1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

Recommended Reading
Halpin, T.A., Conceptual Schema and Relational Database Design,
2nd Edition, Prentice Hall, 1995
BT712
Systems Strategies
12.5 credit points 2 hours per week over I semester
Prerequisites : nil Instruction: lecture/tutorial
Assessment: assignment/project work (100%)
A subject in the Master of Information Systems
Objectives
to study the influence of automated development
methods on the systems development process
to develop awareness of a range of approaches to
meeting the information systems requirements of
organisations.
Content
Architecture of information systems; standard solutions;
packages and templates; application re-use; evolutionary
development of information systems; reverse engineering;
system integration; methodologies.
References
To be advised.
BT713 Automated Development Methods
12.5 credit points 2 hours per week o w I semester
Prerequisite: BT7l1 Informution Systems Requirements or ID54
Informution Systems Requiremats Instruction: lectures/
seminars Assessment: indimdual research project (100%)
A subject in the Master of Information Systems
Objectives
This subject addresses a number of topics and issues related
to the theory and practice of CASE technologies and the
design and development of information systems. Students
will be given the opportunity to utilise an integrated CASE
tools with emphasis on applying theory to practice.
Content
Topics covered in this subject include:-
@ introduction to computer aided software engineering
(CASE) technology;
designing information systems, methods for designing in
forms suitable for automated development;
software development, including software
implementation, maintenance
reverse versus re-engineering
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& Textbooks
a No single text covers the subject material
3 References
iii Coupe, R.T., "A Critique of the methods for measuring the
impact of CASE software", European Journal of Information
Systems, Vol3, No 1, 1994, pp28-36
Hares, J. Information Engineeringfor the Advanced Practitioner,
Addison-Wesley, 1992
Smolander, K. Tahvanainen, V. and Lyytinen, K. "How to
combine tools and methods in practice - a field study n , Steinholz,
B. Solvberg, A. and Bergman, L. (Eds) Advanced Information
Systems Engineering, Springer (LNCS436), Berlin, 1990
Souza, E. "The Impact of CASE on Software Development",
Journal of Information Systems Management, Winter 1991, pp17-24
Spurr, K. and Layzell (Eds) CASE on Trial, Wiley, Chichester, 1990
BT714 Information Systems Dynamics
12.5 credit points 2 hoursper week over 1 semester
Prerequisite: BT711 Information Systems Requirements or
IT954 Information Systems Requirements @Instruction:
lectures Assessment: assignment (100%)
A subject in the Master of Information Systems
Obiectives
@ develop students' understanding of the event/state
(dynamics) perspective of information systems
introduce several analysis and design techniques for
dealing with information systems dynamics
develop students' critical awareness of the role of objectorientation
for information systems
Content
The subject is approached from the following perspectives:
requirements engineering, conceptual modelling, objectoriented
analysis and design. Material from current practice
and current research is used. Im~lementation asDects of
dynamic requirements such as relational database triggers
and user interfaces are covered.
Recommended Reading
Martin, J. and Odell, J., 0bject.Oriented Methods: A Foundation,
Prentice Hall, 1995
Jacobson et al., Object-Oriented Software Engznea'ng: A Use-Case
Driven Approach, Addison-Wesley, 1992 (revised printing, 1994)
Rumbaugh, J. et al., Object-Oriented Modeling and Design,
Prentice Hall, 1992
BT715 Automated Systems Development Project
50 credit Points 4 hours per week over 2 semesters or
equivaht Prerequisites - Completion of 4 approved Stage 2
subjects Instruction: Supervised reading, laborato?y and field
work, and indivtdual consultation as required Assessment:
Deliverable items (requirements and specification documats,
system and user manuals, the working system itseIf; and an
evahtion of its efectivaess in satishing the requirements) 100%
A subject in the Master of Information Systems
Objectives
To gain experience in the automated systems development
process; to develop an information system.
Content
The project may be undertaken either individually or as part
of a small group where appropriate. All stages of the
developement process will be covered, culminating in the
production of a working system.
References
To be advised.
BT727 Technological Forecasting and
Innovation
12.5 credit points 2 hours per week over I semester
Prerequisites : completion of Stage 2A of Management Stream
@Instruction: lectures and seminars Assessment: Major case
study submitted in form of management rtport (100%)
A subject in the Master of Information Systems
0 biedives
'identify the appropriate approach to adopt for a