, I will be in class on time. If I am more than 20 minutes late and prior arrangements have not been made, the class is canceled. If an emergency causes me to miss class, I will make every effort to notify students in advance. You are encouraged to check the class web site for daily updates.

 

Lecture Notes:

All lecture notes, announcements, assignment guidelines, and the like will be available on the class Web site: http://courses.kennesaw.edu

 

WebCT:

To login to WebCT, you will need to know your netid and your PIN. Detailed instructions for determining your netid can be found at http://netid.kennesaw.edu/. Your password is your University PIN, which is your 6-digit birthdate if you haven't changed it.

 

You must forward your WebCT mail if you would like for me to respond to your message. To forward your WebCT mail to your preferred e-mail address, go to:

Mail…Message Settings…Forward my mail to:

and enter your preferred e-mail address.


 

Withdrawal Policy:

The last day to withdraw without academic penalty is 7/1/2004.  Ceasing to attend class or oral notice thereof DOES NOT constitute official withdrawal from the course. Students who simply stop attending classes without officially withdrawing usually are assigned failing grades.  Students wishing to withdraw after the scheduled change period (add/drop) must obtain and complete a withdrawal form from the Academic Services Department in the Registrar’s Office.

 

Enrollment Policy:

Only those students who are enrolled in the class may attend lectures, receive assignments, take quizzes and exams, and receive a grade in the class.  If a student is administratively withdrawn from this course, they will not be permitted to attend class nor will they receive any grade for the class.

 

Electronic Devices:

In order to minimize the level of distraction, all beepers and cellular phones must be on quiet mode during class meeting times. Students who wish to use a computer/PDA for note taking need prior approval of the instructor since key clicks and other noises can distract other students. Recording of lectures by any method requires prior approval of the instructor.


 

Tentative Course Schedule: Subject to change

Week

Date

Topic

Chapters

1

June 2

 

June 7

Course overview, class policies

Introduction

No class, family emergency

 

 

Ch. 1

 

2

June 9

 

June 14

Project Initiation

Project Management

Systems Analysis

Requirements Gathering

Review for Exam #1

Ch. 2

Ch. 3

Ch. 4

Ch. 5

3

June 16

 

June 21

Exam #1

Use-Case Modeling

Use-Case Modeling (cont.)

 

Ch. 6

4

June 23

 

June 28

Structural Modeling

Behavioral Modeling

Moving On to Design

System Architecture Design

Review for Exam #2

Ch. 7

Ch. 8

Ch. 9

Ch. 10

5

June 30

July 5

Exam #2

No class, Holiday

 

6

July 7

 

July 12

User Interface Structure Design

User Interface Design Components

No class, project workday

Ch. 11

Ch. 12

7

July 14

 

July 19

Object Persistence Design

Class and Method Design

Construction

Installation

Review for Exam #3

Ch. 13

Ch. 14

Ch. 15

Ch. 16

8

July 21

July 26

Exam #3

Group meetings

 

Final Exam

July 28

1130AM-130PM

Project

Presentations

 

Special Dates:

 

Holidays/No Class

July 5

Last day to withdraw without penalty

July 1

Last day of class

July 26

Final Exams

July 28

Graduation

 

August 2

Notes:

 

  • Any student who needs special assistance or accommodations, please see me after class.
  • Refer to University material for information on date changes.

 


 

Assessment:

 

 

 

Homework (15%)

 

 

 

Participation/Executive Summaries (10%)

Homework problems assigned throughout the term. All homework assignments should be submitted to WebCT in a format compatible with Microsoft Office or another approved format.

 

At the end of every class (beginning on June 7), students should complete a maximum 1-page summary of what they learned during the class period as well as what they contributed to the class discussion. These summaries will assist in determining class participation. The summaries should be submitted to WebCT in Word format within 24 hours of each class meeting.

 

Exam #1 (15%)

Exam #2 (15%)

Exam #3 (15%)

 

3 equally weighted exams.

Project (30%)

A team project is due on the day of the final exam. You will work in groups to complete the project. During the scheduled final examination time, you will present your project to the class.

 

Specific dates, deliverables, and formats regarding the project are posted on WebCT. Students may suggest their own projects, and I can provide suggestions if needed. Projects may include a wide range of possibilities, such as databases, artificial intelligence, simulation, etc. The projects should have a software or hardware design and construction component (or both). Every project should have a sponsor (client). The sponsor can be the class instructor, another faculty member, an employer, etc. Examples of projects include a multi-store inventory system, a database system for a car dealer, an expert system to help customers select products, an automated training delivery system, etc. The project should be of sufficient difficulty for a group to complete at least a prototype during the semester.

