IS208: Analysis of Information Organizations and Systems

Text Information & Tentative Schedule (Spring 2000)

Texts & Software:

Required:

Alan Dennis & Barbara Haley Wixom, Systems Analysis and Design (John Wiley, 2000).
(This link is to the textbook web site.)

A course reader with many of the assigned articles is available at Copy Central.

Recommended:

SPSS 9.0 for Windows, Student Version (Prentice-Hall, 1999). (Do not purchase before obtaining additional information at the first class.)

Other useful software:

• Microsoft Project 98

• VISIO Pro 5.0

(Both are available in the lab; you may want to acquire your own copies, but this is completely optional.)

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Topics and Schedule

This is a tentative list. Last updated February 9, 2000. See below for due dates for all assignments.
 

DATE	TOPIC	PROFESSOR
18-Jan	Introduction	Yale Braunstein
20-Jan	Project Identification and Selection	Yale Braunstein
25-Jan	Goals Requirements and Objectives	Yale Braunstein
27-Jan	Constraints	Yale Braunstein
1-Feb	SA Study, Project Reports	Yale Braunstein
3-Feb	Project Management	Yale Braunstein
8-Feb	Gathering Information – Quantitative Methods	Peter Lyman
10-Feb	Gathering Information – Qualitative Methods	Peter Lyman
15-Feb	Statistical Analysis	Yale Braunstein
17-Feb	Statistical Analysis	Yale Braunstein
22-Feb	Statistical Analysis	Yale Braunstein
24-Feb	Cost Analysis	Yale Braunstein
29-Feb	Cost Analysis	Yale Braunstein
2-Mar	Budgeting	Peter Lyman
7-Mar	Budgeting & Planning	Peter Lyman
9-Mar	Flow Charts	Yale Braunstein
14-Mar	Decision Tables	Yale Braunstein
16-Mar	Data Flow Diagrams	Yale Braunstein
21-Mar	Implementation & Evaluation	Peter Lyman
23-Mar	Knowledge Management	Peter Lyman
4-Apr	KM & Intellectual Property	Peter Lyman
6-Apr	Knowledge Work	Peter Lyman
11-Apr	Knowledge Work	Peter Lyman
13-Apr	Knowledge Work	Peter Lyman
18-Apr	Working with Change	Peter Lyman
20-Apr	Working with Change	Peter Lyman
25-Apr	Working with Change	Peter Lyman
27-Apr	Student Presentations
2-May	Student Presentations
4-May	Student Presentations

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Assignments & Due Dates

Last updated March 9, 2000.  Follow the links for a detailed explanation of each assignment.
 
 

Thursday	February 3	Project Description & MGO
Thursday	February 10	GANTT Chart
Tuesday	February 15	Gathering Information Exercise
Thursday	March 2	Statistics Assignment
Thursday	March 9	Budget Assignment
Tuesday	March 21	Flow Chart or Data Flow Diagram
Thursday	March 23	Revised GANTT Chart
Tuesday	April 4	Progress Reports Due
Thursday	April 6	Exercise: UC DMCA compliance policies
Thursday	April 13	Facilitating Groups Exercise
Thursday	April 20	Presentations Exercise
Thursday	May 4	Final Project Reports Due

Project description & MGO: One-page description of your proposed project.  For group projects, turn in one description for the entire group and include a brief description of how the work-load will be allocated.  At the same time turn in two short (approx. 2 pages) statements of mission, goals, and objectives, one for your system and one for the parent organization.

GANTT chart: Show the major tasks necessary to complete your project and your projected schedule.  For a group project show your initial labor loadings.  Be certain to include the key dates of April 4 (progress report) and May 4 (final report).

Flow chart or DFD: Detailed, annotated flow chart of one operation of your system OR data flow diagram for one aspect of your system, preferably at two levels.

Revised GANTT chart: We are now approaching the half-way point.  Update your GANTT chart to reflect both the past as it actually occurred and the future that will be necessary to complete your project.  Hand in both the original and the revised charts.

Progress report: (Please note that is the first class after Spring Break.) The progress report should include at least the following:

• statement of the problem to be solved
• mission, goals, and objectives of the system,
• mission, goals and objectives of your study
• background information about the organization
• description of the existing system (as much as you understand)
• status of the project
• plans for completing the project on-time.

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