I. SYSTEMS ANALYSIS FUNDAMENTALS.
1. Assuming the Role of the Systems Analyst. 2. Understanding Organizational Style and Its Impact on Information Systems. 3. Determining Feasibility and Managing Analysis and Design Activities. II. INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS.
4. Sampling and Investigating Hard Data. 5. Interviewing. 6. Using Questionnaires. 7. Observing Decision-Maker Behavior and the Office Environment. 8. Prototyping and Rapid Application Development. III. THE ANALYSIS PROCESS.
9. Using Data Flow Diagrams. 10. Analyzing Systems Using Data Dictionaries. 11. Describing Process Specifications and Structured Decisions. 12. Analyzing Semistructured Decision Support Systems. 13. Preparing the Systems Proposal. 14. Writing and Presenting the Systems Proposal. IV. THE ESSENTIALS OF DESIGN.
15. Designing Effective Output. 16. Designing Effective Input. 17. Designing Databases. 18. Designing User Interfaces. 19. Designing Accurate Data-Entry Procedures. V. SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AND IMPLEMENTATION.
20. Quality Assurance through Software Engineering. 21. Successfully Implementing the Information System. 22. Object-Oriented Systems Analysis and Design and UML.