NU BCA 2nd year Syllabus 4th Semester (SAD 403)
Paper Code : SAD 403
Paper Name : System Analysis and Design (SAD)
Teaching Hours (Per
Examination Scheme
Week)
TH. Internal External Total
Pr. (hours)
(hours) Th. (marks) Th. (marks)
100 (marks)
4 30 70
Lectures = 68 Hours
Detailed Syllabus
UNIT I
16 Hrs.
System definition, Need for system development, Types of system, Types of user, System development
strategies, SDLC,Feasibilty study, Structured Analysis Development Strategies, Physical and Logical DFD,
Data Dictionary, System Prototype Method, Role of system analyst, System investigation :- Fact Finding
Techniques, Tools for Documenting Procedure & Decision ,Decision Tree, Decision Table, Structured
English. Academic and personal qualification of a system analyst, the multifaceted role of the system
analyst: change agent, investigator and motivator .Architect psychologist, politician. The analyst and
user interface; behavioral issues, conflict resolution.
UNIT II
12 Hrs.
Cost benefit analysis: cost and benefits determination. The system proposal. File structure, file
organization: sequential organization, indexed sequential organization, inverted list organization. Direct
access organization. Database design. Objectives of database, Key terms, normalization, role of
database administrator.
UNIT III
14 Hrs.
System Engineering and Quality Assurance, Design of software, Software design and documentation
tools, Structured Flowchart, HIPO, Warnier/Orr Diagrams, Testing and validation, types of testing,
Documentation, Managing System Implementation, Training, Conversion methods. Quality assurance:
quality assurance goals of the systems life cycle, levels of quality assurance. Approaches to reliability:
error avoidance, error detection.
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NU BCA 2nd year Syllabus 4th Semester (SAD 403)
UNIT IV
14 Hrs.
Introduction to UML, OO Development Life cycle and Modeling, static and Dynamic modeling,
Comparison of OO and Module-Oriented Approach, Modeling using UML.
Audit of Computer System Usage, Types of threats to Computer System and Control measures: Threat
and Risk Analysis, Disaster recovery and Contingency Planning, Viruses.
UNIT V
12 Hrs.
Meaning and role of MIS, System approach to MIS, types of information systems: Transaction Processing
System, Management Information System, Decision Support System, Expert System.
Case Studies: MIS for Accounting and Finance Function, MIS for Marketing System.
Book References:
1. James, A.S, Analysis and design of information systems, Mc Graw hill, New York, 1997
2. ‘A’ Level made simple Structured System Analysis and Design, BPB publications: Dr.Madhulika
Jain,Vineeta Pillai, Shashi Singh, Satish Jain
3. Effective Methods for Software Testing,William E.Perry
4. Venkata rao,v., System Analysis, design & MIS,BPB publications, 2000
5. Awad, Elias.,analysis and design, Galgotia publications pvt.Ltd.1998
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