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BCS Certificate in Systems Development Essentials
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Key areas include:
• examining how the systems development effort can be organised
• distinguishing between generic lifecycles
• exploring the DSDM Atern approach and roles
• looking at other Agile methods such as Scrum
• interpreting UML techniques, such as Use Case Diagrams and Class Diagrams
• considering other techniques that support iterative development, such as facilitated workshops, scenarios and hothousing
Introduction
• Characteristics of software quality
• The purposes, objectives and tasks of systems development
• Roles and responsibilities in systems development
• Technical and interpersonal skills of the business analysts and solution
developers
Systems architecture
• Enterprise, systems and infrastructure levels of architecture
• Inputs at an enterprise level
• Inputs at system and infrastructure level
• Model Driven Architecture
Development approaches
• Bespoke development
• Commercial off the shelf (COTS) software package solutions
• Configuring and customising COTS software package solutions
• Component-based systems development
• Service-based solutions and other approaches
• Evolutionary prototyping
Systems development lifecycles
• Waterfall model
• V model
• Incremental model
• Spiral (evolutionary) model
• Advantages and disadvantages of each approach
• Selection of an appropriate development approach
Methods and approaches
• Detailed study of the Agile approach including life cycle, deliverables and roles
• Iterative systems development using the DSDM Atern methodology
• Other agile development methodologies (The Unified Process (UP), Scrum,
eXtreme Programming)
Modelling techniques
• Models of the Unified Modeling Language (UML)
• Interpretation and principles of:
• Use case diagram
• Use case description
• Class diagram
• State machine diagram
• Validating models using a CRUD matrix
Requirements in an Agile environment
• Fact finding approaches:
• Workshops
• Interviewing
• Questionnaires
• Scenario analysis, storyboarding, user stories and hot-housing
• Model office and focus groups
• Functional requirements definition
• Non-functional requirements definition
• Documenting & prioritising requirements
• Human aspects of systems investigation and introducing change
Iterative systems development
• Features of iterative development approach
• Prototyping
• Categories of prototype
• Timeboxing
• Prototype development plans
Systems design, implementation and maintenance
• Design principles and constraints (legal, ethical, financial)
• Systems deployment and hand over
• Post-implementation reviews
• Different types of maintenance
• Estimation and development planning
Quality assurance
• Definitions of software quality
• The V model
• Requirements-driven testing
• Static testing: types of walkthrough and inspection
• Post-project reviews
CASE and CAST tools
• Features of Computer-aided Software Engineering (CASE) and Computeraided
Software Testing tools (CAST)
• Life-cycle coverage
• Requirements traceability
• Advantages and disadvantages of software development support tools
BCS certificates
This course prepares delegates to sit the one-hour, open book, examination leading to the certificate in Systems Development Essentials offered by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT. The certificate is a core module in the BCS Diploma in Solution Development and is also a specialist practitioner module in the BCS Diploma in Business Analysis. The exam is not included.
Course Duration | 3 Days |
Location | Various |
Examination | Not included |