LEARNING OUTCOMES
This course introduces the information system development process to the students. During course the students will learn about the main development frameworks (E.g. waterfall, agile) and different ways of defining the system requirements as well as modeling the data flows and their organization in an information system. After the course, the students know the basics of the main tasks in the information systems development processes. They will also understand the multidisciplinary nature of this work and how the different tasks may be orchestrated to work together. Students will also learn to apply the knowledge they have learned to real-world problems.
Credits: 6
Schedule: 07.01.2025 - 18.02.2025
Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):
Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Riitta Hekkala
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Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: Finnish, English
CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD
Content
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Software development processes: Waterfall model, iterative development models, Agile methods in software development, Determining system requirements, Data flow model(s), Object oriented analysis (OOA), Entity-relationship model, Relational model, Normalization, System architectures and data structures, and Outsourcing.
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FURTHER INFORMATION
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Teaching Language: English
Teaching Period: 2024-2025 Spring III
2025-2026 Spring III