Systems Development Essentials

What you will learn Holders of the BCS/ISEB Certificate in Systems Development Essentials should be able to:- Identify the tasks and disciplines required for systems development and the implementation of the development Describe the relationship between systems development and the wider term solution development Interpret business requirements and produce systems requirements Describe the commonly-used development lifecycles defined in the syllabus Select a particular development life cycle based on specific characteristics Describe in detail one method that embraces one (or more) of these generic lifecycles Describe the structure, activities and deliverables of this method Identify the key roles and responsibilities within the chosen method and describe how these can be used to form teams Describe, interpret and quality assure the key models that the selected method uses for defining the process, static and event perspectives of the system Explain the differences between logical and physical models Make effective use of different methods of interpersonal communications Quality assure the systems requirements documentation and models Identify different architectures for systems development solutions Conduct a quality review Explain how CASE, CAST and Application Lifecycle Management tools might be used to support the chosen method The format of the examination is a one hour (open book) written examination based on a scenario with 15 minutes reading time.