Course Schedule
| MIS 3506 Weekly Schedule | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Date | Topic | Required Readings | Deliverables |
| 1 | Week of 8/27 | Introduction to the class and the field of Business Analysis | Advice to Young Designers | |
| 2 | Week of 9/3 | Understanding the nature of project work and the people who are involved | Seven Steps, Chapters 1&2 Warehouse Stakeholder Case | |
| 3 | Week of 9/10 (Last day to add/drop) | Scoping your project (Problem statement, Objectives, Assumptions & Constraints) | Seven Steps, Chapter 3 Tips for conducting interviews Dysfunctional Warehouse Case | 10 Team Interview Questions |
| 4 | Week of 9/17 | Researching your project and interviewing skills | Seven Steps, Chapter 4 “Elicit the Requirements” Jogger, 43-49 | Individual scope document draft due (Due Class 2) |
| 5 | Week of 9/24 | Understanding work processes and use cases | Seven Steps, Chapter 6 “Process Maps” Jogger, pp. 122-126 The Sales Order Case | Team Scope Doc Due (Due Class 2) |
| 6 | Week of 10/1 | Class 2: Exam 1 Understanding the data your client needs | Seven Steps, Chapter 7 “Data Model” Jogger, pp. 183-189 The Night Owl Case | |
| 7 | Week of 10/8 | Understanding the rules that govern your client’s business | “Business Rules” Jogger, 204-215 The Gas Deposit Case | Sales Order Extra Credit Due Due Sunday 10/14 @ 11:59PM |
| SEMESTER MIDTERM | ||||
| 8 | Week of 10/15 | Switching to the art of design and understanding prototyping as a specification | Moggridge on the Design Process Brainstorming Doesn’t Work: Try This Technique Instead “Prototypes” Jogger, 77-81 | Brainstorming Doesn’t Work: Try This Technique Instead “Prototypes” Jogger, 77-81 Night Owl Data Extra Credit Due: Sunday 10/21 @ 11:59PM |
| 9 | Week of 10/22 | Class 1: Exam 2 Create and document your use cases | “use Cases” Jogger, 150-175 | Gas Company Extra Credit Due: Sunday 10/28 @ 11:59PM |
| 10 | Week of 10/29 | Create a persona, a story (scenario) to demonstrate your solution | Usability.gov Personas | Team prototype and scenario |
| 11 | Week of 11/5 | Create and document your data needs | Data Modeling 101, 3.1-3.6 | Team prototype and data schema |
| 12 | Week of 11/12 | Create and document the business rules that govern your prototype | What makes a good Business Rule? | Team prototype and business rules |
| FALL BREAK | ||||
| 13 | Week of 11/26 | Selling your ideas | Team prototype and presentation draft | |
| 14 | 12/3 | Final Presentations | Final prototype and presentation | |
| 15 | 12/10 | Exam 3 - Follow Final Exam Schedule | Exam 3: (1 hour) | |