Week 7 (October 2 – October 8)

Tuesday, October 3 (9:30 A.M. – 11:30 A.M., LISB 53) Class Session 7
Topics	Review solutions to previous week's assignment. Documenting Functional Requirements (Waterfall)
Required Readings	Spurrier & Topi: Chapter 8
Optional Readings	IBM (2004) . Activity diagrams: What are they and how to use them
Required Recordings	Lecture Video: Introduction to Use Cases and Use Case Diagrams . Please note that this lecture was recorded for an earlier course where we were learning how to draw use case diagrams. I have included it here because it addresses use cases from a helpful general point of view. Nevertheless, you will not be required to draw use case diagrams for this course. Lecture Video: Creating Use Case Specifications
Other Resources	Sample Use Case Diagram for Student Attendance System Sample use case specification for Log Attendance MS Word template file for use case specifications

Friday, October 6 (2:00 P.M. – 3:00 P.M., Zoom) Optional Session
Lab Session	On Friday afternoons from 2:00 PM till 3:00 PM, I will be holding an optional Lab Session using Zoom. Please drop by to ask a question, to discuss solutions to previous assignments, to get help with the current assignment, to discuss the final project, or just to say hello. Please use a headset while participating.

Sunday, October 8, @ 11:55 P.M. Weekly Assignments Deadline
Computing Setup	Install LucidChart Description: We will be using LucidChart as the diagrammer for this course. In this activity, we access LucidChart using our browser. We can begin using LucidChart immediately using the version that is free to everyone. Nevertheless, you should apply immediately for a LucidChart free education license. This is free to university students and it will allow you to create more diagrams than the version that is free to everyone. Lucidchart . Lucidchart makes a limited version of its diagrammer free-to-everyone. You can sign up for a free account here. Lucidchart free educational license . Lucidchart can provide a free educational license to students who apply. This page has a link for signing up for a free student license. In the past, there have been some delays in getting these free student licenses approved. If this happens to you, use the free-to-everyone license described above while you wait for approval of your free student license.
Written Assignments Due	Use Case Specification and Activity Diagram Practice Assignment Description: You will be creating a use case specification and an activity diagram. Instructions for Use Case Specification and Activity Diagram Practice Assignment Tutorial Video: Creating a Use Case Specification With MS Word MS Word template file for use case specifications Tutorial Video – Activity Diagramming for Use Case Scenario Using LucidChart Grading Rubric for Use Case Specification and Activity Diagram Practice Assignment

Sunday, October 8, @ 11:55 P.M.
Weekly Assignments Deadline

Computing Setup

Install LucidChart
Description: We will be using LucidChart as the diagrammer for this course. In this activity, we access LucidChart using our browser. We can begin using LucidChart immediately using the version that is free to everyone. Nevertheless, you should apply immediately for a LucidChart free education license. This is free to university students and it will allow you to create more diagrams than the version that is free to everyone.
- Lucidchart . Lucidchart makes a limited version of its diagrammer free-to-everyone. You can sign up for a free account here.
- Lucidchart free educational license . Lucidchart can provide a free educational license to students who apply. This page has a link for signing up for a free student license. In the past, there have been some delays in getting these free student licenses approved. If this happens to you, use the free-to-everyone license described above while you wait for approval of your free student license.

Written Assignments Due

Use Case Specification and Activity Diagram Practice Assignment
Description: You will be creating a use case specification and an activity diagram.

Weekly Course Schedule – Fall 2023

IS446 A-Section – Systems Analysis and Design

Meets Tuesday Mornings

Week 7 (October 2 – October 8)