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Week 3

Requirements Gathering:

We all know about the different techiniques for information gathering 'reviewing existing documents, interviews, observation ect...' and what each strength and weeknesses assocated with these are. This week we looked at how a system analyist would go about aquiring the information needed to create the system from its users.

We identified that users dont always work the way the organisation created system works so the correct way and acctual way of doing something has to be identified during this process.

There are two types of requirements functional (activities systems must proform) and non-functional (such as useability, reliability, and security requirements).

PODCASTS: I cant help but think that this topic was brought up in the tutes as a way of infulencing more individuals to sign up for the unit podcast.. *casts a disparaging look*

Amusing facts: Tutor has left the room twice to take calls :P

Week 2

(Week 2)

There was a lot of information to take in in the lecture! We covered the SD methodology and the different approachs (waterfall, overlap, itteration) to SD.

The tute was a repeat of the last one, which was just inforcing the skills we learnt in the first one.

Update: oops i just made this post in the last two minutes of the tute and was going to come back to it. So now here i am :P

Yeah ok as i was saying there was a lot of information! But its basically information we have covered either in earilier units or VCE. So im not too worried about how much we had to absobe but i have gone over it again just to make sure i know the majority of the imformation.

Till next we meet,
Paul

I LEFT HOME EARLY!

Sitting I’m my tute wondering what is the appropriate amount of time I should stay if the tutor hasn’t turned up… You would think what half an hour? (24 minutes and counting :P). Im going to try and battle on by myself.

Wish me Luck

Till next we meet,
Paul

(UPDATE: 29 minutes, ow his lucky)

Tute one

Good start to the unit paul, 10 minutes late to the first tute! Grr over an hour with the traffic! (Yet still arrive before it begins)

Ok so the tute has started off a bit slow, first we discussed what a system is and what the role of a systems analysis is. I think it was very important that we did this because everyone was still a little iffy about what these were in relation to the unit, people were getting confused with an information system rather than just a system.

The exercise was to divide into groups and select a subsystem of the water supply system. We selected the distribution system, and had a bit of a hard time identifying the stages in which the water must go through to reach the end consumers. None of the websites that were linked as extra resources provided a clear outline of the processors that take place (or rather we couldn’t find the relative material on the resources provided). We sat down and logically thought about how the system worked and then created, what would probably be very simplistic in relation to real life, staged process.

Overall i believe it served its purpose, a simplistic introduction to how a systems analyst tackles a problem that wasn’t overloaded with information we will never remember, nor need.

Week one over and only twelve more to go!

Till next we meet,
Paul

Exciting News!

*Exciting news*, im starting another blog! Unfortunately it will just be filled with posts about my FIT2001 unit, (its a hurdle to pass the subject) but im sure if you squint really really hard it could almost look interesting :P... almost.

So far week one has gotten off to a good start, we were introduced to POD (Peter O'Donnell) who can best be described as a character. His enthusiasm and quirky attitude has been unanimously deemed as a plus, and i personally believe it will make covering the material seem a lot less like a chore (well thats enough ego rubbing i think, my hands are getting tired).

We have been told that the first assignment will be presented in an mp3 format. This has me a little worried simply because i hate ambiguity, its far easier when you have a clear direction. But i can definitely see the positive aspects of this option, in a real life situation we would be relying heavily on notes that we have taken and because we will be allowed a follow up (speaking to the tute in a mock interview) for clarification im less worried about the apprehensions i currently feel.

My first tute is tomorrow so ill try and complain some more then.

Till next we meet,
Paul