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TAMUCT_CIS5307_SystAnalysis_Fall2018

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By: Nate Herndon
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Decks in this class (16)

Ch 1: Systems, Roles, & Development Methodologies
Systems analysis advantages,
Analyst roles,
Analyst qualities
21  cards
Ch 2: Understanding and Modeling Organizational Systems
Three org groups,
Articulate subsystem interdependence,
Define organizational boundary
25  cards
Ch 3: Project Mangement
Project fundamentals,
Id problems opportunities,
Project selection criteria
46  cards
Ch 4: Information Gathering: Interactive Methods
Recognize the value of using interactive methods for information gathering. Construct interview questions to elicit human information requirements and structure them in a way that is meaningful to users. Understand the purpose of stories and why that are useful in systems analysis. Understand the concept of JAD and when to use it. Write effective questions to survey users about their work. Design and administer effective questionnaires.
34  cards
Ch 5: Information Gathering: Unobtrusive Methods
Recognize the value of unobtrusive methods of information gathering. Understand the concept of sampling for human information requirements analysis. Construct useful samples of people, documents, and events for determining human information requirements. Create an analyst's playscript to observe decision maker's activities. Apply the STROBE technique to observe and interpret a decision maker's environment and interactions with technologies.
13  cards
Ch 6: Agile Modeling and Prototyping
Understand the roots of agile modeling in prototyping and the four main types of prototyping. Use prototyping for human information requirements gathering. Understand agile modeling and the core practices that differentiate it from the other development methodologies. Learn the importance of values critical to agile modeling. Understand how to improve efficiency for users who are knowledge workers using either structured methods or agile modeling.
23  cards
Ch 7: Using Data Flow Diagrams
Comprehend the importance of using logical and physical data flow diagrams (DFDs) to graphically depict data movement for humans and systems in an organization. Create, use, and explode logical DFDs to capture and analyze the current system through parent and child levels. Develop and explode the logical DFDs that illustrate the proposed system. Produce physical DFDs based on logical DFDs you have developed. Understand and apply the concept of partitioning of physical DFDs.
19  cards
Ch 8: Analyzing Systems Using Data Dictionaries
0  cards
Ch 9: Process Specification and Structured Decisions
0  cards
Ch 10: Object-Oriented Systems Anlaysis and Design Using UML
0  cards
Ch 11: Designing Effective Output
0  cards
Ch 12: Designing Effective Input
0  cards
Ch 13: Designing Databases
0  cards
Ch 14: Human-Computer Interaction
0  cards
Ch 15: Desiging Accurate Data Entry Procedures
0  cards
Ch 16: Quality Assurance and Implementation
0  cards

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