BCS Certificate in Systems Development Essentials

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In Leeds, Manchester, Bristol and 2 other venues

£ 1,495 + VAT

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Description

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    Course

As people move into analysis, from either a business or technical background, they need to acquire a fundamental understanding of the systems development process, and the role and responsibilities of systems analysts and designers.

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Birmingham (West Midlands)

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On request
Bristol (Avon)

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Leeds (North Yorkshire)

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London
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Clerks Court 18-20 Farringdon Lane Clerkenwell, EC1R 3AU

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Manchester (Greater Manchester)

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On request

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Subjects

  • IT
  • Systems
  • IT Development

Course programme

The Role of the Systems Analyst and Designer

  • Identify the actors/roles and responsibilities within systems development and implementation
  • Characteristics of the systems analyst/designer

Systems Architecture

  • Different levels of architecture: Enterprise, Systems, Infrastructure
  • Inputs at: Enterprise level, Systems level, Infrastructure level
  • Impacts of design decisions

Development Approaches

  • Component-based
  • Evolutionary/iterative/agile
  • Bespoke development
  • Software package solutions
  • Other appropriate approaches

Systems Development Lifecycles

  • Waterfall
  • V model
  • Incremental
  • Spiral
  • Other appropriate lifecycles
  • Structure and content of a chosen representative method

Methodologies

  • How to interpret three representative models from the method, showing: Process perspective, Data perspective, Event perspective
  • Products within the chosen method

Systems Investigation

  • Interviewing
  • Other fact finding approaches: Workshops, Prototyping, Questionnaires, Scenario analysis, Observation, Documentation Analysis
  • Human aspects of systems investigation and introducing change

Defining Requirements

  • Functional Requirements Definition
  • Non-Functional Requirements Definition
  • Documenting system requirements

System Design, Implementation and Maintenance

  • Design principles and constraints (legal, ethical, financial)
  • Sign off and hand over
  • Aspects of the production environment
  • Post-implementation reviews
  • Different types of maintenance

Quality Assurance

  • Definitions of quality
  • Requirements-driven testing
  • Types of walkthrough and inspection
  • Post-project reviews
  • Service Level Agreements

CASE tools

  • Features
  • Lifecycle coverage
  • Requirements traceability
  • Advantages and disadvantages

Case Study

  • Throughout the course a case study is used to reinforce and practise the topics discussed

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