MBA 535 Systems Analysis & Design

Credit Hours: 3
Spring 2015
Professor:
Office:
Office Phone:
E-Mail:
Office Hours:

Dr. Gary Margot

203 Dauch
(419) 289-5234
gmargot@ashland.edu
Monday 11:00 1:00 pm, Tuesday and Thursday 2:00 3:00 pm

Course Materials:
Shelly and Rosenblatt, Systems Analysis and Design, Tenth Edition, Course
Technology
Prerequisites:
None
Course Description:
This course is designed for those who want to equip themselves with business systems
analysis and design skills, which is a specific category of information systems dealing
with methodologies and procedures to analyze business needs in evaluation existing and
proposed systems. The course will examine the life cycle of an information system

from initial business problem through system development, implementation, and

maintenance. Students will follow the development of various systems through
the use of select business cases. This course will address issues important to
managers when considering the big picture of providing the right information to
the right person in the right format at the right time.
Student Learning Outcomes:
The overall objective of this course is to introduce the student to the basic
concepts and terminology utilized in systems analysis by covering the following
topics: managers and information, organizational issues, computer technology,
systems analysis and design, examples of information systems, and special
management concerns. The overall course outcomes involve giving the student
the concepts and skills needed to analyze and information systems.
This course will address three business college level outcomes which include
specialized business knowledge, managerial thinking skills, and communication.
In addition, this course will address the critical thinking competency.

Specific student learning outcomes:

1. Describe the major alternative methodologies used in developing information
systems and the considerations involved in choosing which methodology to use.
2. Produce appropriate systems documentation at each point in the analysis and
design of an information system, and to do so with clarity and completeness.
3. Analyze a business need for information and to develop an appropriate strategy to
solve the problem and provide the required information service.
4. Prepare and use various information gathering techniques for eliciting user
information requirements and system expectations.
5. Communicate effectively, in both written and oral form, and to be persuasive in
these presentations.
Student Assessment Criteria:
Cases (6 @ 30 Points Each)
4 Tests (4 @ 50 Points Each)
Presentation (1 @ 30 Points Each)
Class Project
Total Points
Grading Policy:
94-100 A
90-93 A-

180
200
30
40
450

87-89 B+
84-86 B
80-83 B-

77-79 C+
74-76 C
70-73 C-

67-69 D+
64-66 D
60-63 D-

Teaching Methodology:
The teaching methodology used in this course will be a combination of lecture
and student participation. Outside material will be incorporated in the course to
further facilitate the text.
Course Guidelines:
1. The Ashland University Academic Integrity Policy is in force.
2. Students with documented disabilities who require academic adjustments for this
class are requested to contact me to discuss reasonable accommodations. While not
required, it is in the best interest of the student to have this conversation early in the
semester. In order to receive academic adjustments paperwork from Disability
Services must be provided to document this need. Disability Services is located in
105 Amstutz, extension 5953.
3. All assignments are to be completed and handed in on time as indicated by the
attached schedule. No make-up or late acceptance on exams, labs, or the abstract
paper will be approved unless granted in advance by the professor.
Makeup exams will be given only in the case of an unforeseen, documented
emergency or for a significant reason approved in advance by the professor.

4. It is the responsibility of the student to attend classes regularly, and to complete

assignments prior to class.
5. Please turn off cell phones and any audible device during classes. Please do not hold
private conversations during class as it is distracting to both the instructor and to the
other students in the class.

Schedule:
Session
1
January 31

2
3
February 14

4
5
February 28

6
7
March 14

8
9
March 28

10
11
April 18

12

Topic

Readings

Introduction to Course
Introduction to Systems Analysis and Design Chapter 1
Analyzing the Business Case
Chapter 2
Managing Systems Projects
Chapter 3

Angel Case 1
Requirements Modeling
Data and Process Modeling
Presentation Groups 1and 2
Test 1 (Chapters 1 3)

Chapter 4
Chapter 5

Angel Case 2
Development Strategies
Presentation Groups 3 and 4
Test 2 (Chapters 4 - 5)

Chapter 7

Angel Case 3
Output and User Interface Design
Data Design
Presentation Groups 5 and 6

Chapter 8
Chapter 9

Angel Case 4
Managing Systems Implementation
Managing Systems Support and Security
Presentation Group 7
Test 3 (Chapters 7 9)

Angel Case 5
Class Project
Test 4 (Chapters 11 12)

Angel Case 6

Chapter 11
Chapter 12