System Analysis and Design

• Characteristics of a System 
• General Systems Theory
• Manual and Automated Systems
• Real Life Business Sub-Systems
• System Environment and Boundary
• Elements of a System
• Control
• Feedback
• Computer-Based Business System
• Types of Systems
• Real-Time System
• Distributed Computing System
• Advantages of Distributed Computing System
• Disadvantages of Distributed Computing System
• Basic Principles of Successful Systems
• Structured System Analysis and Design (SSAD) Method
• Prototype
• Joint Application Development (JAD)
• System Models
• Introduction of System Analyst
• System Analyst as an Agent of Change
• System Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Documentation
• Contents of a Documents of a System
• Principles of System Documentation
• Interviews
• Questionnaires
• Presentations
• Cost Benefit Analysis
• Cash Flow Analysis
• Coupling
• Cohesion
• Warnier-Orr Diagram
• Definition of System Design
• Logical and Physical Design
• Data Flow Diagrams (DFD)
• Normalization
• Decision Tree
• Decison Tables
• Data Dictionary
• User Interface
• Performance Evaluation
• System Testing
• Modelling using UML
• UML Class Diagram
• UML Sequence Diagram
• Management Information System (MIS)
• MIS Role in an Organization
• Accounting Function
• Voucher (Transaction) File