ISM4113 - Business System Design

Summer Semester, 2002

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Course Syllabus and Project Schedule Information

Course Syllabus - This link provides the complete course syllabus, including course requirements and tentative course schedule
Team Research Project and System Presentation Schedule - This link provides a schedule of group presentation dates.
System Development Project Description and Calendar of Activities - This link provides specific information regarding the development of a small information system.

Group Activities

The research project and system development project requirements will be completed as group activities. Currently there are twenty students enrolled in this course. Five groups of four people will be ideal for both group dynamics and project presentation schedules. While I understand that it is difficult to form groups while you are not attending classes, I ask you to try to form groups as soon as possible. Being able to communicate with groups will make our tasks much easier. Each group should elect/appoint a leader. The leader should send a group roster to me via e-mal as soon as possible. More information about groups and group requirements can be found in the Course Syllabus.

Course Resources and Information

Here is a (minimal) list of the contents of your system documentation "workbook"
Chapter 1 notes and some comments on systems theory
Chapter 5 notes and some examples to help your system design
Notes for Chapters 6 and 9 - these chapter notes are combined since the concepts are closely related
Follow this link to some VBasic code that illustrates how to access Access database files.
Some Group Contract Suggestions
Here is a link to a paper on the Future of E-Commerce which I recently presented at a conference. You may find it both interesting reading (hopefully) and a possible source of topics for your group research projects.
A guide on how to write "Official", which is to say a guide on how to NOT write reports
I am often asked by students about the differences between Management Information Systems and Computer Science. What is the difference between the majors, what are their primary focuses (focii?), and what jobs can MIS and CS majors expect upon graduation? The University of Missouri at St. Louis has (IMHO) an excellent presentation that addresses most (or all) of the questions that students typically ask. Visit their site for more information. (Thanks to Dr. Platt for finding this site)

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