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ITB301 The Business Environment
Total hours 20 Prahran
A subject in the Certificate IV and Diploma in Information
Technology: Software Development; the Certificate I1 in
Information Technology: Occupational Studies; the
Cetificate IV and Diploma in Information Technology:
Technical and User Support; and the Certificate 111 in
Information Technology.
Content
This module will enable a student to examine an
organisation and identify its goals, objectives, functions,
relationship with the financial system, organisational
structure and the effects of technological change on an
organisation.
ITB402 /ITB417 Relational Databases - Logical
and Physical Design
Total hours 20 Prahran
A subject in the Certificate I11 in Information Technology:
Technical and User Support and the Certificate IV and
Diploma in Information Technology: Software Development.
Content
The aim of these modules is to develop skills in the
methods associated with the specification, analysis and
documentation of logical relational databases and the
physical implementation of logical designs for single-table
and multi-table relational databases.
ITB404 Business lnformation Processing
Total hours 20 Prahran
A subject in the Certificate IV and Diploma in Information
Technology: Software Development; the Certificate IV and
Diploma in Information Technology: Technical and User
Support; the Certificate I11 in Information Technology;
and the Certificate I1 in Information Technology:
Computer Applications.
Content
This module will enable the student to describe the
function of the various business sub-systems, the
information flow between them and the function and
content of typical business internal and external
transaction documents. Students will also be able to state
the purpose and scope of Decision Support Systems and
Management Information Systems.
ITB406 System Documentation Methods
Total hours 20 Prahran
A subject in the Certificate IV and Diploma in Information
Technology: Software Development.
Content
This module aims to provide students with an ability to use
standard graphical and written notational techniques to
describe typical business data processing systems.
ITB407 Systems Development Models
Total hours 20 Prahran
A subject in the Certificate IV and Diploma in Information
Technology: Software Development; and the Certificate IV
and Diploma in Information Technology: Technical and
User Support.
Content
This module provides students with an understanding of
the purpose and outcomes of the different phases of the
traditional and two other non - traditional models of the
systems development process used by systems development
~rofessionals. and with the criteria to use in order to
choose the most appropriate model for a specific project.
ITB408 Systems Development - Preliminary
Investigation and System Analysis
Total hours 20 Prahran
A subject in the Certificate IV and Diploma in Information
Technology: Software Development and the Certificate IV
and Diploma in Information Technology: Technical and
User Support.
Content
This module provides students with the opportunity to
carry out and document a preliminary investigation of a
proposed development project and to carry out a systems
analysis of a system/task and document the results.
ITB409 Systems Development - Logical Design
and Feasibility Analysis
Total hours 20 Prahran Prerequisite: ITB406, [TB408
A subject in the Certificate IV and Diploma in Information
Technology: Software Development.
Content
This module provides students with the opportunity to
learn and practise the skills and techniques used to develop
and document the logical design of a new/modified system,
and prepare a feasibility analysis.
ITB410 Systems Development - Physical
Design and System Implementation
Total hours 20 Prahran Prerequisite: ITB409, ITB402
A subject in the Certificate IV and Diploma in Information
Technology: Software Development
Content
This module provides students with the opportunity to
develop and document the physical design of a proposed
system, and document and carry out an implementation
program for the proposed system.
ITB411 lnformation Gathering Methods
Total hours 20 Prahran
A subject in the Certificate N and Diploma in Information
Technology: Software Development and the Certificate IV
and Diploma in Information Technology: Technical and
User Support.
Content
This module provides students of systems analysis with
skills and practice in a number of methods used by systems
analysis to gather information from large 'pools' of
sources.
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