CS 432
Business Systems Analysis
Instructor
Anne Banks Pidduck
DC 3331, Ext. 34662
apidduck@uwaterloo.ca
Office Hours: Thursdays 2 to 3 pm
Description
The course examines systems analysis as a discipline, differentiating analyst and end user roles in business information systems.
Topics include information gathering, project initiation and management, requirements analysis, process modelling (data flow diagrams), data modelling (entity relationship diagrams) and normal forms.
- Not open to Computer Science students
- Prerequisites: CS 330 and third year standing
- Antirequisites: AFM 341/ACC 442,
CS 445/ECE 451, MSCI 444, SE 463
Teaching Assistants
Vahid Reza Karimi, vrkarimi
Georgia Kastidou, gkastido
Lectures
- Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:30 to 12:50 pm, CPH 3388
Newsgroup
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- In UW-ACE
Evaluation
- 5% In-class Work
- 20% Assignments (4)
- 15% Group Project
- 20% Midterm, Thursday, October 16 in class
- 40% Final Exam
Academic Integrity
- Student Petitions & Grievances, Discipline, and Appeals Policies
Assignments
- Assignment 1
- A1 Article
- Critique Tips
- Efficient Reading
- Marking Scheme Comments
Recommended Textbook
Harris, David
Systems Analysis and Design for the Small Enterprise, Third Edition,
Thomson Course Technology, 2003
Library Copy: uwd
CS 432