Information and Decision Sciences

IDS 505 Business Information Systems Analysis and Design

Credit hours 4 hours
Catalog description Analysis, design and development of information systems. Management concerns in systems design, development, and evaluation. Includes a project at an outside company or University office.
Key topics
  • Introduction to Systems Analysis and Design
  • System Development Life Cycle
  • Feasibility Systems Study
  • System Requirements and Charting
  • Selling the System, Cost/Benefit Analysis
  • Forms and records
  • Design of the Systems and Controls
  • Project management
  • Procedure Writing, Implementation
Prerequisites for this course IDS 500; or consent of instructor
Course(s) for which this is a prerequisite IDS 514, IDS 516, IDS 519, IDS 520, IDS 521, IDS 522, IDS 523, IDS 526, IDS 527, IDS 529
Required course for Core course for MS in MIS Students
MBA Students with Concentration/Specialization in MIS
Elective course for MBA Students with a Concentration in E-Commerce
Frequency of offering Fall
Recent offerings, instructors, syllabi Fall 2005 Evaristo
Fall 2004 Naiman
Planned offerings Fall 2006
Cross-listings None
Comments A student who has taken IDS 405 must see an adviser to determine whether another graduate course from IDS, Mathematics, or EECS must be substituted for IDS 505.