Renaat Verbruggen CA214 Systems Analysis

Systems Analysis

This page is updated as the course progresses.

Week 1	Introduction to Course and SSADM	Intro to Course Intro to SSADM Introduction to Book	Book Chapters: Chapter 1 and 2 in Weaver's SSADM
Week 2	Business Activity Modelling	Weaver's Notes	Case Studies BA Model Solutions Chapter 3
Week 2	Requirements	Weaver Tony Moynihan's Notes	Chapter 4
Week 3	Logical data modelling	Logical Data Modelling Weaver	Chapter 5
Week 4	Logical data modelling Enquiry Access Paths	Logical Data Modelling Enquiry Access Paths Some additional Notes on LDA 1 LDA2 LDA3 EAP1 from Colm Ward	Case Studies LDM Solutions
Week 5,6	Intro to Assignment Data Flow Diagrams	Assignment Description And Case Study Data Flow Diagrams Intro. Data Flow DiagramsWeaver Some additional Notes on Good levelled DFD Example Logicalising DFD's	Chapter 6 DFD 1 (dropped) from Colm Ward
Week 7	Function Definition	Functions I O Structures	Chapter 8
Week 8,9	Entity Behaviour Modelling	Entity Life Histories Extra Entity Life Histories More on ELH	Chapter 11
Week 10	Relational Data Analysis	Normalisation RDA	Chapter 10 Self assessment exercise (Answered in class) West Munster Exercise West Munster Answer
Week 11	Coupling and Cohesion	Coupling and Cohesion
Week 12	From SSADM to UML	Comparison Table Discussion ProjectChecklists from Philip Weaver

Recommended book is called Practical Business Systems Development Using SSADM (3rd Ed.)

Authors Weaver, Lambrou and Walkley ISBN 0-273-65575-2 (Pub.2002)

Book site at:

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