Course Schedule
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Part One - Career Orientation and System Development Fundamentals
Class # |
Topic |
In-Class Activity |
Reading |
Assignments Due |
| 1 | Course Introduction | Review syllabus and policies Start forming groups |
None |
None |
| 2 | What’s an Information System? | Lecture: "Progressive Automated Claims Management System" | Chapter 1, pp. 1-20 "Work Week" "How NYNEX Boosts Customer Satisfaction" |
None |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | How Does this Stuff Get Built ?! What’s a "System Development Life Cycle?" What’s a "Methodology?" |
*** Quiz 2 *** Lecture: "The House-Analogy SDLC" Lecture: "Information System Development" (Chapter 3) |
Chapter 3 | None |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | Systems Demonstrations | *** Quiz 3 *** Online demonstrations of mainframe CICS systems and WWW-based systems. |
"On the Cutting Edge" | None |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | Competitive Information Systems | Group Exercise: "Competitive Analysis of Kent State other Regional Universities" (time permitting) | None |
None |
| 10 | Professional Orientation | Data Center Tour - Kent State Information Services | None |
None |
Part Two - Systems Analysis
Class # |
Topic |
In-Class Activity |
Reading |
Assignments Due |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | Data Modeling - Capturing Data Relationships on Paper | *** Quiz 4 *** Lecture: "Data Modeling" (Chapter 5) |
Chapter 5 | Case Milestone 1 (Except for "Feasibility Assessment) |
| 13 | Data Modeling (cont.) | Group Exercise: "JAD Data Modeling" | "IT Fiascoes… and How to Avoid Them" | None |
| 14 | Reserved Date | TBD | None |
None |
| 15 | Process Modeling - Capturing the Steps of Doing a Business Process on Paper | *** Quiz 5 *** Lecture: "Introduction to Process Modeling" |
Chapter 6 | None |
| 16 | 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 |
| 17 10/27 |
Object Modeling – The Newest System-Building Technique | Lecture: "Object Modeling" (Chapter 8) | "Will Big Spending on Computers Guarantee Profitability?" "SAP Sells Parts" Chapter 8 |
None |
Part Three - Systems Design
Class # |
Topic |
In-Class Activity |
Reading |
Assignments Due |
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| 18 10/29 |
Introduction to Systems Design - How Is it Different from Analysis? | *** Quiz 6 *** Lecture: "Systems Design and Construction" (Chapter 9) |
Chapter 9 | |||||
| 19 11/3 |
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 | ADW
Assignment 2 - Data Modeling Case Milestone 3 Only do Activities 1 and 2. |
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| 20 11/5 |
Application Architecture and Process Design (cont.) | Lecture: "Application Architecture and Process Design" (continued) | "Roadmap to the Extranet" | None |
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| 21 11/10 |
Database Design – Making Paper Databases Real | *** Quiz 8 *** Lecture: "Database Design" (Chapter 11) |
Chapter 11 | None |
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| 22 11/12 |
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) |
Case Milestone 4 due. Do Activities 1, 2, 5, 6. |
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| 23 11/17 |
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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| 24 11/19 |
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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| 25 11/24 |
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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| 26 12/1 |
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
Class # |
Topic |
In-Class Activity |
Reading |
Assignments Due |
| 27 12/3 |
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 |
| 28 12/8 |
Systems Support – Keeping Everything Working and Up-to-Date | Lecture: "Systems Support" (Chapter 18) | Chapter 18 | None |
| 29 12/10 |
Evaluations | *** Quiz 12 *** Course quality review KSU course evaluation |
"Still Waiting by the Phone?" | Case Milestone 10 |