Course Agenda

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Course Agenda

• Course information
• Introduction of myself
• Group assignments
• Individual assignments

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INFS 634 Internet Systems Analysis and Design

• John Webster
• john.webster_at_dsu.edu
• Dakota State University
• Fall 2001

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Required Books

• Systems Analysis and Design
• By Dennis Wixom
• The Fifth Discipline
• By Peter Senge

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Phone Conference Dates

• Phone Conference Dates
• Tuesday, September 25 5pm
• Tuesday, October 9 5 pm
• Tuesday, October 23 5pm
• Tuesday, November 6 5pm
• Tuesday, November 20 5pm
• Tuesday, December 4 5pm

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Virtual Office Hours

• Virtual office hours
• Tuesday 3 4 pm
• Wednesday 8 9 pm
• Arranged as needed

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Class Website

• Class Website http//homepages.dsu.edu/websterj/I
  nfs_634_Internet.htm
• Class Chatroom TBA

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Driving Idea Behind Course

• Five Skills of Systems Analyst
• Interpersonal / communication
• Management
• Analytical
• Business
• Technical

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Internet Course Goals

• Build interpersonal skills
• Think like a manager
• Strengthen analytical skills
• Develop business skills
• Broaden technical understanding

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John Websters Information

• Degrees
• Ph.D. Technological Education
• M.B.A. Finance, Information Systems
• B.B.A. TPD, Marketing
• Website
• http//homepages.dsu.edu/websterj/

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John Webster

• Personal
• Single
• No kids, pets or baggage
• Hobbies
• Flying Scuba Diving
• Cooking Poetry
• Musicals - Traveling

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John Webster

• Jobs
• Assistant Dean Dakota State University
• Chair COB Union College
• Network Administrator EKU
• General Manager Vicorp
• VP Finance Business Operations - SRC

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Group Assignments

• Prepare PowerPoint presentation for each of
  Dennis and Wixom's four sections.
• Each learner will be responsible to be the team
  leader for one section.

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Group Assignments

• The others will assist and submit materials,
  ideas and work to the section leader.
• Delivery date will occur in mid to late November
  at a time and date to be determined by class

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Group Project

• The subject of the project can span any topic the
  class determines.
• There are no guidelines for the project, except
  that is should demonstrate the mastery of the
  course material, including both Dennis and Wixom
  and Senge.

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Group Project

• Length is to be determined by learners, but must
  be sufficient to represent a semester's work.
• Delivery date will be December 2001. The project
  is to be submitted electronically to instructor,
  along with an oral or text-based explanation to
  support the project.

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A Few Course Topics to Consider for Projects

• Hardware Sun Microsystems
• Architecture Internet, LAN, Multi Tier
• Operating Systems Unix Windows
• Senge Learning Organizations
• Poetry Metaphors
• ASP
• Languages PERL, JAVA, Cobol, VB

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A Few More Topics

• Production Operations
• Financial Operations
• Problem Solving
• Project Planning
• Others

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Individual Assignments

• Submit One (1) digital image of yourself to be
  posted at class website. Delivery date is
  immediately.
• Submit a PowerPoint presentation about yourself
  and your interests.

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Individual Assignments

• Prepare PowerPoint presentation on one of Senge's
  disciplines for class. Delivery date will occur
  in mid to late October at a time and date to be
  determined by class. Instructor will be
  responsible to prepare presentation for Mental
  Models discipline.