Week |
Date |
Unit |
Learning Outcomes, Topics & Required Reading To Do BEFORE We Meet for Class. |
Due Date for Assignments |
Week 1 |
August 30th
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Intro (1.1) |
Learning Outcomes
Class Introduction
Define IT, IS, MIS
Describe role of systems in business career
Topics and Required Reading
1.1. Introduction to MIS
What is MIS? (read page contents and watch embedded videos)
Difference between IS, CS, and IT
Information Systems vs. Information Technology
AIS Information Systems Job Index
Wikipedia Business Analyst
Wikipedia, Systems Analyst
Robots will not lead to fewer jobs but the hollowing out of the middle class
Required Viewing
What is MIS? The Modern Organization System
Why MIS: MIS Careers
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Week 2 |
September 6th |
Start Working on Learn IT 1 (class will not formally meet) |
Build Your WordPress Site / Print Out Your Class Packet
Review any material you did not review from Week 1
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Post Learn IT #1 Full Name and E-Portfolio Address |
Week 3 |
Sept 13th
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Systems analysis (2.1 & 2.1.1) |
Learning Outcomes
Prepare a swim lane diagram for a multi-step process
Topics and Required Reading
2.1. Analyzing organizations as systems and processes
Wikipedia, Systems Analysis
Wikipedia, Systems Architecture
Systems Architecture Fundamentals – Conceptual, Logical, Physical Designs
2.1.1. Modeling Processes with Swimlane Diagrams
A Guide to Process Mapping
An Introduction to Swimlane Diagrams
Required Viewing
Systems Analysis and Systems Architecture
Process Mapping with Swimlane Diagrams
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Week 4
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Sept 20th
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Modeling Data (2.1.2) |
Learning Outcomes
Prepare a simple entity relationship diagram
Topics and Required Reading
2.1.2. Modeling Data with Entity Relationship Diagrams
Ultimate Guide to ER Diagrams
Entity Relationship Diagram Examples
Required Viewing
Data Modeling with ERDs
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Learn IT#1
Due 9/23 (end of day) |
Week5 |
Sept 27th
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Decision Trees and Conceptual Architecture Diagrams (2.1.3 & 2.1.4) |
Learning Outcomes
Interpret a conceptual architecture diagram
Interpret decision trees
Topics and Required Reading
2.1.3. Modeling Business Rules with Decision trees
Wikipedia, Business Rule
Business Analyst Training on How to Use Decision Trees
2.1.4. Visualizing architecture: conceptual diagramming
Investigative Architecture: The Conceptual Diagram
Required Viewing
Conceptual Architecture Diagrams
Business Rules and Decision Trees
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Week 6 |
Oct 4th
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Midterm Exam (During the class period) |
Midterm Preparation
Midterm Exam #1 – Assess week 1-4 learning objectives
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Max Lab Pre-Lab 10/7 |
Week7 |
Oct 11th
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Organizational Systems (3.) |
Learning Outcomes
Match business functions with organizational IS
Discuss major functions of an ERP
Topics and Required Reading
3.1. Types of systems in organizations
3.1.1. Enterprise Systems (ERP)
What Is ERP?
Wikipedia, ERP
Putting the Enterprise into the Enterprise System
9 Tips for Selecting and Implementing an ERP System
15 Famous ERP Disasters, Dustups, and Disappointments
Required Viewing
What is ERP?
ERP Challenges and Benefits
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Week 8 |
Oct 18th
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Organizational Systems (3.1) |
Learning Outcomes
Illustrate how IT aids organizational decision making
Identify, compare and contrast multiple knowledge management systems
Topics and Required Reading
3.1.2. Decision Support
The Decision-Making Process
How NBA Player Analytics Opened Up A Whole New Business For SAP
The Real Reason Organizations Resist Analytics
3.1.3. Knowledge Management
What is KM? Knowledge Management Explained
Required Viewing
Data Analytics
OLTP vs. OLAP
Hypercubes, Data Warehouses and Data Marts
Big Data
Knowledge Management
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Max Lab 1a & 1b Due 10/21 |
Week 9 |
Oct 25th
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Organizational Systems (3.2) |
Learning Outcomes
Understand the consideration of the “buy vs. build” decision.
