1. Introduction

• Objectives and constraints of design
• The products of analysis

2. Input, Output and Interface Design

• The design boundary
• Output design and technology
• Input design and technology
• Dialogue types
• Dialogue modelling
• Prototyping the interface

3. Logical Data Design

• Principles of normalisation
• Building the normalised class model
• Aggregation and composition
• Inheritance

4. Logical Process Design

• Interaction Diagrams
• Sequence Diagrams
• Messages and polymorphism
• Collaboration Diagrams
• Structured English
• Data Action Diagrams

5. Physical Design

• Optimising the physical design
• Principles of physical data design
• Principles of physical process design
• Component and deployment diagrams

6. Systems Controls

• Risk in systems development
• Activity diagrams and statechart diagrams in control design
• controls
• Audit trails
• Legal requirements of the designer

7. Systems Implementation

• Testing
• File conversion
• Documentation
• Training
• Implementation strategies

8. Review

• Design objectives and constraints re-visited
• Systems development frameworks

ISEB certificates

This Systems Design training course prepares participants to sit a one-hour, open book, examination leading to the certificate in Systems Design and Implementation offered by the Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB). This certificate also earns two ‘credits’ towards the ISEB diploma in Systems Analysis. This course, together with the Analysis and Design Techniques also prepares participants to sit a one-hour, open book, examination leading to the certificate in Object Oriented Modelling offered by the Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB). This certificate earns one ‘credit’ towards the ISEB diploma in Systems Analysis.