 

TOTAL

100%

 

 

Grade Evaluation

 

 

 

 

 

 

A

90% - 100%

 

 

B

89% - 80%

 

 

C

79% - 70%

 

 

D

69% - 60%

 

 

F

59% or below

 

 


 



Computer Labs:

Please be aware of and follow all computer lab user policies.

 

Burruss Building

The labs on the fourth floor of the Burruss Building are open 7 days each week as follows:

M-Th 7:45am - 11pm 
Friday 7:45am - 5pm
Sat 10am - 6pm
Sun noon - 8pm

The Burruss labs are open most holidays. Be prepared to show your current student ID card upon entering the lab. The telephone number of the Burruss Building lab is 770-423-6110.

 

Science and Mathematics Building

The lab in SC 228 of the Science and Mathematics Building is open as follows:

M-Th 9:00 am - 8:00pm
Fri & Sat 10am - 3pm
Sun closed

The telephone number of the Science and Mathematics Building lab is 770-499-3351.

 

 

Owl Printing System:

 

Effective Fall Semester 2001, the OwlPrint system (student network printing/copying solution) will be in place in the KSU library as well as all the open labs and lab/electronic classroom combinations across campus.  

 
Students must have an OwlPrint card to use printing/copying services.  While in a classroom situation, faculty/staff will use their department OwlPrint cards to give student access to the printer/copier. Students will not be required to use their own personal OwlPrint card for any printing while in a classroom setting.


 


Student Course Evaluation:


A standard questionnaire (described below) will be administered during the last two weeks of the semester in all classes. Additional questions developed by the college or instructor(s) may be included as well. It is important that each student provide meaningful feedback to the instructor(s) so that changes can be made in the course to continually improve its effectiveness. We value student feedback about the course, our teaching styles, and course materials, so as to improve our teaching and your learning. At a minimum, the following two questions will be asked: 1) Identify the aspects of the course that most contributed to your learning (include examples of specific materials, exercises and/or the faculty member's
approach to teaching and mentoring), and 2) Identify the aspects of the course, if any, that might be improved (include examples of specific materials, exercises and/or the faculty member's approach to teaching and mentoring).

 

Acquiring Final Grades:

 

In an effort to better utilize our technology resources, Kennesaw State University has instituted the reporting of end of term grades by phone. This is in addition to the web version of grades, which has been in effect for several terms. All current semester term students may call 770-420-4315 and select Option Number 4 to secure their end of term grades. With this new development, printed grade reports will not be mailed at the end of the term. Students needing verification of grades or enrollment should request either an official transcript or an enrollment verification through the Office of the Registrar.


 

Academic Integrity Statement:

 

Every KSU student is responsible for upholding the provisions of the Student Code of Conduct, as published in the Undergraduate and Graduate Catalogs.  Section II of the Student Code of Conduct addresses the University's policy on academic honesty, including provisions regarding plagiarism and cheating, unauthorized access to University materials, misrepresentation/falsification of University records or academic work, malicious removal, retention, or destruction of library materials, malicious/intentional misuse of computer facilities and/or services, and misuse of student identification cards.   Incidents of alleged academic misconduct will be handled through the established procedures of the University Judiciary Program, which includes either an "informal" resolution by a faculty member, resulting in a grade adjustment, or a formal hearing procedure, which may subject a student to the Code of Conduct's minimum one semester suspension requirement.

 

Students are encouraged to study together and to work together on class assignments and lab exercises; however, the provisions of the STUDENT CONDUCT REGULATIONS, II. Academic Honesty, KSC Undergraduate Catalog will be strictly enforced in this class.

 

Frequently students will be provided with “take-home” exams or exercises.  It is the student’s responsibility to ensure they fully understand to what extent they may collaborate or discuss content with other students.  No exam work may be performed with the assistance of others or outside material unless specifically instructed as permissible.  If an exam or assignment is designated “no outside assistance” this includes, but is not limited to, peers, books, publications, the Internet and the WWW.  If a student is instructed to provide citations for sources, proper use of citation support is expected.  Additional information can be found at the following locations. 