Be able to explain the steps in the SDLC
Be able to provide examples of digital innovation and the disruptive power of the Internet
Topics and Required Reading
3.2. Systems management
3.2.1. Business analysis, requirements, and systems acquisition
Build vs. Buy: How to Know When You Should Build Custom Software Over Canned Solutions
3.2.2. Developing systems: programming, testing, and deployment
Wikipedia, Systems Development Lifecycle
3.3. Digital Business Innovation
What We Know, Now, About the Internet’s Disruptive Power
The 5 Tech Trends that will Dominate CES and 2017
Hidden in the long tail
Leagues see real benefits in daily fantasy sports
Required Viewing
SDLC
Compliance Issues
Disruptive Innovation
The Long Tail
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Week 10 |
Nov 1st
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Midterm Exam (during the class period) |
Midterm Preparation
Midterm Exam #2 – Assess week 6-8 learning objectives
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Max Lab 2a & 2b Due Nov 4th |
Week 11 |
Nov 8th
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Supply Chain Management Systems (4.1) |
Learning Outcomes
Be able to explain the basic capabilities and benefits of supply chain management systems
Topics and Required Reading
4.1. Supply Chain Management Systems
Wikipedia, Supply chain management
Supply Chain Futurists Predict the Impact of Digital Transformation
Integrated Planning – Optimization for the entire internal supply chain
Just-in-Time Manufacturing
Vendor-Managed Inventory (VMI): What is it and When Does It Make Sense to Use It
What is RFID?
Required Viewing
What is SCM?
Just In Time
Vendor Managed Inventory
RFID
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Max Lab 3a & 3b Due Nov 11th |
Week 12 |
Nov 15th
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Customer Relationship Management Systems (4.2) |
Learning Outcomes
Be able to explain the basic capabilties and benefits of customer relationship management systems
Topics and Required Reading
4.2 Customer Relationship Management Systems
Why does my business need a CRM system?
Choosing a CRM Software: A Buyer’s Guide
6 Examples Of How To Use CRM dashboards
CRM & ERP – What’s the difference?
Key differences between CRM & ERP:
Required Viewing
What is CRM?
Benefits of CRM
ERP vs. CRM
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Week 13 |
Nov 29th
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Platforms and Cloud Computing (5.1 & 5.2) |
Learning Outcomes
Be able to explain what a platform is and the provide examples of business models that leverage platforms.
Be able to explain cloud computing and the benefits it can offer an organization
Topics and Required Reading
5.1 Platforms
What is a Platform?
Business Model Analysis, Part 2: Platforms and Network Effects
What Makes Uber Different from Android? How to Make Sense of Platform Businesses
Airbnb and the unstoppable rise of the share economy
5.2 Cloud Computing
Cloud Computing 101
How to Choose Your Cloud Service Provider
Cloud failures will happen. Are you ready?
How Cloud Computing Helped Food-Sharing Digital Business Olio Thrive
Required Viewing
What is a platform?
What Are Network Effects
Cloud Computing
Cloud Computing Models
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Learn IT#2
Due 12/2 (end of day)
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Week 14 |
Dec 6th
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Artificial Intelligence (6.1) |
Learning Outcomes
Be able to explain what artificial intelligence (AI) is.
Provide examples of how AI can create value for organizations.
Topics and Required Reading
6.1. Artificial Intelligence
The AI Revolution: The Road to Superintelligence
Benefits and risks of artificial intelligence
Bill Gates Says You Should Worry About Artificial Intelligence
What is AGI?
Artificial Intelligence May Help Stop Mass Shootings Before They Start
What is Watson?
Required Viewing
Three Type of AI: ANI, AGI and ASI
AIG Tests
IBM Watson
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Week 14 |
Dec 13th
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Final Exam |
Exam #3 Preparation
Exam #3 during “finals week” – Assess week 10-13 learning objectives. See schedule published by the university for date and time of final exam.
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