UNIVERSITY of NORTHUMBRIA at NEWCASTLE

UNIT DESCRIPTOR

CM039-BUSINESS CASE PROJECT

FOR ACADEMIC YEAR 2000

UNIT TITLES

ACTUAL : BUSINESS CASE PROJECT

ADMINISTRATIVE: BUSINESS CASE PROJECT (BSC)

UNIT INFORMATION

IT IS OF LEVEL 3,SIZE 1 AND IT WORTH 10 CREDIT POINTS.THIS UNIT IS NOT A YEAR LONG TAUGHT UNIT AND WAS NOT EVOLVED.IT IS NOT CURRENTLY OBSOLETE.

UNIT OWNERSHIP

THE UNIT TUTOR IS JULIE HORTON.

IN THE DIVISION OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING.

IN THE SCHOOL OF COMPUTING AND MATHEMATICS

IN THE FACULTY OF ENGINEERING, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

UNIT EXTERNAL INFORMATION

THE COST CENTRE IS COMPUTING SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

AND THE PRICE GROUP IS B

THE HESA SUBJECT IS COMPUTING SCIENCE

Synopsis of Unit:

A brief overview of aims, contents, methods and assessment

This unit will provide students with the oppununity to apply the wide\line range of development skills (specification, design and implementation)to non trival,real-world business information systems problem.Working as part of a development team they will be expected to deliver a quality system product to a client in a very professional manner.

Prerequisite(s):

Any Unit which must already have been taken at a lower level,or any stipulated level of prior knowledge required

Either

CM043 Stuctured System Analysis and

CM050 Stuctured System Design or

CG020 Object-oriented Modelling 3

Corequisite(s):

Unit at the same level which must taken with this unit.

none.

Implications for Choice:

possible follow-on Units, or exclusions, or Units which require this one as a prerequisite.

None.

AIMS OF UNIT:

Specified in terms of general aim of the teaching in its relation to the subject.

1.To enable students to apply a wide range of development skills to a set of non trival,real-world business information systems

2.To provide the students with an opportunity to work as part of a development team in delivering a quality system product.

3.To enable students to demostrate a high degree of professionalism in their approach to developing and delivering a system product.

Learning Outcomes:

Specific in terms of performance capability to be shown on completion of the Unit.

on completion of this unit students should be able to :

1. select appropriate requirements and dsign and implementation strategies and methods for a business information system problem

2. apply a single well-integrated requirements and design method to a business informatio system problem.

3. prototype a business information system design using an appropriately selection \par development technique and tool.

4. apply appropriate planning and quality assurance techniques.

5. work to appropriate technical standards for documention,quality control and system integrity.

6. work to appropriate professional standards for system development and for conducting relationship with clients.

Outline Syllabus:

The content of the Unit,identified in a component listing.\line \line The business system context and problem domain will be non-trivial but sufficiently focussed to allow the full range of development tasks to be complete d.In selecting the project context,problem domain and deliverables,the following criteria should be met:-

1. They should closely reflect the context and problem domain of real world business information system;

2. Tasks and deliverables,should include system specification,design and prototyping.

3. Student support should be given and project review and assessment undertaken in a consultant client context;

4. The system specification and design should include a significant database component.

A prescribed case study(eg JR)will be followed by all teams.

Teaching And Learning Strategies:

Students will work in project terms, subject to regular self-review and periodic monitoring by unit tutors.Given clear and comprehensive briefing documentation,teams will ca rry out tasks unsupervised but weekly tutorials withy staff will be available on demand.

This unit will involve:

Indicative Reading List or Other Learning Resources:

(Note:all references to be given as per Harvard System)

Project Briefing Documentation

Unit Delivery Details - Notional Students workload (Hours)

Unit Summative Assessment

Assessment A

This assessment is Structured Walkthrough

The Weighting of this assessment is 50%

it does not have an examination

The week(s) due are 0.7

Assessment B

This assessment is Prototype demonstration

The Weighting of this asessment is 50%

it does not have an examination

The week(s) due are 14

Courses on Which this Unit is used: