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• IT532 - SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
  This course examines methods and models that can be used to determine and document the requirements for an information system. Although the focus is on object-oriented development, much of the material is also applicable to structured systems development. Major topics include:
  • Fundamental concepts
    Systems, requirements, events, and objects.
  • Requirements specification
    Problem analysis, use cases, usage scenarios, interaction diagrams, and event identification.
  • Requirements analysis
    Event stimuli, business rules, event responses, system context models, domain object models, and state transition diagrams.
  • Preliminary design
    Mapping essential events into practical events and mapping domain object models into design object models.

  The various models are based on the Unified Modeling Language (UML).

  The next anticipated offering is Fall 2001.

  • Prerequisites: None

• IT533 - SYSTEMS DESIGN
  This course addresses the role of software architectures in the development of business application systems. Topics include:

  • Terminology
    Software architecture terminology; architecture dimensions; architectural styles; physical versus logical architectures.

  • Architectural Viewtypes and Styles
    Pipes and filters; object-oriented; event based; layered; repositories; distributed processes.

  • Process Architectures
    Centralized versus distributed architectures; distributed architectures including client server, peer-to-peer, and push.

  • Data Architectures
    Centralized versus distributed databases; relational versus object oriented databases.

  • Middleware Technologies
    Remote procedure calls; object middleware including DCOM and CORBA; message-oriented middleware.

  • Web-Based Architectures
    Enterprise Java Beans architectures; Microsoft .NET architectures; XML; SOAP.

  • Other
    Product line architectures; enterprise application integration architectures.

  The next anticipated offering is Spring 2003.

  • Prerequisites: IT532 or consent of instructor.