Requirements Analysis and Modelling
UndergraduateSWI-INF200032022
Course information for 2022 intake
Generate solutions to information technology problems using analysis, modelling and design techniques.
Construct an understanding of object-oriented and agile approaches to systems analysis. Take on these challenges in individual and group scenarios.
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- Subject may require attendance
- Entry requirements
- Prior study needed
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Requirements Analysis and Modelling
About this subject
Students who successfully complete this subject will be able to:
- Apply system analysis, modelling and design techniques to real world problems.
- Apply advanced and coherent knowledge of the structured, object oriented and agile approaches to systems analysis.
- Effectively communicate requirements and possible solutions to business problems.
- Work professionally and function as an effective leader or member of a diverse team.
- The role of the analyst and the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- Investigating system requirements
- Project management and planning in the context of requirements analysis modelling
- Data gathering techniques
- Modelling system requirements: traditional approach – specifically Data Flow Diagrams (DFDs); Object-Oriented (OO) approach - focusing on use cases and activity diagrams; and agile systems development
- Evaluation of alternatives for requirements, environments and implementation
- Waterfall and Agile Systems development methodologies
This subject endeavours to provide knowledge and understanding of contemporary issues in systems development. It covers various systems development lifecycles, methodologies, techniques and tools, exploring the contexts in which they succeed and fail. Factors affecting the success of these methods are examined, along with comparisons of the values and principles that underlie these methods. After completing this subject, students will be able to understand and analyse real world Information Technology (IT) problems using modelling techniques to identify system requirements.
- Assignment 1 (Individual) (10-20%)
- Online activities (Individual) (10-20%)
- Assignments 2 (Group) (25-35%)
- Invigilated Exam (35-55%)
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Entry requirements
Prior study
You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:
SWI-INF10003-Introduction to Business Information Systems (no longer available)
You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or enrol in the following subject(s) to study at the same time or prior to this subject:
one of
SWI-INF10002-Database Analysis and Design (no longer available)
SWI-INF20004 (Not currently available)
Others
INF10002 can be completed either before OR at the same time.
Additional requirements
- Other requirements -
Scheepers, H (ed.) 2015, INF20003 Requirement Analysis Modelling. Cengage Learning Technology, first edn. This is an electronic book based on Satzinger, J, Jackson RB and Burd, SD 2015, Systems Analysis and Design in a Changing World, 7th edn., Cengage Learning Course Technology.
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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What to study next?
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Bachelor of Information Technology (BIT) in Games Design and Development
UndergraduateMUR-BIT-DEG
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