Requirements Analysis and Modelling

• • The role of the analyst and the Software Dev Lifecycle (SDLC)
  • Investigating system requirements
  • Project management and planning in the context of requirements analysis modelling
  • Data gathering techniques
  • Modelling system requirements: traditional approach - specifically DFDs; OO approach - focusing on use cases and activity diagrams; and agile systems
  • Evaluation of alternatives for requirements, environments and implementation
  • Current trends in systems development methodologies

You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:

SWI-INF60009-Database Analysis and Design
and
SWI-INF60007-Business Information Systems

Others

INF60007 and INF60009 can be completed either prior to or at the same time as INF60010

Special requirements

• OtherDetails -

  Scheepers, H (ed.) 2015, INF60010 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.

This subject teaches students to identify, critically analyse and instigate the process of exploring problem areas in a given context. They will apply analysis and modelling techniques in the context of practical problems, discuss alternative models and solutions, and argue effectively why some models or solutions are better than others given different evaluation criteria.

• Individual (20-30%)
• Group (30-50%)
• Individual (20-30%)
• Individual (10-20%)

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