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Part One - Career Orientation and System Development Fundamentals
| Jan 20 | Course Introduction | Review syllabus and policies | ||
| Jan 22 | What’s an Information System? | Lecture: "Progressive Automated Claims Management System" | Chapter
1, pp. 1-20 "Work Week" "How NYNEX Boosts Customer Satisfaction" |
None |
| Jan 27 | Systems and Careers | ***
Quiz 1 *** Instructor’s comments on systems careers Video: "Euclid Service Suite" Video: "Systems Analysis Careers" |
Chapter
1 pp. 20-26 "Workforce Outlook: Skilled for Today, or Tomorrow?" "IS Takes Charge of Customer Service" See WWW site for summary of key points from Chapter 1 (optional). |
None |
| Jan 29 | Systems Orientation – Information System Building Blocks | Group Exercise: "Applying Systems Solutions to Real Organizations" | Chapter
2 See WWW site for summary of key points from Chapter 2 (optional). |
None |
| Feb 3 | How
Does this Stuff Get Built ?! What’s a "System Development Life Cycle?" What’s a "Methodology?" |
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Quiz 2 *** Lecture: "The House-Analogy SDLC" Lecture: "Information System Development" (Chapter 3) |
Chapter 3 | None |
| Feb 5 | How
Does this Stuff Get Built ?! (continued) What Is "CASE"? |
Lecture: "Information System
Development"
(Chapter 3) (continued) Excerpts from Texas Instruments CASE videos |
"Historical
Themes and Dimensions" (pp. 5-10)
"General Procedures for Doing ADW Practice Sheets" (Above two are not in the packet.) |
None |
| Feb 10 | Systems Demonstrations | ***
Quiz 3 *** Online demonstrations of mainframe CICS systems and WWW-based systems. |
"On the Cutting Edge" | None |
| Feb 12 | Why Does this Stuff Get Built? How Do Info Systems Lead to Profitability? |
Lecture: "Introduction to Information Technology and Competitive Advantage" | "A World Out of Work" | None |
| Feb 17 | Competitive Information Systems | Group Exercise: "Competitive Analysis of Kent State other Regional Universities" (time permitting) | None |
None |
| Feb 19 | Professional Orientation | Data Center Tour - Kent State Information Services | None |
None |
Part Two - Systems Analysis
Date |
Topic |
In-Class Activity |
Reading |
Assignments Due |
| Feb 24 | Getting Started on a System Project: Project Selection and System Specification; The Main Activities | Lecture: "Systems Analysis" (Chapter 4) | Chapter 4 | ADW Assignment 1 - Introduction |
| Feb 26 | Data Modeling - Capturing Data Relationships on Paper | *** Quiz 4 *** Lecture: "Data Modeling" (Chapter 5) |
Chapter 5 | Case Milestone 1 (Except for "Feasibility Assessment) |
| Mar 3 | Data Modeling (cont.) | Group Exercise: "JAD Data Modeling" | "IT Fiascoes… and How to Avoid Them" | None |
| Mar 5 | Reserved Date | TBD | None |
None |
| Mar 10 | Process Modeling - Capturing the Steps of Doing a Business Process on Paper | ***
Quiz 5 *** Lecture: "Introduction to Process Modeling" |
Chapter 6 | None |
| Mar 12 | Process Modeling (cont.) Modeling | Lecture: "Introduction to Process Modeling" (cont.) | For more advanced material on Process Modeling, see the Chapter 6 notes on the WWW site. (optional) | None |
| Mar 17 | Process Modeling (cont.) | Group Exercise: "Process Modeling" | "Will Big Spending on Computers Guarantee Profitability?" | None |
| Mar 19 | Object Modeling – The Newest System-Building Technique | ***
Quiz 6 *** Lecture: "Object Modeling" (Chapter 8) Video: "World Business Review, with Caspar Weinberger" |
Chapter
8 "SAP Sells Parts" |
Case Milestone 3 has been moved to April 7. Only do Activities 1 and 2. |
Part Three - Systems Design
Date |
Topic |
In-Class Activity |
Reading |
Assignments Due |
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| Mar 31 | Introduction to Systems Design - How Is it Different from Analysis? | Lecture: "Systems Design and Construction" (Chapter 9) | Chapter 9 | ADW Assignment 2 - Data Modeling | ||||
| Apr 2 | Application Architecture and Process Design – How Do we Turn Paper-Processes into Real Systems? | *** Quiz 7 *** Lecture: "Application Architecture and Process Design" (Chapter 10) |
Chapter 10 | None |
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| Apr 7 | Application Architecture and Process Design (cont.) | Lecture: "Application Architecture and Process Design" (continued) | "Roadmap to the Extranet" | Case Milestones 3 and 4 due. For Milestone 3, do Activities 1, 2. For Milestone 4, do Activities 1, 2, 5, 6. | ||||
| Apr 9 | Database Design – Making Paper Databases Real | *** Quiz 8 *** Lecture: "Database Design" (Chapter 11) |
Chapter 11 | None |
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| Apr 14 | Database Design (cont.) | Lecture: "Data Analysis" | "Strike it Rich!" "Is Datamining Ready for the Masses?" "Discover the Diamonds in Your Data Warehouse" "Better, Faster, Smarter Data Mining" (one-page advertisements) |
None |
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| Apr 16 | Input Design and Prototyping | *** Quiz 9 *** Group Exercise: "Input and Editing Design Challenge" (Chapter 12) |
Chapter
12 See WWW site for summary of key points from Chapter 12 (optional). |
ADW
Assignment 3 - Process Modeling |
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| Apr 21 | Output Design and Prototyping | Group Exercise: "Output Design Competition" (Chapter 13) | Chapter 13 "Cut and Paste Your Way to a Powerful Prototype" See WWW site for summary of key points from Chapter 13 (optional). |
None |
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| Apr 23 | User Dialog Design and Prototyping – Exchanging Information with the System | *** Quiz 10 *** Lecture: "User Interface Design and Prototyping" (Chapter 14) |
Chapter 14 | None |
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| Apr 28 | Software Design – Making Paper Programs Real | Lecture: "Software Design" (Chapter 15) | Chapter 15 "Even High-Tech has Someplace to Go – India" |
Case
Milestone 8 Case Milestone 9 |
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Part Four - Systems Implementation and Systems Support
Date |
Topic |
In-Class Activity |
Reading |
Assignments Due |
| Apr 30 | Systems Implementation – Building and Deploying the Actual Systems | ***
Quiz 11 *** Lecture: "Systems Implementation" (Chapter 17) |
Chapter
17 "Anna Jaques Hospital Automates Its Software Testing" |
ADW Assignment 4 - Screen and Report Design |
| May 5 | Systems Support – Keeping Everything Working and Up-to-Date | Lecture: "Systems Support" (Chapter 18) | Chapter 18 | None |
| May 7 | Evaluations | ***
Quiz 12 *** Course quality review KSU course evaluation |
"Still Waiting by the Phone?" | Case Milestone 10 |
| May 11 | Final Exam for 1:45 section: 12:45 - 3:00 | |||
| May 14 | Final Exam for 12:15 section: 12:45 - 3:00 |