Information Systems Analysis

Code:

CINF044

Acronym:

ASI

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Information Science

Instance: 2019/2020 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Informatics Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor of Arts in Information Science

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
CINF	33	CINF - Study Plan	3	-	6	56	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The objectives of this course are to provide students with knowledge and skills on processes, techniques and requirements engineering models, including analysis tools in the context of organizational information systems analysis. It is intended that given a situation of potential introduction or development of an information system in an organization, the student is able to participate in and / or conduct an analysis process that leads to the definition of technical and organizational requirements of this system.

Learning outcomes and competences

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Skills
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It is intended to enable students with:

- technical skills for analyzing organizational processes and identifying, analyzing and specifying information system requirements;

- social skills to participate in project teams involved in the development of information systems in organizations.

It is also intended that students acquire a socio-technical attitude regarding the development of information systems in organizations, that is, that they regard development activities as always requiring a balanced and integrated intervention in technical, organizational and social terms.

Being approved at the UC, the students will be able to:

1. explain and discuss the importance of organizational analysis in the implementation and management of IS in the organization;
2. select and use modelling techniques for the representation and analysis of the various organizational perspectives involved in the specification and management of IS in the organizations;
3. apply the Business Process Modelling Notation (BPMN) e Class Diagrams (UML) in modelling an organization from the activity e de information perspectives;
4. explain and discuss the importance of the requirements engineering process and the roles of their actors in the success of a software system;
5. describe, select and apply techniques for requirements elicitation according to the context of the problem to solve;
6. describe, select and apply models and techniques for requirements representation;
7. structure and write a a requirements document; 

Working method

Presencial

Program

Part A - Modelling of the organization and information systems 

1. Conceptual modelling of activities and information

2. Multi-perspective modelling of the organization  

3. Introduction to Business Process Analysis

 

Part B - Analysis and specification of information systems 

3. Introduction to requirements engineering

4. Elicitation, analysis and negotiation of requirements

5. Documentation and requirements communication

 

Mandatory literature

Klaus Pohl; Requirements engineering. ISBN: 978-3-642-12577-5
Stephen A. White, Derek Miers; BPMN modeling and reference guide. ISBN: 978-0-9777527-2-0
Howard Podeswa; UML for the IT business analyst. ISBN: 978-1-59863-868-4

Complementary Bibliography

Hans-Erik Eriksson, Magnus Penker; Business modeling with UML. ISBN: 0-471-29551-5

Teaching methods and learning activities

The lectures focus on the discussion of the topics included in the content of the UC. For this, students will the reading list in the plan of UC. The discussion of issues is motivated by case studies, illustrative examples, examples of technologies, etc..

During the semester students will perform 3 or 4 small group projects which apply the knowledge acquired in concrete situations. Content created by these groups are managed by a content management system (wiki) making this practice part of learning. 

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	50,00
Participação presencial	10,00
Trabalho escrito	40,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de projeto	60,00
Estudo autónomo	50,00
Frequência das aulas	52,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

More than 40% in all the grading components.

Calculation formula of final grade

Exame: 50%

Projectos de grupo: 50%

 

0,5P+0,5EF 

P - projetos 
EF - nota do exame 

Classification improvement

Grade improvement can be made in the exam component.