IS-207:
Systems Analysis and Design
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InstructorsYale Braunstein (yale@sims.berkeley.edu) Michael Schaffer (mws@sims.berkeley.edu)
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Course PhilosophyInformation systems analysis, design, and
development are expensive and difficult to do well. The implementation
of complex systems requires complex organizations and teams. Pressures of
budget, schedule, and technology add to the chaos. Risks abound. But building systems is fun. The harder,
the more “1.0”, the more out-of-the-norm-and-innovative, the more fun it can
be. Making end-users happy is fun. Learning obscure details of a
new application space is mind-expanding. This course will explore the issues that surround
information systems analysis, design and implementation. The skills required
to lead a project (or even to just contribute effectively as a member of a
project team) are a combination of technical practices and interpersonal
communication techniques. This course will present some of these
technical skills (process analysis, data flow design, statistical analysis,
budgeting and costing) within an overall framework of process and
communication. Our focus will include the organizational framework in
which these activities take place: who are the players on a large systems
project, and what are their responsibilities to the project and the
team? How are requirements derived and communicated to the individuals
responsible for design and implementation? How does Project Management
make all this happen, on-time and on-budget? How much will this system
cost, and will it succeed economically? Through analysis of existing systems and the
design of new ones, students will come to understand both the process and
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Class Meetings & Office HoursClass meets on Tuesday and Thursday mornings, 10:30-12:00 in 202 South Hall. The format of the class will be a mix of lectures, class discussions and a large project exercise. Office Hours: - Yale, on
Thursdays, 203B South Hall, 3:00-4:00 p.m. or by appointment. - Michael, on
Tuesdays, 314 South Hall, 12:00-1:00 p.m., or by appointment. |
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GradingGrades will be derived from a combination of 80% for written assignments, and 20% for in-class participation, oral presentations, and etc.
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