Systems Analysis and Design II

• Credit value: 15 credits at Level 5
• Convenor: Dr Andrea Calì
• Assessment: an analysis and design case study and report (50%) and two-hour examination (50%)

In this module we provide you with a wide range of tools for information system design, including object-oriented design principles, database design and architecture design.

Indicative syllabus

• Introduction, context and development process
• Software reuse
• Design patterns
• Specification of responsibilities and operations
• Object-oriented design for database-driven applications
• Architectural styles and design of architectures
• User interface design
• Detailed class design

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

• understand object-oriented design, database design and architecture design
• design operations and assign responsibilities to classes and components
• model and design classes for object-oriented computer based systems
• devise strategies for solving specific design problems, including design patterns
• apply several development frameworks
• design user interfaces in object-oriented systems
• design and manage data in object-oriented information systems
• understand and design architectures in information systems.