1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

Content
A series of topics selected from:
Alternative transaction models
Object oriented, object-relational and extended
relational systems
Database standards bodies, current and future standards
including SQL3
DBMS benchmarking
Alternative DBMS architecture.
References
Grey, J. and Reuter, A,, Transaction Processing, Conctpts and
Techniques, Morgan Kaufmann 1993
O'Neill, Patrick, Database: Principles, Programming, Performance,
Morgan Kaufmann 1994
BT601
Systems Project Management
12.5 credit points 3 hours per week o w 1 semester
Prerequisites - Nil Instruction: lectures/semimn/workshops
Assessment: assignment (50%) research report (50%)
A subject in the Master of Information Systems
0 b jectives
After completing this subject, students should be able to
understand the main reasons for success or failure of
information systems projects;
coordinate the skills of a systems development team,
users and operators;
* understand how formal planning and control methods,
including measurement, can be applied to the
development process;
plan and control the implementation of new systems.
Content
Topics covered include
project teams and their behavioural development
project leadership
project planning and control
project administration
progress and quality reviews
systems development productivity techniques
* the implications of changing systems
* implementation of systems projects
References
Gilb, T. Principles of Software Engineering Management.
rr Wokingham, Addison Wesley, 1988.
Humphrey, W.S Managing the Software Process. Reading, Mass.,
$ Addison-Wesley, 1989.
Keen, J.S. Managing Systems Development. 2nd edn, Chichester
(West Sussex), New York, Wiley, 1987.
Reifer, D.J., Software Management, 4th edition, IEEE Computer
Society Press, 1993.
BT602 Information Systems Management
12.5 credit points 3 hoursper week o w I semester
Prerequisite: nil Instruction: classes/semimn/workshops/case
studies Assessment: syndicate case studies (40%) indimdual
research report (60%)
Objectives
The subject addresses a number of topics and issues related
to the theory and practice of Information Systems Management.
Content
* the relationship between corporate and Information
Systems strategic planning;
* infrastructure, policies, procedures, technical, financial
and human resources;
the role of the I.S. division in the organisation and
balancing of competing demands made on its services;
the responsibilities of the various I.S. functional areas
and the coordination of their interaction
selecting and appraising I.S. personnel;
negotiation for hardware and software
Text
There is no single text for this subject.
References
Robson, W. Strategic Management and Information Systems: An
Integrated Approach, Pitman Publishing, London, 1994
Earl, M.J. Management Strategies for Information Technology,
Business Information Technology Series, Prentice-Hall, London,
1989
Ward, J. Strategic Planning for Information Systems, 1990
Roche, E.M. Managing Information Technology in Multinational
Corporations, New York, McMillan 1992
BT638 Business Analysis
12.5 credit Points 3 hours per week over 1 semester
*Prerequisites: relevant mimience Instruction: hcture/tutorial
*~ssess;nent: indimdual ksignment (50%) group assignment
(50%)
A bridging subject in the Masterof Information Systems
(Management Stage 2)
0 biectives
This subject is intended to develop a formal awareness of the
process of analysing and developing systems while at the
same time emphasising the necessary communication skills
for success. The subject will focus on the business
application of technology, the role of users in systems and
the development of analytical skills for business.
Content
Topics will include:
further understanding the system development process
evaluation of the effectiveness of computerised
information systems
the development of techniques for successful
commuilication with both users and other computing
professionals
* written skills of report writing and essays
* fact gathering techniques of interviewing,
questionnaires, sampling etc
verbal communication skills for various forms of
presentations
examination of, and justification for, typical systems in
business
References
Kendall and Kendall, Systems Analysis and Design, Englewood
Cliffs, Prentice-Hall, 3rd edn 1995.
Andersen Consulting, Foundations of Business Systems, Illinois,
Dryden Press, 1989.
Boockholdt, J., Accounting Information Systems, Illinois, Irwin, 3rd
edn 1993.
Wilkinson J., Accounting Information Systems, N.Y., Wiley, 2nd
edn 1993.