MIS2101 Sec 008: Digital Systems

1/17
1/19

Learning Outcomes
Class Introduction
Define MIS
Describe Systems in Organizations

Topics and Required Reading
What is an Information System?
Systems Architecture
Systems Analysis
What is Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)

Required Viewing
In-Class Activity Overview
Assignments Overview

Slide Deck
Discussion 1.1

1. Pre-course video intros (due 1/20 by 10 PM)

2. Max Labs Pre-flight (due 1/23 by 10 PM)

Learning Outcomes
Explain the Digital Product Manager’s (DPM’s) role in solving problems for organizations
Identify how the DPM utilizes technology to enable organizations
Illustrate how you will begin producing your own DPM tools to analyze, synthesize and evaluate data
Analyzing Organizations as Systems

Topics and Required Reading
What is a product manager? A complex, cross-functional role in IT
An Introduction to Swim Lane Diagrams

Slide Deck
Discussion 2.1

3. Max Labs 1a/1b (due 1/30 by 10 PM)

Learning Outcomes
Modeling Processes with Swim Lanes – part 1
Modeling Processes with Swim Lanes – part 2
Data modeling with ERDs

Topics and Required Reading
Entity Relationship Diagram
What is Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD)?

Slide Deck
Discussion 3.1

Additional Tools (optional)
LucidChart (signup for the free version)
Miro (signup for the free version, plus a good read too)

4. Max Labs 2a/2b (due 2/6 by 10 PM)

Learning Outcomes
Prepare a simple entity relationship diagram
Identify basic ERD symbols and interpret an ERD 
Learn how to turn data into an ERD
Digital Product Management – virtual brand development

Topics and Required Reading & Viewing
How AI is deciding who gets hired (watch)
What hiring managers look for in your social media profile (watch)

Slide Deck
Discussion 4.1

Supplementary
Exam review slide / Review schedule
Sample Mini-Case

5. Max Labs 3a/3b (due 2/13 by 10 PM)

Exam #1 – 50 Minutes – Assess week 1-4 learning objectives

Learning Outcomes
Max Labs – Digital Product Management
Discuss major functions of Enterprise Resource Planning systems (ERP)
Be able to explain the basic capabilities and benefits of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems

Topics and Required Reading
What is ERP?
5 ERP Trends
What is CRM?
CRM vs. ERP: What’s the Difference? *
3 CRM Use Cases

Slide Deck
Discussion 5.1

Exam #1 (2/16, in-class)

6. Learn IT #1 (due 2/20 by 10 PM)

Learning Outcomes
Define Data Analytics and Big Data and discuss how data creates value for organizations.
Review case studies illustrating how organizations collect and utilize data.
Discuss data storage methods. Illustrate how Google Analytics utilizes data and illustrate key tracking metrics.
Recognize Supply Chain needs and identify how data systems support each phase of the process.

Topics and Required Reading
What Is The Difference Between Data Analysis And Data Visualization?
What is BI?
Companies Are Failing in Their Efforts to Become Data-Driven
Disney’s $1 Billion Bet on a Magical Wristband *
McDonald’s Bites on Big Data With $300 Million Acquisition * (you may need to login with your email for a free account)

Slide Deck
Discussion 6.1

Additional Readings (scan)
5 V’s of Big Data
10 Big Data trends you should know about for 2022
Just Announced: MagicBand+ Will Debut in 2022 at Walt Disney World Resort as Part of 50th Anniversary Celebration
RF Technology at Walt Disney Resort

7. Learn IT #2 (due 2/27 by 10 PM)

Learning Outcomes
Be able to explain what a platform is and provide examples of business models that leverage platforms. Be able to explain cloud computing and the benefits it can offer an organization
Recognize what an API is and demonstrate how they are leveraged in business

Topics and Required Reading
API Imperative *
How the API economy is igniting a cultural shift in businesses
What are digital platforms?
What’s the difference between IaaS, Saas & PaaS?
What is the Network Effect? *

Slide Deck
Discussion 7.1

Additional Readings (scan)
How digital platforms are changing the way we work
Product Managers for the Digital World
9 types of software platforms
Pentagon Comes Around to Multicloud Approach

3/7
3/9

Spring Break (no class)

Learning Outcomes
Define Cybersecurity and identify examples of its impact on the industry.
Discuss the protection risk needs of organizations.
Describe the current state of Cybersecurity regulations.
Define Artificial Intelligence and identify Narrow, General & Super-intelligence types
Develop strategies to differentiate a person from a computer

Topics and Required Reading
What is threat modeling? *
Data Breaches
What is AI
US Data Privacy Laws in 2023 *
Healthcare Cyber Attack Statistics 2022 
Why educational institutions are an easy target for ransomware attacks
Google engineer put on leave after saying AI chatbot has become sentient

Slide Deck
Discussion 8.1

Additional Readings (scan)
North Korea is targeting hospitals with ransomware, U.S. agencies warn
5 Worst Data Hacks
US State Privacy Legislation Tracker
Robots Are Everywhere (you may need to login with your email for a free account)

Supplementary
Review schedule / Exam 2 Study Guide
Setup Visual Studio Code and coding files

Exam #2 – 50 Minutes – Assess week 5-8 learning objectives

Learning Outcomes
Be able to create a simple JavaScript program that prompts the user for input, stores the information in variables, and displays output.

Topics and Required Reading
Chapter 1 – Hello, World – Chinnathambi
Chapter 2 – Values and Variables – Chinnathambi

Slide Deck
Discussion 9.1

Exam #2 (3/21, in-class)

Learning Outcomes
Be able to create a simple JavaScript program that manipulates numbers and strings.

Topics and Required Reading
Chapter 3 – Functions – Chinnathambi

Slide Deck
Discussion 10.1

Learning Outcomes
Be able to create a simple JavaScript program that implements conditional logic as part of processing information.

Topics and Required Reading
Chapter 4 – Conditional Statements: If, Else, and Switch – Chinnathambi

Slide Deck
Discussion 11.1

Learning Outcomes
Identify solutions for repeating code – loops
Describe how to create loops

Topics and Required Reading
Chapter 5 – Meet the Loops: For, While, and Do…While! – Chinnathambi

Slide Deck
Discussion 12.1

10. Coding Challenges – 3 of them (due 4/17 by 10 PM)

Learning Outcomes
Generate for & while loops
Identify HTML, CSS and JavaScript code and discover the impact and interconnectivity of each language.

Topics and Required Reading
Chapter 5 – Meet the Loops: For, While, and Do…While! – Chinnathambi

Slide Deck
Discussion 13.1

Learning Outcomes
Be able to create a simple JavaScript program explaining the utilizes HTML and CSS to interact with the user.

Slide Deck
Discussion 13.1 (continued from week 13)

Supplementary
Exam review slide / Review schedule

11. Coding assignment(due 5/1 by 10 PM)

Final Exam 60 Minutes – Assess week 9-14 learning objectives (5/9 10:30 – 11:30 am)