Data and Process Diagrams for Business System. Second Ten Week Quarter Object Oriented Analysis and Design Overview. System Design and Implementation Phases. Logical Data Definition, Output Design, Input Design, Logical Data Analysis, New Systems Design, Prototyping, Program Modeling, File Design, Database Design, User Interface Design, Network Design, Control and Reliability Design, Implementation and Installation Planning. Team Approach, Deliverables include Data Flow Diagrams for old and new system, Data Element Dictionary for new system, Entity Relationship Diagram for new system, Database Design for new system, Structure Charts for new system, Layout of Input Screens and Output Reports, Selected Program Design Documents.
Teams meet during class period and make presentations based on fixed benchmarks.
Project evaluation is based on team deliverables and peer evaluations. There are projects each quarter which extend the value of the text and instruction, but these projects are provided by the instructor. However, you must take 'Programming Logic and Methods' and 'Concepts and Facilities' as prerequisites for this course. More value will be obtained by those who have also taken at least one programming course. Most student wonder why programming is not required during the course.