Reasserting the Fundamentals of Systems Analysis and Design through the Rudiments of Artifacts

Autor/inn/en	Jafar, Musa; Babb, Jeffry
Titel	Reasserting the Fundamentals of Systems Analysis and Design through the Rudiments of Artifacts
Quelle	In: Information Systems Education Journal, 10 (2012) 2, S.67-85 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1545-679X
Schlagwörter	Data Analysis; Design; Systems Development; Models; Business; Technology; Teaching Methods; Information Technology; Higher Education; Information Systems; Computer Science Education; Programming; Assignments; Computer Software + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Auswertung; System development; Systementwicklung; Analogiemodell; Business studies; Wirtschaft; Betriebswirtschaft; Technologie; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Informationstechnologie; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Computer science lessons; Informatikunterricht; Programmierung; Assignment; Auftrag; Zuweisung
Abstract	In this paper we present an artifacts-based approach to teaching a senior level Object-Oriented Analysis and Design course. Regardless of the systems development methodology and process model, and in order to facilitate communication across the business modeling, analysis, design, construction and deployment disciplines, we focus on (1) the ability to define the boundaries of the system through context analysis, (2) the separation between business needs and technology requirements (business requirements vs. software requirements specifications), (3) the clear separation between analysis and design (business-domain models vs. analysis models vs. design models), (4) the evolution of artifacts from domain artifacts, to analysis artifacts and to design artifacts, and (5) the application of abstractions, formal methods and patterns to produce the necessary design artifacts. Thus, we emphasize the transition from computation-independent models, to platform-independent models, to platform-specific implementation models. We assert that the qualities of the produced artifacts convey the essentials of a student's understanding of analysis and design. In this sense, as students engage the artifacts of design, they converse with the problem and solution space in a manner that strengthens their command of the interface between information systems and organizations. We assert that faculty teaching an Analysis and Design course should focus on the quality of artifacts that serve as the "meeting point or interface" between the problem space and the solution space rather than on the development methodology(s) and process model(s) involved. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01