LIS 486 Systems Analysis in Information Services

From a foundation of systems theory, the software- and systems-development life cycle, intergroup communication, Systems Analysis & Design considers all aspects of the analysis of information systems documentation (needs analysis, feasibility study) and improved systems design (logical and physical design [e.g., technical needs; input and output requirements such as forms, screens, reports, networking, pseudocoding, UML and object-data models, SQL, evaluation and documentation]). The course also covers management, personnel, and resource issues of project management, such as "build-or-buy" analysis & communicating with user groups. By casting libraries as small enterprises, students work with a specific library information systems project, such as a digital library project, to construct a professional-grade project analysis, in the form of a project portfolio, and present their analysis to the class. Prerequisite: LIS 488 or LIS 460.