Information Systems Analysis and Design

• 39 hrs lectures
• 13 hrs projects

• 51 pts final exam (written part)
• 15 pts mid-term test (written part)
• 34 pts projects

• Students will know fundamentals of essential stages in information system development at a level, which is further evolved in specialized subjects.
• They will be able to develop suitable models during information system requirements analysis and design, mainly in the UML language.

Students will learn how to analyze a design solution of a given problem in a small team. They learn to present and defend  both partial and final results of the project.

The goal of the subject is to give students knowledge of methods and tools used in information system development and to learn them to apply these methods and tools.

Requirement analysis of new or updated software and its subsequent design are important prerequisites for efficient software deployment and successful deployment, operation, and maintenance, whether it is the development of information systems, mobile applications, or embedded software for dedicated devices. Proper object design, knowledge of UML or agile approaches, advanced technologies for implementation or development (code management, CI/CD, etc.) are useful for every developer, designer, analyst, or system architect.

• Basic knowledge of software engineering. 
• Knowledge of the paradigms of and practical experience with object-oriented programming.

1. Introduction, Software Projects
2. Software Modelling Languages - function-/object-oriented design and UML 2, architectural views
3. UML
4. New Features in UML and Agile Modelling
5. Unified Process and its Inception Phase - requirements analysis, FURPS+ and use case modelling
6. Elaboration Phase in Unified Process - domain model, system sequence diagram and operation contracts
7. Software Architecture - layered architecture, package dependencies and their elimination, model-view separation
8. Architectural Patterns - Model-View-Controller (MVC), Presentation-Control-Entity-Mediator-Foundation (PCMEF), Model-View-Presenter (MVP)
9. Object-Oriented Design - Responsibility-Driven Design (RDD), GoF design patterns, GRASP
10. The Principles of Object-Oriented Design - SOLID principles, object visibility and scope
11. Software Development - Test-Driven Development (TDD), code refactorisation
12. Anti-pattern and Best Practices in Software Development
13. Practices, Examples and Demonstrations of Software Design and Development

• Informal requirement specification of a given part of an information system being solved as the project.
• Requirements specification and design of the of the system in UML.

• Mid-term written examination - 15 point
• Evaluated project with the defense (four partial submissions) - 34 points
• Final written examination - 51 points; The minimal number of points which can be obtained from the final exam is 20. Otherwise, no points will be assigned to the student.

Exam prerequisites:
Duty credit consists of submitting and defending project results, and of obtaining at least 24 points for activities during semester.

Duty credit consists of submitting and defending project results, and of obtaining at least 24 points for activities during semester.