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This course is part of a series of courses designed to teach systems analysts and designers of tomorrow. As such, it requires a good background in computers. A student must fulfill the following course prerequisites as listed in the Catalog description: CSP: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, CIS 3210 or CIS 3215 or CIS 3260 or CIS 3270.

COURSE MATERIAL:

• Recommended Text: Craig Larman, Applying UML and patterns, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1998. Please note that there is no required text for this course.
• Class handouts / overheads
• Readings in Pullen Library reserve: Rambaugh, J., M. Blaha, W,. et al, Object Oriented Modeling and Design, Prentice-Hall, 1991. (chapters 3 & 4)

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course provides an introduction to the fundamentals of software requirements management. Topics covered include requirements gathering, system modeling and software specifications. The major emphasis is on using a variety of modeling tools and techniques to define a system specification. Students are also exposed to emerging topics such as components, patterns and reuse that promise major improvements in software development productivity.

Information systems development is a process in which technical, organizational and human aspects of a system are analyzed and changed with the goal of creating an improved system. In spite of the advanced technology that surrounds computer-based information systems, the process of systems analysis and design is still largely an art. There is high dependence on the skills of individual analysts and designers even though there are established principles, methods and tools. This course will give students an understanding of the most common tools, techniques, and theories currently used in object-oriented systems analysis.

DETAILED COURSE OBJECTIVES

    Understand different perspectives about the systems development process

·        Understand the role and importance of requirements analysis and specification

·        Understand the role and importance of requirements analysis and specification

·        Acquire a working knowledge of system modeling techniques

·        Understand the basis principles of object-orientation

·        Learn to use a Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tool for requirements management

·        Learn to recognize and overcome the obstacles in requirements analysis

·        Understand the role of requirements management in agile software development

·        Become aware of the emerging ideas relevant to requirements management

·        Create commonly expected "deliverables" of systems design including models of structure, behavior and dynamics

EVALUATION POLICY

Project 1	Draft Design Design Review Final Design	50 20 130	200
Project 2	Draft Design Design Review Final Deliverable	75 40 135	250
Tests	Test 1 Test 2 Final	175 175 150	450
Participation	Attendance Participation	15 35	50
Total			1000

Withdrawing

    A 'W' grade will be assigned if a student withdraws before the middle of the semester while maintaining a passing grade.  A 'WF' will be assigned if a student withdraws before the middle of the semester while doing failing work OR after the middle of the semester.  Missing more than two consecutive classes without the instructor's permission will be considered a voluntary withdrawal.  The grade of 'W' or 'WF' will depend upon whether the student stopped actively attending prior to the mid-point of the semester.

Class participation

     All students are required to attend all classes.  If one or more class is missed, it is the student's responsibility to determine the specific material covered during their absence and make the necessary arrangements for making up what is missed.  Class discussion is strongly encouraged.  More than two missed classes in a row without the instructor's permission will be considered a withdrawal on the part of the student. 

GENERAL CLASS POLICIES

• Prerequisites are strictly enforced. Students failing to complete a prerequisites with a grade of “C” or higher will be administratively withdrawn from the course in which they are in violation with a loss of tuition fees. There are no exceptions.

• Students are expected to attend all classes and group meetings, except when precluded by emergencies, religious holidays or bona fide extenuating circumstances.

• Make-up exams will not be given.  However, if a student has a planned absence, he or she may take the exam earlier with the permission of the instructor.

• Students who, for non-academic reasons beyond their control, are unable to meet the full requirements of the course should notify the instructor. Incompletes may be given if a student has ONE AND ONLY ONE outstanding assignment.

• A “W” grade will be assigned if a student withdraws before mid-semester while maintaining a passing grade. Withdrawals after the mid-semester date will result in a grade of “WF”. Refer to GSU catalog or Registrar’s office for details.

• Spirited class participation is encouraged and informed discussion in class is expected. This requires completing readings and assignments before class.

• Unless specifically stated by the instructor, all exams and lab assignments are to be completed by the student alone.

• Within group collaboration is allowed on project work. Collaboration between project groups will be considered cheating unless specifically allowed by an instructor.

• Copy work from the Internet without a proper reference will be considered plagiarism and subject to disciplinary action as delineated in the Student Handbook.

• Any non-authorized collaboration will be considered cheating and the student(s) involved will have an Academic Dishonesty charge completed by the instructor and placed on file in the Dean’s office and the CIS Department. All instructors regardless of the type of assignment will apply this Academic Dishonesty policy equally to all students. See excerpt from the Student Handbook below:

ACADEMIC HONESTY

(Abstracted from GSU’s Student Handbook Student Code of Conduct “Policy on Academic Honesty and Procedures for Resolving Matters of Academic Honesty” - http://www.gsu.edu/~wwwcam/academichonesty.html) Students are responsible for the information contained in this website.

      As members of the academic community, students are expected to recognize and uphold standards of intellectual and academic integrity. The University assumes as a basic and minimum standard of conduct in academic matters that students be honest and that they submit for credit only the products of their own efforts. Both the ideals of scholarship and the need for fairness require that all dishonest work be rejected as a basis for academic credit. They also require that students refrain from any and all forms of dishonorable or unethical conduct related to their academic work.

Students are expected to discuss with faculty the expectations regarding course assignments and standards of conduct. Here are some examples and definitions that clarify the standards by which academic honesty and academically honorable conduct are judged at GSU.

Plagiarism. Plagiarism is presenting another person’s work as one’s own. Plagiarism includes any paraphrasing or summarizing of the works of another person without acknowledgment, including the submitting of another student’s work as one’s own. Plagiarism frequently involves a failure to acknowledge in the text, notes, or footnotes the quotation of the paragraphs, sentences, or even a few phrases written or spoken by someone else. The submission of research or completed papers or projects by someone else is plagiarism, as is the unacknowledged use of research sources gathered by someone else when that use is specifically forbidden by the faculty member. Failure to indicate the extent and nature of one’s reliance on other sources is also a form of plagiarism. Failure to indicate the extent and nature of one’s reliance on other sources is also a form of plagiarism. Any work, in whole or part, taken from the internet or other computer based resource without properly referencing the source (for example, the URL) is considered plagiarism. A complete reference is required in order that all parties may locate and view the original source. Finally, there may be forms of plagiarism that are unique to an individual discipline or course, examples of which should be provided in advance by the faculty member. The student is responsible for understanding the legitimate use of sources, the appropriate ways of acknowledging academic, scholarly or creative indebtedness, and the consequences of violating this responsibility.

Cheating on Examinations. Cheating on examinations involves giving or receiving unauthorized help before, during, or after an examination. Examples of unauthorized help include the use of notes, texts, or “crib sheets” during an examination (unless specifically approved by the faculty member), or sharing information with another student during an examination (unless specifically approved by the faculty member). Other examples include intentionally allowing another student to view one’s own examination and collaboration before or after an examination if such collaboration is specifically
forbidden by the faculty member.

Unauthorized Collaboration. Submission for academic credit of a work product, or a part thereof, represented as its being one’s own effort, which has been developed in substantial collaboration with assistance from another person or source, or computer honesty. It is also a violation of academic honesty knowingly to provide such assistance. Collaborative work specifically authorized by a faculty member is allowed.

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

The course syllabus provides a general plan for the course; deviations may be necessary.

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