 

http://www.apa.org/journals/webref.html

http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/citing.htm

http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/journalism/cite.html

http://www.cas.usf.edu/english/walker/papers/copyright/ipdummie.html

http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/wts/plagiarism.html
http://plagiarism.phys.virginia.edu/links.html
http://www.arts.ubc.ca/doa/plagiarism.htm
http://alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/%7ejanicke/plagiary.htm
http://webster.commnet.edu/mla/plagiarism.htm
http://www.virtualsalt.com/antiplag.htm
http://www.engr.washington.edu/~tc231/course_info/plagiarism.html
http://quarles.unbc.edu/lsc/rpplagia.html

 


 

APA Documenting Examples:

 

All MSIS students are required to have a copy of the American Psychological Association (APA) Publication Manual, available in the KSU bookstore and elsewhere.

 

When any portion of another author's work is used, whether it be from a course textbook or outside work, including the World Wide Web, in whole, in part, or paraphrased, that work must be cited. Proper citation formats are provided on the reverse of this document. Failure to do so can result in Academic Misconduct Proceedings.
Acceptable Reference Formats (from North and Blade, 1998 (see below) reprinted with permission)

 

There are two components to a proper citation: the text citation and the reference or endnote. The text citation will usually consist of the author's or authors' last name(s) and the year of the publication. The endnote citation will read as follows:

 

Books

Last-name, First-initial. (Date). Book title. City, State: Publisher.

 

A reference for a single-author book:

 

North, M. M. (1996). Virtual reality technology. New York: Best Press.

 

A reference for a multi-author book:

 

North, M. M. & Blade, R. A. (1998). How to build skills for research. Colorado Springs: IPI Press.

 

Journals

Last-name, First-initial. (Date). Article title. Journal Title, Volume(Issue), pages.

 

Journal Reference

 

Kelly, F. G. (1997). Networking made efficient. Journal of Computer Networking, 45(3), 54-61.

 

Here is an article in Volume 45, Issue 3, spanning pages 54-61.

 

Conference Proceeding

 

Vanner, F. D. (1996). A survey of medical issues using virtual reality. Proceedings of the Virtual Reality Medical Technology. 119-132. Nice, France.


 

APA Documenting Examples Continued:

World Wide Web (from http://www.apa.org/books/pubmant.html):

Available references from the web include: newspaper articles, newsletters, journals, research papers, government reports, online books or brochures)

 

Minimum requirements for documenting a reference from the web should include: a document title or description, a date (either the date of publication, update, or retrieval date), a complete URL.

 

Last-name, First-initial. (Date). Title. Publishing information. Retrieved from the World Wide Web on mm/dd/yy: URL.

 

Entire site no specific page

 

Kidspsych is a wonderful interactive Web site for children (http://www.kidspsych.org).

 

No reference entry is needed.

 

 

Citing Specific Documents on a Web Site:

 

American Psychological Association. (1995, September 15). APA public policy action alert: Legislation would affect grant recipients [Announcement]. Washington, DC. Retrieved January 25, 1996, from the World Wide Web: http://www.apa.org/ppo/istook.html  

 

An independent document (no author identified): 1

 

Electronic reference formats recommended by the American Psychological Association. (2000, August 22). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. Retrieved August 29, 2000, from the World Wide Web: http://www.apa.org/journals/webref.html

 

If the primary author is not available for the body citation, the first key word is to be used (Electronic, 2000).

 


Acknowledgment and Acceptance of Academic Integrity Statement:

 

In any academic community, certain standards and ethical behavior are required to ensure the unhindered pursuit of knowledge and the free exchange of ideas.  Academic honesty means that you respect the right of other individuals to express their views and opinions, and that you, as a student, not engage in plagiarism, cheating, illegal access, misuse or destruction of college property, or falsification of college records or academic work.

 

As a member of the Kennesaw State University academic community you are expected to adhere to these ethical standards.  You are expected to read, understand and follow the code of conduct as outlined in the KSU graduate and undergraduate catalogs.  You need to be aware that if you are found guilty of violating these standards you will be subject to certain penalties as outlined in the college judiciary procedures.  These penalties include permanent expulsion from KSU.

 

Read the Academic Integrity Statement and then sign and date in the space below.  You are required to abide by these ethical standards while you are a student at KSU.  Your signature indicates that you understand the ethical standards expected of you in this academic community, and that you understand the consequences of violating these standards.

 

_CSIS 3600/01, Summer 2004                              Amy Woszczynski_______________      

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