Sample course outline Computer Science General Year 12 – Semester 1 Unit 3 Developing computer-based solutions and producing spreadsheet and – – database solutions Key teaching points Week Knowledge Skills Course introduction overview of Semester 1 assessment requirements Systems analysis and development the concept of project management, including: 1 planning scheduling budgeting tracking types of system development methodologies prototyping system development life (SDLC) Systems analysis and development Systems analysis and development stages of the SDLC analyse context diagrams preliminary analysis document an existing system analysis create context diagrams using design Yourdon/Demarco notation, as a part of development the SDLC 2–3 implementation evaluation and maintenance systems development documentation as a part of the SDLC context diagrams using Yourdon/Demarco notation Systems analysis and development computer system hardware and software the concept of boot process storage capacities, including: bit byte kilobyte megabyte gigabyte terabyte 4–6 appropriate hardware components for a computer system designed for a specific purpose, including: input output processing storage (primary and secondary) the role of the standard operating environment (SOE)
Sample course outline Computer Science – General Year 12 Semester 1 – Unit 3 – Developing computer-based solutions and producing spreadsheet and database solutions Week Key teaching points Knowledge Skills 1 Course introduction overview of Semester 1 assessment requirements Systems analysis and development the concept of project management, including: planning scheduling budgeting tracking types of system development methodologies prototyping system development life (SDLC) 2–3 Systems analysis and development stages of the SDLC preliminary analysis analysis design development implementation evaluation and maintenance systems development documentation as a part of the SDLC context diagrams using Yourdon/Demarco notation Systems analysis and development analyse context diagrams document an existing system create context diagrams using Yourdon/Demarco notation, as a part of the SDLC 4–6 Systems analysis and development computer system hardware and software the concept of boot process storage capacities, including: bit byte kilobyte megabyte gigabyte terabyte appropriate hardware components for a computer system designed for a specific purpose, including: input output processing storage (primary and secondary) the role of the standard operating environment (SOE)