1. IMS5024 Information Systems Modelling Review of topics

2. The examination • 3 hours duration, closed book • 5 questions, each 20 marks • answer all questions • read the questions carefully • answer the question asked, not the question you want to answer • some application of modelling techniques will be needed

3. Purposes • the Unit • the Exam • the Assignments

4. Modelling fundamentals • what is a model • the nature of models • logical equivalence

5. Types of models • product and problem oriented • conceptual and formal • Blum’s taxonomy

6. Representation • an object • a process • a record, a table, a star, a snowflake • an event • procedural flow

7. Relevance • a system to… • a system of relevance to… • Soft Systems Methodology

8. Combining views • the Class model, the STD, the EPC • the Class model, the DFD, the sequence diagram • the Class model, the ERD, the table

9. Shared concepts across views • operations or processes • events • structures of attributes

10. Good luck, study carefully