This document provides an introduction and overview of the Systems Analysis and Design course. It outlines the contact information for the instructor, Dr. Amr Kamal, and defines systems analysis and design. The course objectives are to understand principles of systems analysis and design, user requirements gathering, object-oriented concepts, and CASE tools. Topics covered include system development, use cases, domain modeling, design approaches, and interfaces. Assessment is based on a midterm, quizzes, practical exam, group project, and final exam. The major assessment is a system requirements specification document developed incrementally by student groups.

1. Systems Analysis and Design
ITDR3101
Course Introduction
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2. Contact Information
Instructor
Dr. Amr Kamal (SYSCO of Systems Analysis and Design)
Email
amrmkamal.ibr@cas.edu.om
Office: D208
Blackboard web site
http://www.coas.edu.om
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What is Systems Analysis and Design
(SAD)?
Systems Analysis: is the process of understanding and
specifying in detail what the information system should
accomplish
System Design: is the process to define and describe in
detail how the components of the information system
should be physically implemented
Why is it important?
 Success of information systems depends on good SAD
 Widely used in industry - proven techniques
 Part of career growth in IT - lots of interesting and well
paying jobs!
 Increasing demand for systems analysis skills

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Course Objectives
To understand the principles of and motivation
behind systems analysis and design and where
they fit in the context of systems development.
To understand how to successfully gather,
analyze, and manage user requirements in
preparation for system design.
Acquire skills in Object-Oriented (OO) concepts
and techniques.

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Course Objectives Cont.
To be conversant with the use of Computer
Assisted Software Engineering (CASE) tools such
as Sybase Power Designer (15.5) that supports a
particular design paradigm or any open source
Case –Tool that supports UML such as (draw.io,
ClickChart, or Star UML, etc.).

6. Topics covered
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 Introduction System Development
 Investigating System Requirements
 Use Cases
 Domain Modeling
 Activity Diagram
 Sequence Diagram
 State Machine Diagram
 Essentials of Design and Design Activities
 Designing the User and System Interface
 Approaches to System Development
 Object Oriented Design-Principles
 Object-Oriented Design-Use Case Realizations
 Making the System Operational
 Current Trends in System Development

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Assessm
ent
Mid
term
Quiz
Practical
Exam
Project
Final
Exam
Total
Weight 20 5 10 15 50 100
Assessment and mark distribution of ITDR 3101 (21FL)
Marks are distributed as follows:

8. Group project assessment
Creating a (SRS) System Requirement Specification
Document
 The major assessment component for this course is
based around the production of an analysis and design
document that specifies the architecture of an
information system for a fictitious/existent small
business/organization. Such a document is known as a
SRS Document.
 Groups of no more than three students will be expected
to incrementally develop this document over the duration
of the course. There are three main deliverables for the
system proposal that are due at various stages of the
course are all group-work based.
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Bibliography
Textbook:
1. John Satzinger, Robert Jackson, Stephen Burd
"Introduction to Systems Analysis and Design: an
Agile, Iterative Approach", 7th Edition, Course
Technology, 2016. (ISBN 978-1-305-11720-4)

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Recommended Reading:
Title
Edition Author Publisher
Object-
Oriented
Systems
Analysis and
Design Using
UML
4th Revised
Simon Bennet,
Steve McRobb,
and Ray
Farmer
McGraw-Hill 2010
ISBN-13: 978-
0077125363
Introduction to
Systems
Analysis and
Design
6th
Alan Dennis
and Barbara
Haley Wixom
Wiley – 2014
ISBN:
1118897846
Systems
Analysis and
Design
9th
Kendall and
Kendall
Pearson- 2013
ISBN-13: 978-
0133023442
ISBN-
10: 0133023443