Business Information System Analysis and Design Syllabus

The course concentrates on the front-end of the systems development process; that is, the analysis process. The analysis process provides a basis for understanding and modeling the user needs in an information system solution. The course provides the body of knowledge between the information system and business analysis.

The objectives are:

• To explain the concepts, skills and techniques required to become an business systems analyst.
• To gain a deeper understanding of business analysis.
• To describe business analysis in contexts beyond traditional approaches to custom software application development.
• To understand a systematic methodology for analyzing a business problem or opportunity.

Upon the successful completion of this course, students should be able to:

• apply a variety of analysis and design techniques to document existing information systems or to create new information systems.
• communicate requirements for business functionality of an information system.
• recognize the importance of your stakeholders and their goals.
• produce the information system requirements reports such as feasibility report, problem_statement_matrix report and candidate_matrix report.

Textbooks:

1. System analysis and Design Methods by JeHrey L. Whitten, Lonnie D. Bentley, 7th Edition
2. Business Analysis Body of Knowledge® (BABOK®Guide) Version 2.0

References:

1. Essentials of Systems Analysis and Design, 4th Edition, Prentice Hall. Authors: Valacich, J., George, J. and Hoffer, J. ISBN: 978-0-13-506984-4(Ebook).