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Resources for lnformation Systems
Development
12.5 credit points
No. of hours per week: two hours
Instruction: a combination of lectures, tutorials and
seminars
Assessment: assignment and project work
Subject aims
To develop an appreciation of the human and organisational
aspects of information systems development; to introduce
techniques for the effective utilisation and management of
lnformation technology resources.
Subject description
Trends in information technology; impact of information
technology on people and organisations; management of the
information systems function; estimation methods for
information systems development: evaluating the effectiveness
of information systems.
Textbooks
To be advised.
1~974 Systems Strategies
12.5 credit points
No, of hours per week: two hours
Instruction: a combination of lectures, tutorials and
seminars
Assessment: assignment and project work
Subject aims
To develop awareness of a range of approaches to meeting the
information systems requirements of organisations; to study
the influence of automated development methods on the
systems development process.
Subject description
Architecture of information systems: standard solutions;
packages and templates; application re-use; evolutionary
development of information systems; reverse engineering;
system integration.
Textbooks
To be advised.
1~984 Automated Development Methods
12.5 credit points
No. of hours per week: two hours
Instruction: a combination of lectures, tutorials and
seminars
Assessment: project work
Subject aims
To introduce methods for designing information systems; to
express designs in forms suitable for automated development;
to be able to forecast the performance of an information
system.
Subject description
The software design process; design techniques for
information systems; performance forecasting; Computer
Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools; system
implementation; system maintenance.
Textbooks
To be advised.
1~993 Research Project
25 credit points per semester (total 50 credit
points)
No. of hours per week: eight hours for two
semesters
Instruction: guided research
Assessment: by thesis. However, performance of
the students is monitored by regular progress
reports on the project to the supervisor. These
reports may be written, oral or both.
Subject aims
To give students the opportunity to pursue in greater depth
than in a cluster project subject a topic of interest; to allow
students to fully experience the design and development of a
major research project.
Subject description
The topic for the project will be selected by the student after
consultation with staff. Prior to commencing their project,
students may be required to undertake a short course of study
in research concepts and methodologies. Students may be
reauired to present one or more seminars on the subject of
their research and to attend other seminars on related
subjects.
1~996 HCI Project
12.5 credit points
No. of hours per week: two hours
Instruction: guided research
Assessment: expected to take the form of a
written report of perhaps a total of 10,000 words,
which may be varied if the problem includes
system implementation
Subject aims
To give students the opportunity to pursue a topic of interest in
detail: to give students experience in the design and
development of research; to integrate material dealt with in
the taught components of the cluster.
Subject description
Generally the project shall be undertaken on an individual
basis, and will be goal directed. The project should require
research into a specific problem area (eg. user interface
development standards, practices, methodologies, user
interface programming environments . . .), requiring the
gathering of information from and the reading of relevant
literature. Material gathered must be structured and analysed
with a view to forming and reporting conclusions of relevance
to the specific question posed.
Textbooks
As relevant to the research topic.