Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:

Course Specific Skills:

1. Be aware of the sources and acceptable reasons for system project initiations

2. Understand the project review and selection process

3. Carry out a preliminary investigation to clarify and understand a project request

4. Evaluate information systems project requests

5. Derive Information Systems Performance Criteria

6. Distinguish the phases of requirements determination (systems analysis)

7. Determine and evaluate system outputs/reports/screens

8. Determine and evaluate system inputs/forms/screens

9. Align information system plans with organizational strategy

10. Understand the challenges of information systems planning

11. Evaluate the spectrum of techniques for information systems planning

Discipline Specific Skills:

12. Recognize the role of managers in selecting systems that are critical for the organization

13. Understand the crucial role of managers at the requirements determination and design phases

14. Recognize the importance of information systems planning

15. Understand the link between the organization’s strategy and information systems planning

16. Understand how organizations use information systems to achieve strategic objectives

17. Gain a practical perspective on how to create opportunities and add value through information systems

18. Identify the determinants of system success and failure

Personal and Key Skills:

19. Develop analytical skills for evaluating  information systems projects

20. Determine information systems performance criteria

21. Prepare an information systems project proposal

22. Evaluate an information systems project  proposal

23. Deliver detailed requirements during requirements investigation

24. Criticise system outputs/reports/screens

25. Criticise system inputs/forms/screens

26. Understand the changing world of information systems planning

27. Link the concepts covered in the course to real world applications