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CIS225: Business Systems Analysis and Design
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Instructor: Gary R. Smith Office: J112 Phone: (602) 787-6701

This is the home page for CIS225:  Business Systems Analysis and Design.  Students should check this site at least once per week to insure you are informed of any updates to the schedule or assignments.  It expected that each student read all course documents during the first week of class.

Course Description: Investigation, analysis, design, implementation and evaluation of business computer systems.

Course Competencies:
  1. Describe the integrated workings of systems and subsystems within a business organization.
  2. Define the role of the systems analyst and his/her typical responsibilities to the total business field.
  3. Differentiate among the reasons for the initiation of a systems project.
  4. Complete a feasibility study for a hypothetical business system.
  5. Use top-down, structured methods to construct flowcharts, decision tables, data flow diagrams, and other charts and graphs to plan a hypothetical business system.
  6. Establish system controls and evaluation procedures for a hypothetical business system.
  7. Design forms, procedures, and reports (both oral and written) as required for approval and installation of a hypothetical business system.
  8. Design input and output file specifications, processing requirements, and other system essentials which are generally created during the design and development phases of a hypothetical business system.
  9. Develop plans for conversion, schedules, and training materials for a hypothetical business system.

   

Gary R. Smith © 2008 • gary.smith@pvmail.maricopa.edu
Last Revised: 01/29/2009