DESC 495: Information Systems Design and Implementation

The main objective of this course is to expose students to the concepts, tools, and techniques they need to transform the information system requirements, resulting from the system analysis phase, into system design specifications, and to transform the information system design specifications, resulting from the system design phase, into a working system. Topics include data and process analysis and design to distribute data and activities into design units; development of database specifications, input/output design specifications, user interface specifications and structured program design specifications; system implementation activities; and project repository. Besides the formal lectures, assigned exercises, workshop and in-class discussions, students will be asked to apply system design tools and techniques to a specific business application.

Key resources for this course

• Course outline
• Semester schedule
• Term project
• Textbook website

PowerPoint slides

• Publisher's original slides
• Introduction and overview
• Chapter 12: Systems Design
• Chapter 13: Application Architecture and Modeling
• Chapter 14: Database Design
• Chapter 15: Output Design and Prototyping
• Chapter 16: Input Design and Prototyping
• Chapter 17: User Interface Design
• Chapter 19: System Construction and Implementation
• Chapter 20: Systems Operation and Support

Other course resources

• Study guides
  • Test 1
  • Test 2
• Course documents
  • Academic Integrity
  • Honour Pledge
  • JMSB Peer Assessment System
    • Student Handout - brief instructions
    • Student Technote - detailed technical instructions
• Other useful information
  • Concordia University Student Parents Centre (CUSP), a student service on campus which assists students with dependent children
  • Careers in MIS
  • Career Centre information
  • Official Concordia regulations for final examinations