Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Information Systems (IS) Syllabus

Information Systems (IS) Syllabus
  1. System Analysis & Design
    • What is a systems?
      • Real world systems
      • Factors to be considered when developing a system
      • What is an information system
    • Software Development Process
      • The linear or the waterfall model
      • Incremental development process
      • The RAD model
      • Prototyping
    • Methods of collecting data (Fact finding techniques)
      • Questionnaires
      • Interviews
      • Observations
      • Report Inspections
    • Methodologies
      • HSM (Hard System Methodology)
      • SSM (Soft System Methodology)
      • OOM (Object Oriented Methodology)
    • Human Computer Interface (HCI)
      • User Interface design
      • Factors to consider when designing an interface
      • Information presentation
      • Color in interface design
      • User guidance
      • Error messages
    • Testing
      • Verification and validation
      • Black box and white box testing
      • Unit testing
      • Integration testing
      • System testing
    • Implementation
      • Planing & control
      • Site preparation
      • New equipments
      • Education & training
      • System testing
      • Implementation - the change over
    • Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) Tools
      • Type of CASE tools
      • How CASE tools are useful in practical environment
  2. Data Management
    • Introduction
    • Basic concepts and definitions
      • Data
      • Meta-data
      • File
      • Components of a database
      • Data types
      • Methods of data capture (inputting data)
    • File Processing
      • Traditional file processing systems
      • The database approach
      • Data model
      • Database architecture
      • Client server database architecture
      • The database administrator
      • Database management system
      • Introduction to relational database
    • Logical database design
      • The normalization process
      • Anomalies
      • Worked examples
    • Data protection
      • Database security
      • Data integrity
      • Database integrity
      • Database recovery
      • Transaction
      • Transaction recovery
      • What is a backup file?
      • The ACID properties
      • System recovery
      • Concurrency
      • Multimedia
      • Hypermedia
      • Physical database design
    • File Organization
      • Serial file
      • The sequential file organization
      • The indexed sequential
      • Hashed file organization
  3. Organization
    • Classification of organizations
      • Classified by ownership
      • Classified by scale
      • Classified by objectives
      • Classified by sector
      • Stakeholder groups
    • Organization structure
      • Entrepreneurial structure
      • Functional structure
      • Divisional structure
      • Geographical based structure
      • Matrix structure
    • Management and organization
      • Functions of management
      • IS related roles and positions
      • Levels of management
      • Types of functional managers
      • Information Systems for different levels
      • Project Management
      • Modern business / IS practices
      • Quality assurance
    • Social considerations

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