| Week | Information Assignments due in one week unless otherwise stated |
|---|---|
| Week #1 Assignments Week of January 20th |
Read chapter #1 and #2 in the text. The text is available at the text book site. Explore some of the information and resources at the text book site. Text book site You should also acquire case tool software to experiment with. There is a list of case tools at the text book site and there is a trial version of Visible Analyst that is used in the book available at Visible Start to acquire some sample software for use later in this course. These are some that I have found, you can look for your own. Assignments: Information on software demos for this course First e-commerce assignment: eCommerce |
| Week #2 Assignments Week of January 27th |
Read chapter #3 in the text. There are also some links on the site and some information and resources at the text book site. Check them out. Assignments: Do the assignments for New Century Health Clinic in chapter #1, chapter #2 and chapter #3. In chapter #3, you will have to try to imagine the interview so in fact #5 cannot be done. |
| Week #3 Assignments Week of February 3rd |
Read chapter #4 in the text. Look for some resources on data flow diagrams on the web to supplement your reading. This week we will also focus on decision tables so I would like you to read the handout on decision tables that is posted at the site and the handout on decision table examples. There are also some links on the site and some information and resources at the text book site. Assignments: Decision table assignment Do the assignment for New Century Health Clinic in chapter #4. |
| Week #4 Assignments Week of February 10th |
Read chapter #5 in the text even though we will still focus on the information
in chapter #4. Assignments: Data Flow Diagram assignment Do the assignment for New Century Health Clinic in chapter #5. |
| Week #5 Assignments Week of February 17th |
Read chapter #6 in the text. Be sure to check for notes under notes and handouts that would be helpful in understanding the analysis phrase. Assignments: Project: (this should be done over a couple of weeks) Develop a PowerPoint presentation that will explain the analysis of the Clinic and your recommended results from the analysis. Analysis/Powerpoint assignment Any questions related to the New Centryary Health Clinic that you do not include in the PowerPoint presentation should be answered and submitted. |
| Week #6 Assignments Week of February 24th |
Read chapter #7. Assignments: Do the assignment for New Century Health Clinic (chapter #7). |
| Week #7 Assignments Week of March 3rd |
Read chapter #8 in the text. Read the design notes overview: Design notes Be sure to check out the text book site for other information on design and relational databases. Read the notes on data dictionaries. We will be doing some design work after chapter #9 and it is important to understand what can go into the data dictionary. Notes on data dictionaries Look back to chapter #4 and the detailed information on data dictionaries there. We need to focus on normalization. We will use Access or Oracle as the database to look at and there are a lot of Access and Oracle notes at this site. Be sure to read the information on relational databases and third normal forms and look at the PowerPoint slides on the topic. If you want additional information on Access you can also look under CIS61, if you want additional information on Oracle you can look at the notes under CIS50. Assignments: Do the assignment for New Century Health Clinic (chapter #8). |
| Week #8 Assignments Week of March 10th |
Read the next chapter, chapter #9. make sure you are comfortable with the concepts of DFDs and systems flowcharts. There is a presentation on DFD and a presentation on Systems Flowcharts that should be viewed. Also make sure you have viewed the presentations on relational databases and are comfortable with the concepts presented. Assignments: Do the assignment for New Century Health Clinic (chapter #9). Dairy System We will be working on this via email. First, I want you to decide on the output and input that would be produce and give me a list. Second, I want you to lay out the files needed for this database in a relational database using the rules of third normal form. Send me what you think in sketch form - in other words listing the fields and the keys. I will look at it and after we agree, I want you to implement the file design in Access or Oracle. After you have designed the files, you also need to pick one of the files to document in a Data Dictionary. Third, I want you to do a systems flowchart to show the flow of processing needed for the dairy system. Look at the powerpoint presentation on systems flowcharts relating to business. Read some information about systems flowcharts from the web. You might consider doing a DFD prior to the systems flow chart (extra credit). Again sketch it and let me view the results and discuss with you (via email). |
| Vacation Week Week of March 17th |
Hope you are enjoying vacation and being productive - hope you have been more successful at getting caught up than I have been! |
| Week #9 Assignments Week of March 24th |
Please read chapter #10. Read the notes under Business systems - notes for discussion. Your next project will be to test two of the business packages that I asked you to send away for and evaluate according to these notes. You should be sure that you have received these packages. Be sure you have looked at the powerpoint presentation on systems flowcharts relating to business. Read some information about systems flowcharts from the web. Assignments: Do the assignment for New Century Health Clinic (chapter #10). This week you should continue working on the dairy system. |
| Week #10 Assignments Week of March 31st |
Read chapter #11. Remember the business software packages that I asked you to send away for at the beginning of the semester - well now I want you to look at them! Assignment: Do the assignment for New Century Health Clinic (chapter #11). Evaluate two of the software packages. You want to understand what functions they can accomplish (payroll, order entry, accounts receivable, accounts payable, inventory etc.). You want to look at them related to the business notes I had you read and your own experience and evaluate whether they would work for a small company trying to set up a portion of their business with this software. Look at ease of use, whether the package works, whether it is flexible, whether in fact you could recommend it to a client. Continue working on the dairy system. |
| Week #11 Assignments Week of April 7th |
Please read chapter #12. You should be continuing to work on the dairy. Putting the dairy project together, I would like the following:
Do the assignment for New Century Health Clinic (chapter #12). |
| Week #12 Assignments Week of April 14th |
Read the ToolKit for the next few weeks - you should read all sections. Find out about a project manager - Microsoft has a version. Assignment: Write a one page paper explaining what project manager could be used for. |
| Week #13 Assignments Week of April 21st |
Check out the following site for drawing software: SmartDraw There are also tutorials at this site - for example, the tutorial for DFDs is: DFD Tutorial And examples: DFD Examples Looking at Entity Relation Diagrams: Entity Relation Diagrams Looking at Systems Flowcharts (variety of styles): Variety of Systems Flowcharts styles Interesting information on flow Read my notes on CPM and Pert charts as well as the notes in the book. CPM/Pert notes and then do the following assignment: Pert/CPM assignment I need to hear from you on the Dairy - the design needs to include diagramming, a layout of files (relational) and all that good stuff so lets start working on the plan. |
| Week #14 Assignments Week of April 28th |
Nothing new - just work on assignments! |
| Week #15 Assignments Week of May 5th |
Send me an email requesting the final and the status sheet. |