mbad6124

MBAD 6124. BUSINESS SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT

INSTRUCTOR: DR.RAM L. KUMAR

OFFICE: 363 B FRIDAY BUILDING

OFFICE HOURS (FALL 2003): Tuesday:1PM -2 PM Thursday 1-2PM, 3.30-6.30PM

AND BY APPOINTMENT

COURSE DESCRIPTION

CATALOG DESCRIPTION

COURSE OVERVIEW
This course is intended for MBA students who expect to work with information systems in organizations. Some examples of positions that involve interaction with business information systems include systems analyst, business analyst, systems consultant, management consultant, and accountant. Students who expect to work in companies that develop or market software products to businesses will also find this course useful. The course will focus on the following major topics:

information systems and business processes
system requirements determination, modeling, and specification (using Visible Analyst or VISIO)
database design and implementation
managing systems development projects
outsourcing and application service providers
Knowledge Management

COURSE MATERIALS

REQUIRED BOOKS AND ARTICLES*

A) Dennis, Alan and Wixom, B.H. Systems Analysis and Design, Second edition, John Wiley and Sons

B) The following articles (to be downloaded and printed through the library site and article databases):

Davenport, T., Jarvenappa, S., and Beers, M. Improving Knowledge Work Processes", Sloan Management Review, Summer 1996, pp. 53-66.
El Sawy, O; Gosain, S., and Malhotra, A. IT-Intensive Value Innovation in the Electronic Economy: Insights from Marshall Industries. MIS Quarterly, September 1999, pp. 305-335.
Cooper, R., and Markus, L.M. Human Reengineering, Sloan Management Review, Summer 1995, pp. 39-50.
Martinsons, M., Davidson, R., and Tse, D.K.C. The Balanced Scorecard: A Foundation for the Strategic Management of Information Systems. Decision Support Systems, Feb99, Vol. 25 Issue 1, pp.71-87.
CIO on IT Value
Boehm, B.W. Software Risk Management: Principles and Practices. IEEE Software, January 1991, pp. 32-41.
Lacity, M., Wilcox, P., and Feeny, D. The Value of Selective IT Outsourcing. Sloan Management Review, Spring 96, pp. 13-25
Application Service Provision: Risk Assessment and Mitigation, MIS Quarterly Executive, June 2002, pp.113-125.
Davenport, T., Eccles, R.G., and Prusak, L. Information Politics, Sloan Management Review, Fall 1992, pp. 53-65
Davenport, T. Putting the Enterprise into the Enterprise System. Harvard Business Review, July 01, 1998, v. 76,

Keil, Mark and Robey, Daniel. Turning Around Troubled Software Projects: An Exploratory Study of the Deescalation of Commitment to Failing Courses of Action, Journal of Management Information Systems Vol. 15 No. 4 , Spring 1999 , pp. 63 - 88
Weil, P., Subramani, M., and Broadbent, M. IT Infrastructure for Strategic Agility, Working Paper, Center for Information Systems Research, MIT Sloan School of Management

C. Other References

* Additional Handouts may be given from time to time
ACCESS DATABASE FOR LAB

RECOMMENDED BOOKS

Any MS Access Book

GRADING AND STUDENT CONDUCT

Students are expected to read assigned material on a regular basis. It is also expected that students will comply with the Academic Integrity policy of UNCC described in page 262 of the current Graduate Catalog. Regular attendance and active class participation is expected.

Feasibility Study 100

Process Model 100

Data Model 100

Final Project 150

Exams 400

Article Summaries & Assignments 75

Participation 75

TOTAL 1000

TENTATIVE COURSE SCHEDULE
(Modifications may be made at the discretion of the instructor)

Date	Topic(s)	Reading(s)	Assignment(s)
8/28	Introduction to Systems Analysis and Design Types of Applications Case- E-Bay	A 1, 5	DUE :--- TO DO (for future classes): 1. Briefly describe and document the vendor url of at least two commerically available software products and identify how they fit into an organization's value chain (Due 9/4) (1-2 pages) 2. Read B(1,2,3) and summarize 1&3 (1-2 pages each)
9/4	IT-Enabled Business Process Reengineering Case- Napster Case- E-Procurement Case- EDI Case - RFID	A(4) B(1,2,3)	DUE : 1, 2 TO DO (for future classes): 3. Identify at least two examples where IT has significantly changed a business process in an organization (Due 9/11) (1-2pages)
9/11	Making the Business Case for Information Systems	A(2), B(4,5)	DUE : 3 TO DO (for future classes): 4. Identify a large IT project for detailed feasibility study (Title due 9/18, Report due 9/25) 5.Summarize (1- 2pages) (4)
9/18	Making the Business Case for Information Systems Process Modeling & Use Case Modeling	A(2), B(4,5) A(5,6)	DUE : 4(Title), 5 TO DO (for future classes): 6.Prepare a process model for Napster or E-bay (Due 10/16)
9/25	Feasibility Presentations Case Tools(Lab) Introduction to Data Modeling	A(7)	DUE : Feasibility Study Report (4)
10/2	Data Modeling & Database Design Case Tools	A(7,11)	DUE :--- TO DO (for future classes): 7. Prepare a Data Model for Napster or E-Bay (Due 10/16)
10/9	Data Modeling (Continued) System Design and User Interface Design	A(7,11) A(8,10)	TO DO (for future classes):---
10/16	Process & Data ModelPresentation Architechture Design	A(9), B(12)	DUE :---DUE : 6,7 TO DO (for future classes):--- 8. Research the architectures of Napster, Kazaa and any other file sharing systems. Identify similarities and differences. (Approx 2pages -Due 11/6)
10/23	Guest Lecture Computer Lab
10/30	Exam 1
11/6	Object-Oriented Analysis and Design Development: Technologies and Standards XML , SOAP , MS .NET	A(15)	TO DO (for future classes): 9. FINAL PROJECT (Due 12/4) 10. Summarize B(7&8) (1-2 pages each) DUE : 8
11/13	Outsourcing Application Service Providers	B(7,8)	TO DO :- 11. Summarize B(9&11) (1-2 pages each) DUE : -10
11/20	Enterprise Systems Project Management	B(10) B(6,9,11)	TO DO :- DUE : -11
12/4	Catchup/Review Current Trends Project Presentations		DUE : -Final Project (9)

FINAL EXAM: - Thursday Dec. 18 (7-10pm)

Feasibility Study	100
Process Model	100
Data Model	100
Final Project	150
Exams	400
Article Summaries & Assignments	75
Participation	75
TOTAL	1000