Systems Development Themes

Introduction
An introduction to systems development

Perspectives on development

• Economic Aspects
• Life Cycle Concept
• Frameworks for Control
• The Rise of Agility
• Parameters of Development
• Theories of Organisation
• Managing Knowledge
• Creativity and the Design Process
• Teams in Development

Concepts

• Build the thing right (SDLC)
• Requirements
• Evaluation
• Implementation
• Maintenance
• Build the right thing (Interaction Design)
• Look
• Learn
• Try
• Ask

Exemplar cases

• The Avalanche case
• The Kongregate games case
• IONA 1 case
• IONA 2
• The Scrum proposal case
• Pixar 
• Tracey Kidder's Soul of the New Machine (Tom West and Data General)

And loads of practical exercises