Individual Assessment
Cover page
| Unit Details |
Name | Systems Analysis and Design |
| Code | HI5030 | |
| Year, Trimester | 2023, Trimester 1 |
| Assessment Details |
Name | Individual Research Paper |
| Due Date and Week | 14 / 05 / 2023, Week 8 (Draft) 18 / 06 / 2023, Week 13 (Final) |
| Individual Student Details |
Student Number |
| First Name | |
| Family Name |
| Submission Declaration |
Integrity Declaration | I have read and understand academic integrity policies and practices and my assessment does not violate these. |
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Instructions
| Academic Integrity Information |
Holmes Institute is committed to ensuring and upholding academic integrity. All assessment must comply with academic integrity guidelines. Important academic integrity breaches include plagiarism, collusion, copying, impersonation, contract cheating, data fabrication and falsification. Please learn about academic integrity and consult your teachers with any questions. Violating academic integrity is serious and punishable by penalties that range from deduction of marks, failure of the assessment task or unit involved, suspension of course enrolment, or cancellation of course enrolment. |
| Format Instructions |
headings and page numbers. You must name your file with the Unit Code and Student ID (e.g. “HI5003- GWA1995”). Check that you submit the correct document as special consideration is not granted if you make a mistake. Student ID needs to be indicated on the cover page. |
| Penalties | All work must be submitted on Blackboard by the due date and time along with a completed Assessment Cover Page. Late penalties apply. Harvard Referencing. Penalties are associated with incorrect citation and referencing. |
Most assessments must be in MS Word format with no spacing, 11-pt Calibri
font and at least 2cm margins on all four sides with appropriate section
Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report, and listed
appropriately at the end in a reference list using Holmes Institute Adapted
Objective(s)
This assessment relates to the unit learning outcomes as in the Unit of Study Guide. This assessment
is designed to give students skills to explore latest system analysis and design trends, challenges, and
future directions.
Topic and Instructions
Systems Analysis and Design (SAD) is undoubtedly a pillar in the field of Information Systems (IS).
Some researchers have even claimed that System Analysis and Design is the field that defines the
Information Systems discipline and is the core of information systems. The past decades have seen
the development of Structured System Analysis and Design methodologies and Object-Oriented
Methodologies. In the early 1990s, key players in the field collaborated to develop the Unified
Modelling Language and the Unified Process. Agile approaches followed, as did other dynamic
methods. These approaches have still been used in the development of contemporary information
systems. At the same time, new approaches such as DevOps and DevSecOps continue to emerge. For
this assignment you need to explore these trends in System Analysis and Design. You need to write a
review of the past and the present Systems Analysis and Design approach in the research paper,
discusses current challenges, and provides insights that can assist Systems Analysis and Design
researchers to identify future Systems Analysis and Design research streams and important future
research directions.
Submission Guidelines
You are required to write a final report of no more than 2500 words (excluding the referencing). Your
report should be a single MS Word or OpenOffice document. Please do not use PDF as a submission
format. The report will require to have at least 10 references. All citations should be provided using
adapted Harvard referencing.
Structure of the paper should include:
• Title of research
• Abstract
• Introduction
• Literature Review
• Discussion (Challenges, insights)
• Conclusion (No summary of the report, provide a future direction for Systems Analysis and
Design research streams and direction)
• References
The draft submission should also have this structure with at least one paragraph written in each
section. The draft should be at least 1000 words and have at least 5 references.